Inter Milan was set to win their first European trophy since their Champions League triumph under Jose Mourinho more than 10 years ago after been touted by pundits as favourites for the trophy.
However, they just happened to be facing Europa League experts Sevilla in the final, who won the trophies three times on the bounce between 2014 and 2016.
Ex-Manchester United man’s night started perfectly, opening the scoring with a penalty to notch his 34th of the season – equalling the club record set by the Brazilian Ronaldo 22-years ago.
But after a stunning debut season at Inter, luck dealt him a cruel blow just as it mattered.
The Score was Just 2:2 thanks to Luuk de Jong’s brace and a calamitous winner, at the last 10 minutes of the game inter where pushing strong until a freekick was given to sevilla.
Travail fell on Lukaku as he accidentally diverted into his own net after an audacious bicycle kick by Diego Carlos to hand the La Liga side their winner
The Said deflection just happened to ping off Lukaku who, regardless of whether UEFA credit him with the goal or not, was unintentionally responsible for the shot heading on target.
And after the match, Romelu Lukaku decided not to appear with his teammates in the medal and trophy presentation as the striker was not happy that he cost his team the encounter.
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