Inter left it very late to safe a win over newly promoted Lecce on the opening weekend of the 2022/23 Serie A season, with Denzel Dumfries discovering the web deep into stoppage time.
Romelu Lukaku marked his return to Italian soccer with a dream begin, scoring simply two minutes into the competition at Stadio Via del mare in the far south east of the nation.
The Belgian striker was in the correct place on the proper time to simply not into the web after Matteo Darmian had headed Federico Dimarco’s deep cross from the left again throughout the field.
Inter dominated possession and had much more makes an attempt on purpose than the hosts. Lautaro Martinez was additionally responsible of lacking a giant likelihood.
Lecce’s equaliser in the primary jiffy of the second half was in opposition to the run of play, with Assan Ceesay driving on the Inter defence and taking part in a one-two with Federico Di Francesco after which squeezing the ball into the far nook from a comparatively tight angle.
With 4 minutes of stoppage time signalled by the officers and only some seconds remaining, it appeared as if perennial yo-yo aspect Lecce, again in the highest flight for the primary time since 2020, had bagged themselves a formidable end result.
But with yet one more Inter nook to defence, the resistance lastly cracked. Martinez rose highest, heading the ball down in direction of the far submit. Edin Dzeko went for it and truly missed it altogether, however Dumfries was closing behind him to show the ball into the web.
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