Internazionale vs FC Porto, 2022-23 UEFA Champions League, Round of 16
· 1st Leg
78': OtávioLukaku strikes late to snatch win for Inter over Porto
Substitute Romelu Lukaku volleyed an 86th-minute goal to earn Inter Milan a 1-0 win over Porto in their Champions League last 16 first leg.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt blocked. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 3': Foul by Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto).
- 3': Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Hand ball by Galeno (FC Porto).
- 8': Foul by Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan).
- 8': Galeno (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Attempt missed. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.
- 15': Attempt missed. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alessandro Bastoni.
- 17': Foul by Marko Grujic (FC Porto).
- 17': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 18': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Zaidu Sanusi.
- 18': Attempt saved. Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Federico Dimarco.
- 18': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Diogo Costa.
- 21': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
- 21': Marko Grujic (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Foul by Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan).
- 23': Galeno (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Attempt missed. Marko Grujic (FC Porto) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Galeno.
- 27': Foul by Otávio (FC Porto).
- 27': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Diogo Costa (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan).
- 29': Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan).
- 29': Otávio (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
- 30': Otávio (FC Porto) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Pepê Aquino (FC Porto) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 32': Attempt missed. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matteo Darmian with a cross.
- 32': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by João Mário.
- 35': Foul by Otávio (FC Porto).
- 35': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Attempt saved. Marko Grujic (FC Porto) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mehdi Taremi.
- 37': Attempt missed. Galeno (FC Porto) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 38': Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Foul by Otávio (FC Porto).
- 41': Otávio (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card.
- 41': Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
- 44': Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan).
- 44': Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Hand ball by Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto).
- 45'+3': Attempt saved. Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.
- 45'+3': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Diogo Costa.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Inter Milan 0, FC Porto 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Inter Milan 0, FC Porto 0.
- 48': Attempt missed. Mateus Uribe (FC Porto) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Galeno.
- 51': Substitution, FC Porto. Evanilson replaces Galeno because of an injury.
- 52': Attempt missed. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Milan Skriniar.
- 54': Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 54': Foul by Pepê Aquino (FC Porto).
- 55': Attempt saved. Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pepê Aquino.
- 55': Foul by Marko Grujic (FC Porto).
- 55': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Attempt blocked. Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mateus Uribe.
- 57': Attempt saved. Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 57': Attempt saved. Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 57': Offside, FC Porto. Mehdi Taremi tries a through ball, but Pepê Aquino is caught offside.
- 58': Substitution, Inter Milan. Romelu Lukaku replaces Edin Dzeko.
- 58': Substitution, Inter Milan. Robin Gosens replaces Federico Dimarco.
- 59': Foul by Mateus Uribe (FC Porto).
- 59': Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
- 61': Pepe (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Attempt missed. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Robin Gosens with a cross.
- 63': Evanilson (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan).
- 63': Pepê Aquino (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 64': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
- 64': Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Foul by João Mário (FC Porto).
- 66': Robin Gosens (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Delay in match because of an injury João Mário (FC Porto).
- 67': Delay in match because of an injury Robin Gosens (Inter Milan).
- 67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 68': Attempt missed. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
- 71': Foul by Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto).
- 71': Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Foul by Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan).
- 71': Mateus Uribe (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Substitution, Inter Milan. Marcelo Brozovic replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
- 73': Attempt missed. Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Otávio following a fast break.
- 76': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Mateus Uribe.
- 76': Attempt blocked. Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hakan Çalhanoglu.
- 76': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Mateus Uribe.
- 78': Foul by Otávio (FC Porto).
- 78': Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 78': Second yellow card to Otávio (FC Porto) for a bad foul.
- 80': Attempt blocked. Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 81': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
- 81': João Mário (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Substitution, Inter Milan. Denzel Dumfries replaces Milan Skriniar.
- 82': Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
- 83': Substitution, FC Porto. Wendell replaces Mehdi Taremi.
- 84': Attempt missed. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Barella with a cross.
- 86': Goal! Inter Milan 1, FC Porto 0. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
- 88': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Zaidu Sanusi.
- 88': Attempt missed. Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hakan Çalhanoglu with a cross following a corner.
- 88': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Francesco Acerbi.
- 88': Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 89': Foul by Robin Gosens (Inter Milan).
- 89': João Mário (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
- 90'+1': Pepe (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Substitution, FC Porto. Gonçalo Borges replaces João Mário.
- 90'+3': Foul by Marko Grujic (FC Porto).
- 90'+3': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+4': Evanilson (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Foul by Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan).
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Inter Milan 1, FC Porto 0.
- 0': Match ends, Inter Milan 1, FC Porto 0.
Statistics
 FCP |
INT |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 15 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 0 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 3 | Saves | 4 |
| 40.2 | Possession | 59.8 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 18 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 278 | Accurate Passes | 415 |
| 357 | Passes | 495 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 11 |
| 2 | Crosses | 35 |
| 0.5 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 57 | Long Balls | 60 |
| 30 | Accurate Long Balls | 38 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 16 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 22 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 14 | Interceptions | 4 |
| 29 | Effective Clearances | 7 |
| 29 | Clearances | 7 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 75,374
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 75,374
Line-Ups
Internazionale (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 24 | André Onana (GK) |
| 15 | Francesco Acerbi |
| 95 | Alessandro Bastoni |
| 37 | Milan Skriniar |
| 22 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan |
| 23 | Nicolò Barella |
| 20 | Hakan Çalhanoglu |
| 32 | Federico Dimarco  |
| 36 | Matteo Darmian |
| 9 | Edin Dzeko |
| 10 | Lautaro Martínez |
FC Porto (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 99 | Diogo Costa (GK) |
| 5 | Iván Marcano |
| 3 | Pepe |
| 12 | Zaidu Sanusi |
| 23 | João Mário |
| 25 | Otávio |
| 8 | Mateus Uribe |
| 16 | Marko Grujic |
| 9 | Mehdi Taremi |
| 13 | Galeno |
| 11 | Pepê |
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