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60% Ball Possession INTER and 40% Ball Possession FC PORTO
Inter 1 – 0 FC Porto 
86′ Romero Lukaku 🟥 Red Card: 78′ Otávio
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✅ Inter win the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, First Leg game, on Wednesday 22 February 2023 at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy. Inter goalkeeper Onana was the main protagonist denying FC Porto any chance to score. FC Porto remained with 10 players since the 78th minute, Otávio, sent off for a second yellow card. The victory is thanks to the goal by Romelu Lukaku.
Inter will travel to Portugal for the Second Leg game on 14 March.
All four of Inter’s previous ties with Porto have taken place in the Champions League in 2005. Inter going unbeaten in the Round of 16 of the 2004/05 edition (W1 D1), before the sides won a match each in the group stage of the 2005/06 Champions League.
Inter opened the score in the 86th minute. Forward Romelu Lukaku defeated FC Porto goalkeeper Diogo Costa with a left-footed shot to the center.
🏆👉 Inter 1 – 0 FC Porto, 86th minute, ⚽️ goal by Romelu Lukaku for @Inter_en with a left-footed shot to the center. https://t.co/HnkxpSDlt1
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 22, 2023
ROMELU LUKAKU FOUR MINUTES FROM TIME. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/kBcNWEBWm5
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 22, 2023
Stats before the game: Inter have won each of their last two home games played in the Champions League, beating Barcelona 1-0 and Viktoria Plzen 4-0. The last time the Nerazzurri collected three consecutive home wins in the competition was between December 2009 and November 2010 (a run of seven), in which they lifted the trophy in the 2009/10 edition. Porto have won their last four Champions League games and could equal their longest winning streak in the competition – a run of five victories between October and December 2018, all under Sergio Conceição.
🏆👉 Lineup INTER (3-5-2): Onana; Skriniar, Acerbi, Bastoni; Darmian, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Lautaro, Dzeko.
🏆👉 Lineup PORTO (4-4-2): Diogo Costa; João Mário, Pepe, Marcano, Zaidu; Otavio, Grujic, Uribe, Galeno; Pepé, Taremi.
FC Porto Coach Sérgio Conceição and Inter Coach Simone Inzaghi greet before the game.
Reencontros 🔵⚪
Sérgio Conceição 🤝Simone Inzaghi#FCIMFCP #UCL pic.twitter.com/YHG9Kmsj3P
— FC Porto (@FCPorto) February 22, 2023
Simply breathtaking 🖤💙#InterPorto #UCL #ForzaInter pic.twitter.com/N2TrekyCgw
— Inter (@Inter_en) February 22, 2023
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📺 Click the video to watch Inter 1 – 0 FC Porto highlights on Wednesday 22 February 2023
The Giuseppe Meazza Stadium ready for Inter vs FC Porto
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In they come 👋#InterPorto #UCL #ForzaInter pic.twitter.com/SM4WYoOL4p
— Inter (@Inter_en) February 22, 2023
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⚠ Zona reservada a Dragões ⚠#FCIMFCP #UCL pic.twitter.com/zTuDwsY2Pc
— FC Porto (@FCPorto) February 22, 2023
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🏆👉 First half is over. Inter 0 – 0 FC Porto
⚽️ No Goals
🟨 Yellows: 41′ Otávio (P), 41′ Federico Dimarco (I)
Corners: Inter 4, Porto 0
✍ Ball Possession: 58% @Inter_en and 42% @FCPorto
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— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 22, 2023
🏆👉 Result Inter 1 – 0 FC Porto
⚽️ Goals: 86′ Romelu Lukaku
🟥 Red Card: 78′ Otávio (P)
✍ Ball Possession: 60% @Inter_en and 40% @FCPorto
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@SerieA_EN @InterClubLA @InterClubDC @InterClubIndia @socios @TheCalcioGuys @SerieASitdown https://t.co/i3yi7a7G8S— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 22, 2023
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2022 – 2023 UEFA Champions League
Round of 16, First Leg
Inter 1 – 0 FC Porto
Wednesday 22 February 2023
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Milan, Italy
21:00
Referee: Srdjan Jovanović (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Uroš Stojković (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Milan Mihajlović (SRB)
Fourth Official: Novak Simović (SRB)
VAR: Bastian Dankert (GER)
AVAR: Marco Fritz (GER)
Referee Observer: Michael Riley (ENG)
⚽️ Goals: 86′ Romelu Lukaku
🟥 Red Card: 78′ Otávio (P)
🟨 Yellows: 41′ Otávio (P), 41′ Federico Dimarco (I), 63′ Pepê Aquino (P)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
🏆👉 Lineup INTER (3-5-2): 24 Onana; 37 Skriniar (2 Dumfries 81′), 15 Acerbi, 95 Bastoni; 36 Darmian, 23 Barella, 20 Calhanoglu, 22 Mkhitaryan (77 Brozovic 72′), 32 Dimarco (8 Gosens 58′); 9 Dzeko (90 Lukaku 58′), 10 Lautaro.
Substitutes: 1 Handanovic, 21 Cordaz, 5 Gagliardini, 6 De Vrij, 12 Bellanova, 14 Asllani, 33 D’Ambrosio, 45 Carboni.
Coach: Simone Inzaghi.
🏆👉 Lineup PORTO (4-4-2): 99 Diogo Costa; 23 João Mário (70 Gonçalo Borges 92′), 3 Pepe, 5 Marcano, 12 Zaidu; 25 Otavio, 8 Uribe, 16 Grujic, 13 Galeno (30 Evanilson 51′); 11 Pepê Aquino, 9 Taremi (22 Wendell 83′).
Substitutes: 14 Claudio Ramos, 2 Cardoso, 4 Carmo, 17 Conceiçao, 19 Namaso, 20 André Franco, 29 T. Martinez, 46 Eustaquio, 87 Bernardo Folha.
Coach: Sergio Conceiçao.