Inter Milan vs Shakhtar Donetsk Europa League Match

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Inter Milan will appear in the semi-final of a European competition for the first time since the 2009/10 in the UEFA Champions League (winning the competition that year), whilst this is the eighth time the Italian side have reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup/ Europa League more than any other side.

The only previous meeting between Inter and Shakhtar Donetsk was in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, with Inter winning 3-1 on aggregate across two legs.

Since dropping out of the UEFA Champions League, Inter have won all four of their UEFA Europa League games this season- they last won five consecutive matches in major European competition (excluding qualifiers) between December 2009 April 2010 (a run of six) on their way to the UEFA Champions League final.

Shakhtar Donetsk are looking to reach only their second ever UEFA European final, last achieving that feat in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup, knocking out Dynamo Kiev in the semi-final and beating Werder Bremen in the final.

In the quarter final, Inter's Romelu Lukaku became the first player in UEFA Cup/ Europa League history to score in nine consecutive matches a run stretching back to November 2014 with Everton. The
Belgian striker has been involved in 15 goals in his last nine UEFA Europa League matches (12 goals &3 assists).

Junior Moraes has been directly involved in seven goals in seven UEFA Europa League appearances for
Shakhtar Donetsk (5 goals, 2 assists), with all of these games coming in the knockout phase of the competition.