Romelu Lukaku is back.
After ending his goalscoring drought last weekend, Lukaku scored late to fire Inter Milan to a 1-0 win over 10-man Porto on Wednesday in the first leg of their Champions League round-of-16 matchup.
They were Lukaku바카라s first goals since October and took his tally to just four since returning from Chelsea in the offseason as the Belgium forward has struggled with injury and poor form.
바카라We바카라re really happy with the win, it was too important to get a result,바카라 said Lukaku, who came on as a substitute. 바카라We wanted to score a second goal too, but we still managed to win the match and I바카라m happy.
바카라I went through really difficult months with the injury but I바카라m happy to be available again and happy to have helped get the win. I바카라m not individualistic, I only think about Inter, about doing the best for Inter.바카라
Porto midfielder Otávio was sent off following a second yellow card 12 minutes from time. He had received his first booking for a tussle with Inter바카라s Federico Dimarco at the end of the first half.
The second leg is on March 14 in Porto.
바카라I think it (the second yellow) was right, but the last 10 minutes were difficult for us,바카라 Porto coach Sérgio Conceição said. 바카라But there were also Inter players that deserved to be booked. Lautaro (Martínez) should have got a yellow card and he wouldn바카라t have played the return leg if he had 바카라 I don바카라t know if that was right, you decide.바카라
Inter has lost only once since the beginning of November, while Porto came into the match on a 22-game unbeaten run and had only let in two goals in its past 11 matches.
Martínez was on a red-hot scoring streak but in the 13th minute he headed over the bar from point-blank range.
Inter went closer five minutes later but Porto goalkeeper Diogo Costa reacted swiftly to punch Hakan Çalhanoğlu바카라s cross-shot out from under the bar.
Porto withstood the Inter pressure well and had a chance of its own in the 27th minute but Marko Grujić fired over the bar.
The visitors then had two opportunities in quick succession as Inter goalkeeper André Onana parried Grujić바카라s effort and Galeno nodded the rebound wide.
The best chance 바카라 and the best save 바카라 of the half came in stoppage time as a free kick was whipped in from the right and Alessandro Bastoni seemed certain to score by the near post but Diogo Costa pushed his header away with his forearm.
It was Onana바카라s turn for heroics at the start of the second half with a double save to deny first Mehdi Taremi and then Zaidu.
Lukaku replaced Edin Džeko in the 58th and went close to breaking the deadlock but his cross-shot flashed past Martínez바카라s outstretched leg and the far post.
However, Lukaku then scored with four minutes remaining. His header from Nicolò Barella바카라s cross came off the left post but he tucked away the rebound.
