‘Rest quick brother. This is a really hard a single to take’: Romelu Lukaku dedicates Inter Milan penalty from Udinese to former Everton crew-mate Christian Atsu, immediately after his tragic demise in Turkey earthquake
Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring for Inter Milan on Saturday evening – and dedicated the penalty to his previous teammate Christian Atsu.
Earlier on Saturday, reps for Atsu confirmed his body experienced been discovered beneath rubble 12 days immediately after a big earthquake devastated Turkey, in which the Ghanaian was playing for Hatayspor.
It was the 31-year-old’s most recent club in a storied occupation, which provided stints with Leading League clubs Newcastle United, Bournemouth and Everton – and it was at the latter in which he performed alongside Lukaku.
The Belgian striker is now on bank loan at Inter Milan, and scored his second goal for the club with a penalty to open up the scoring against Udinese. Lukaku observed his 20th moment penalty saved, but was able to convert when the kick had to be retaken.
Inter Milan concluded the video game as 3-1 winners regardless of the clash staying level at half-time. It leaves the club 2nd in the Serie A table, 15 details at the rear of runaway leaders Napoli.
Romelu Lukaku pointed his fingers to the sky to pay out tribute to Christian Atsu just after scoring
Atsu, who was a former teammate at Everton, was confirmed to have died in an earthquake
Just after the successful kick, Lukaku pointed his fingers to the sky in tribute to Atsu, and then article-match, he built a publish to Instagram shelling out tribute to his former teammate.
The 29-yr-outdated wrote: ‘Rest straightforward brother. This just one is a hard one to acquire … It was astounding to be all over you. You are humbleness and adore for God. The way how you labored in instruction. The enjoy you experienced for your household and children.
‘May God give all the strength to your little ones and relatives … God bless your soul. Adore you constantly.’
Lukaku gave Inter the lead in opposition to Udinese via a retaken penalty in the 20th moment
Atsu had been enjoying club football in Turkey given that he joined Hatayspor in September 2022
The Belgian shared two pictures of the pair of them together in happier times at Everton, where by Atsu produced five bank loan appearances in the 2014-15 period.
Lukaku also shared a picture of his tribute soon after the objective, his very first at the San Siro this period. On his Instagram story, he captioned it: ‘love you brother’.
Other associates of the international soccer family members have come collectively to pay their respects to Atsu, like ex-Chelsea captain John Terry, who hailed the Ghanaian as ‘one of the nicest folks in football’.
In the meantime, Allan Saint-Maximin, Rafa Benitez and Eddie Howe have been amid people to make tributes to Atsu ahead of Newcastle’s sport with Liverpool on Saturday.