Inter hits crossbar twice in 0-0 draw at Shakhtar in CL

By: The Associated Press Posted: 3:29 PM CDT Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020 Last Modified: 3:32 PM CDT Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020

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KYIV, Ukraine - Inter Milan dominated but it was held to a second successive draw in the Champions League, ending 0-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday.

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KYIV, Ukraine - Inter Milan dominated but it was held to a second successive draw in the Champions League, ending 0-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday.

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KYIV, Ukraine – Inter Milan dominated but it was held to a second successive draw in the Champions League, ending 0-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday.

The Nerazzurri hit the crossbar twice and were also denied by some superb goalkeeping from Shakhtar’s Anatoliy Trubin.

Shakhtar still leads Group B after its surprise 3-2 victory at Real Madrid last week. It has two points more than Inter and three more than Borussia Mönchengladbach, which hosts Madrid later.

Inter Milan's Romelu Lukaku, left, reacts after missing an opportunity to score during the Champions League, Group B, soccer match between Shakhtar Donetsk and Inter Milan at the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Inter needed a last-minute equalizer to draw at home to Gladbach in their opener but it had routed Shakhtar 5-0 in August in the Europa League semifinal.

Shakhtar welcomed back several of the players who had missed the victory in Madrid because they were in isolation following a coronavirus outbreak in the squad. However, it lost forward Dentinho early on with a hamstring problem and he was replaced by Taison.

Inter almost took the lead moments later. Trubin did well to parry Romelu Lukaku’s effort and the ball came back to the Inter forward who cut it back to Nicolò Barella, but his shot cannoned off the crossbar.

Trubin then did even better shortly before full time with a sensational fingertip save to push Lukaku’s free kick onto the crossbar.

Inter continued to press after the break and should have broken the deadlock early in the second half. Trubin blocked an effort from Marcelo Brozovic and Lautaro Martínez incredibly fired the rebound wide from close range.