Romelu Lukaku extended his record Europa League goalscoring run as he struck for the 10th successive outing in Inter’s 5-0 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk in Monday’s semi-final.
Belgium forward
Lukaku scored twice late in the second half as Inter qualified for a first
European final since winning the 2010 Champions League under Jose Mourinho.
They will face Sevilla for the title on Friday in Cologne.
"Greenwood is coming through, Martial and Rashford, I expected all of that.
"I'm really happy for them, they look really good for next season."
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“At the minute
everything is going well but we keep fighting. Records are there to be broken
but we want to win,” Lukaku told BT Sport. “We need to prepare ourselves really
well, recover and play again.
“The team is doing
well and everybody is doing their best. We worked really hard in the camp. It’s
tough but you see the results of the hard work. We want to keep going.”
Lukaku increased
his tally in his debut season with Inter to 33 goals, one shy of Ronaldo’s mark
in his first season at the club when the Brazilian led the Nerazzurri to the
1997/98 UEFA Cup title.
Lautaro Martinez
also netted twice against Shakhtar. He and Lukaku are the first Inter pair to
score 20 or more goals in a single season since Adriano and Obafemi Martins in
the 2004-05 campaign.
“I’m a forward and
I’m here to score, it’s something inside me,” said Lukaku.
