Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku scored twice – including a goal within 22 seconds in the match, as Inter Milan beat Cagliari 4-1, to move into the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia at San Siro.
Lautaro Martinez was rested and Alexis Sanchez started for Inter Milan after a long injury layoff. The later was substituted at 70th minute with Sebastiano Esposito.
Goals
The 26-year-old Belgian slotted the first goal after a terrible back-pass by Christian Oliva found Lukau at the top of the box. Borja Valero tapped in from a centre from right flank to make it 2-0. Lukaku headed in his second from a Barella cross from right. Oliva struck low to make it 3-1 for Cagliari before Andrea Ranocchia’s header sealed the win for Inter. Lukaku has now scored 18 goals in 25 appearances for the Italian side.
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Other Matches
And in Tuesday’s other match, Lorenzo Insigne scored with two penalty kicks as Napoli defeated Perugia 2-0. Napoli’s former Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina saved a spot-kick from Pietro Iemmello. Holders Lazio cruised to a 4-0 victory over Serie B strugglers Cremonese, Italy international Ciro Immobile scoring from the spot in the comfortable victory. League champions and 13-time winners Juventus are at home to Udinese in their last-16 match on Wednesday.
