Man City won the title, Rodri was the best match, but it was Romelu Lukaku of Inter Milan who was the most mentioned player after the Champions League final.
Lukaku is always the focus
Lukaku was brought on in the 57th minute to replace Edin Dzeko. To be fair, he didn’t play too bad. Immediately after playing, the Belgian striker put considerable pressure on Man City ‘s defence . But then the inexplicable bad luck continued to cling to this famous “wooden foot” player.
Just over 10 minutes after being on the field, Lukaku made every audience laugh with his “defensive help your team” situation.
In an airfight, Dimarco hit the crossbar with a header. The ball bounced back to the Italian’s position and he went on to hit another header from close range. But unfortunately for Inter, Lukaku was in the right position to save Dimarco’s second header. Without Lukaku, Inter would probably have equalized.
In addition to this humorous situation, Lukaku also missed an extremely delicious opportunity. At the end of the game, he had the opportunity to finish only about 5m from the goal. But his header went right into the position of goalkeeper Ederson.
Lukaku’s Comedy Career
These two situations are typical of Lukaku’s career full of bad moments.
In the Europa League final in 2020, he was the one to score an own goal that made Inter conceded a decisive goal against Sevilla.
A few months later, Lukaku saved a tenth goal from teammate Alexis Sanchez in the Champions League. The situation is similar to Dimarco’s recent ball. The ball also flew into the goal area. The opponent’s goalkeeper had to give up, but then Lukaku clumsily stood in the spot where he shouldn’t be.
By the 2022 World Cup , this tall striker reported to Belgium with a series of unbelievable misses. In the last match against Croatia in the group stage, Lukaku repeatedly failed to eat from close range.
“Lukaku is going through exactly what he went through in the World Cup. People will still criticize Lukaku. He will have to live with that for the rest of his life,” commented former player Thierry Henry.
The strange misfortune made Lukaku a familiar “meme” (humorous image, widely spread) on social networks. Of course, when this is repeated over and over again, the Belgian striker himself must also look at himself.
He was once one of the most expensive footballers in the world. In 2017, Man United spent up to 85 million euros to buy him from Everton. By 2021, Chelsea even spent up to 115 million euros to have the Belgian striker’s signature.
But then in every team, Lukaku always causes trouble with his mouths. Accompanied by frequent missed opportunities to score. Pressure from the media and fans is probably one of the reasons why Lukaku often appears clumsy in important matches.
