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17 August 2020An extraordinary Inter overwhelms Shakhtar Donetsk 5-0 in the semifinal of the Europa League in Düsseldorf and thus flies to the final where on Friday in Cologne they will face the Spanish side of Seville. For the Nerazzurri two goals for the attack tandem Lautaro Martinez-Lukaku and a goal by D'Ambrosio. 

Conte confirms the 'usual' Inter with 3-5-2: Handanovic; Godin, De Vrij, Batons; D'Ambrosio, Barella, Brozovic, Gagliardini, Young; Lukaku, Lautaro. On the bench, together with Eriksen, there is also Alexis Sanchez, recovering from the muscle injury remedied with Bayer Leverkusen in the quarterfinals. The Portuguese coach Luis Castro, who replaced his compatriot Paulo Sousa on the bench who joined Roma, responds by deploying the Ukrainians of Shakhtar Donetsk with the 4-2-3-1: Pyatov; Dodo, Kryvtsov, Khocholava, Matviyenko; Stepanenko, Marcos Antonio; Marlos, Alan Patrick, Taison; Junior Moraes, a formation with 4 Brazilians plus two naturalized, to which must be added the 5 on the bench and the injured Ismaily.

Beginning of study, with Shakhtar making possession of the ball, but under rhythm and the Nerazzurri closing well, without leaving any space, and then restarting on the counterattack or just regaining the ball. And just a wrong postponement of the goalkeeper Pyatov is intercepted by Barella who jumps an opponent, goes to the wing and puts in the middle a perfect ball for the header of Lautaro Martinez that leaves no chance for Pyatov: Inter ahead 1-0 (19 '). The 'orange' try to react, but the maneuver is too slow to worry Conte's men. Shakthar tries on the Dodo-Moraes axis, but De Vrij anticipates everyone. Then again on the shields Barella at 35 'who with a great shot from outside' warms up 'Pyatov's gloves. In the final time, a very long action by the Ukrainians ended by a nice shot from outside by Marcos Antonio high on the crossbar (40 ').

In the second half, the Inter risk with a postponement of Bastoni on Gagliardini's arm, the Polish referee Marciniak let it go. Lautaro tries with a control and volley almost from the middle of the field (para Pyatov) and then Lukaku sends just wide a right to turn. Shakhtar close to par with a cross from Matviyenko that Junior Moraes with a header from two steps sends into the arms of Handanovic (62 '). Then comes Inter's doubling on Brozovic's corner kick for D'Ambrosio's head (64 '). The Nerazzurri three-of-a-kind arrives in the 74th minute with Brozovic stealing the ball and serving Barella, from Barella to Lukaku to Lautaro Martinez, the Argentine controls and right-footes the corner and scores two goals. Inter did not stop and Lukaku was unleashed and in the 78th minute he received the ball from Lautaro, entered the area and put the poker right in. But the Belgian does not stop and with a personal action he makes half the pitch and, always with the right, he still beats Pyatov: 5-0 and a personal double like his teammate. Inter in paradise.