Pursued by injuries, Lukaku has not played 90 minutes in an official match since August 13, during the first day of Serie A once morest Lecce, a match in which he also scored. He then followed up with two starts once morest Spezia and Lazio without finishing the match.
He then only appeared twice in the jersey of the Nerazzurri (22 minutes once morest Sampdoria and 7 minutes once morest Viktoria Plzen). Leaving for the World Cup with the Red Devils, ‘Big Rom’ was entitled to 9 minutes once morest Morocco and 45 once morest Croatia.
A second friendly match is scheduled for Inter in the coming days. It will be once morest Sassuolo on December 29.