Simone Inzaghi's team, who will be able to compete for first place in the group in their last game against Real Madrid, will qualify on Wednesday evening if the Sheriff does not beat the Madrilenians.
Scalded by the three 0-0 of the last three confrontations against the Ukrainians (last year already in the group stage and in the first leg this season), the Milanese threw themselves into the attack of the opposing cage.
Goalkeeper Anatolii Trubin first pulled off a few miracles ahead of Edin Dzeko in the first half.
But not enough to make doubt the Bosnian who released his family in six minutes after the break, with a neat strike (61st) then a header (67th).
Inter Milan's Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko scores his 2nd home goal against Shakhtar Donetsk in their Europa League group match on November 24, 2021 at San Siro Stadium Marco BERTORELLO AFP
On both goals, Ivan Perisic was the blaster on his left flank, with two overruns that unbalanced Shakhtar.
The Ukrainians, more incisive once led, were deprived of a reduction in the score at the end of the match by the post of Samir Handanovic (81st).
After the pretty victory on Sunday in the league against Naples (3-2) which brought it closer to the leader, Inter has now almost achieved one of the key objectives of its first half of the season: to close a ten-year parenthesis away from the European Top 16.
Winner three times of the C1 (1964, 1965, 2010), the club has indeed not passed the first round since the 2011/2012 season.
But still it is necessary that the astonishing Sheriff, the spoilsport of this group, does not repeat a bad trick to Real Madrid.
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