The striker was maligned at Manchester United but no one has done more to carry Inter to Friday night’s final against Sevilla
Romelu Lukaku was not yet five years old when he caught a glimpse of his future. “The first final I ever saw, when I was little, was the one between Inter and Lazio for the Uefa Cup in 1998,” he told the Italian TV show Tiki Taka in January. “I wanted to play for Inter growing up, because I always admired their great attackers: Ronaldo, [Christian] Vieri and Adriano.”
In his first season at the club he has gone some way to showing himself worthy of that heritage. Lukaku is one goal away from matching the 34 Ronaldo scored in his debut campaign for Inter. Against Sevilla on Friday, he will have the chance to help the Nerazzurri lift the same trophy he watched them raise 22 years ago, for the first time since then.
Continue reading…The striker was maligned at Manchester United but no one has done more to carry Inter to Friday night’s final against SevillaRomelu Lukaku was not yet five years old when he caught a glimpse of his future. “The first final I ever saw, when I was little, was the one between Inter and Lazio for the Uefa Cup in 1998,” he told the Italian TV show Tiki Taka in January. “I wanted to play for Inter growing up, because I always admired their great attackers: Ronaldo, [Christian] Vieri and Adriano.”In his first season at the club he has gone some way to showing himself worthy of that heritage. Lukaku is one goal away from matching the 34 Ronaldo scored in his debut campaign for Inter. Against Sevilla on Friday, he will have the chance to help the Nerazzurri lift the same trophy he watched them raise 22 years ago, for the first time since then. Continue reading…
