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Antonio Conte: "I've never seen Lukaku play like that", the striker: "Me? Outstanding Barla"

The Inter coach praised the Belgian after the 1: 2 over Leverkusen that gave his team its place in the Europa League semi-finals. Barla: "We showed we have eggs"

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Last night (Monday) Inter celebrated their first qualification for the European semi-finals since the 2009/10 season, when the team won the Champions League, the Serie A championship and the Italian Cup. Antonio Conte's players could have won with a much higher result, but settled for a 1-2 draw against Bayer Leverkusen on the way to the last four of the Europa League. Niccolò Barla put the Narazuri ahead (15), Romulo Lukaku doubled (21), with a shrinking goal from Habaretz in the 25th minute kept Inter alert until the end, but did not prevent it from winning.

"We are very pleased, we have shown great ability," Inter coach Conte said at the end. "We prepared for the game well, we did not let them play in the style they like. We did what we worked on in training. The guys showed how hungry they are and how determined they are to prove what they are worth. We are in the Europa League semi-finals, and we are satisfied. We want to achieve the maximum. "We want to go all the way."

The coach talked about Lukaku, who was huge again: "I've never seen him play like that. He was great, but so was the whole team."

Inter Romulo striker Lukaku scored yesterday for the ninth time in a row in the Europa League. This is the longest winning streak of any player in the factory (even in the so-called UEFA Cup). The Belgian refused to be impressed at the end of the milestone he achieved: “Records are records, but the victory we achieved today was the most important thing. Leverkusen has a team with a lot of qualities and an excellent coach. We made too many mistakes up front and we could have won by a bigger margin. "

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Lukaku commented on his team's ability: "You can clearly see that we have improved recently. We just have to work on our extension and take advantage of the opportunities we get to kill games earlier. We now have a week to prepare for the semi-finals. It will be another huge game and we intend to get ready. I think I was good, but there is no doubt that the best player in the game is Arla, he was excellent. "

The first goal scorer for Inter, Niccolò Barla : "We proved what we are worth to anyone who said we are not a good team, and we showed that we have eggs. We could have killed the game earlier and been calmer, but Leverkusen have a very strong team and caused us problems. Now we have proved who we are. "We want to reach the final. Just as we respect everyone in this factory, they too need to take care of us."