AS Roma Wins, Romelu Lukaku Gets Ready To Face Inter Milan

AS Roma striker Romelu Lukaku celebrates a goal with his teammates in the match against Slavia Prague in the Europa League. (Twitter @OfficialASRoma)

JAKARTA - Inter Milan has been waiting for striker Romelu Lukaku. Lukaku has also warmed up by scoring a goal that gave AS Roma a 2-1 win over Slavia Prague in the Europa League Group G duel at the Stadio Olimpico, Friday, 27 October WIB.

Lukaku is getting ready to return to Inter. However, this time he became the antagonist when Roma visited Inter's headquarters in the Italian Serie A match at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Monday, October 30, WIB.

Yes, previously Lukaku was a former Inter pillar even though he was on loan. He also stated that he wanted to return to Inter and Chelsea, the clubs that own him are ready to let go of the Belgian national team striker.

Just on his way, Lukaku turned to Juventus, Inter's rival club. Lukaku's move clearly disappointed Inter, who really wanted to make him permanent.

However, the former Manchester United striker's plan to move to Juve failed. After being rejected by Inter, Lukaku then joined Roma.

Now, he will come to visit his ex in a duel in the Italian League. Before receiving a 'warm' welcome from Inter fans, Lukaku warmed up by leading Roma to victory in the Europa League.

The victory shows Roma's consistency which has returned to the right track. Of the last five matches, including against Slavia Prague, they have always won.

This victory is even more meaningful because the match against Slavia Prague was not an easy test for the Giallorossi. The reason is that the rival team always wins the first two matches and never concedes.

Apart from that, coach Jose Mourinho is still unable to accompany the team due to penalties from UEFA.

However, Slavia Pague's charming record means nothing to the Roma troops. It was proven that the match had only been going on for less than a minute or 43 seconds to be precise, midfielder Edoardo Bove immediately found the net for the visiting team.

Welcoming an assist from Stephan El Shaarawy who was increasingly successful, Bove fired a hard kick from outside the penalty box which made him Roma's fastest goal in Europa League history.

Winning 1-0 made Roma players even more aggressive in pressing their opponents. As a result, it wasn't long before the hosts increased their lead. Lukaku scored the second goal in the 17th minute.

El Shaarawy again played a role in the process of creating the goal. It started with a Roma attack and then the ball went wild which was met by El Shaarawy. He immediately gave the ball to Lukaku who stabbed it into Slavia Prague's goal.

A two goal lead did not make Roma reduce the tempo of the game. They tried to suppress the visiting team's defense.

It was recorded that Lukaku's shot went wide. Meanwhile, El Shaarawy was also unlucky because his shot went over the crossbar.

In the second half, Roma remained in control of the game. However, they had difficulty adding goals. But on the other hand, Slavia Prague also could not penetrate the host's defense.

Roma actually had the opportunity to add goals through Andrea Belotti who came on to replace El Shaarawy. However, his kick was still blocked. The score of 2-0 did not change and Roma closed the match with a win.

This result made Roma take the top position previously controlled by Slavia Prague. Now, Roma has nine points and is followed by Slavia Prague who are three points behind.