Italy’s Inter returned from the Czech Republic with three precious points, by defeating its host Viktoria Plzen 2-0 on Tuesday in the second round of the third group matches of the European Champions League.
And after he opened what was classified in the group of death by falling at home to Bayern Munich 0-2, Inter was required to beat its Czech host, who is the weakest link in a group that also includes the Spanish giant Barcelona, if he wanted to stay in the struggle to obtain one of the two tickets for the final price.
The last Italian team to lift the precious continental cup in 2010, when it was crowned with the treble led by Portuguese Jose Mourinho, succeeded in resolving the three points in its favour, thanks to the Bosnian Edin Dzeko, who paved the way for him by scoring the deserved advance goal in the 20th minute after he received the ball from Argentine Joaquin Correa. He hit it with a beautiful arc in The net to score his seventh personal goal against the Czech team in the shirts of his current and former teams, Roma.
After Viktoria Plzen had to complete the match with ten men after Pavel Bocha was sent off for a harsh error on Nicolo Barilla in the 61st minute, Dzeko played the role of the passer in the second goal scored by Dutchman Denzel Dumfries in the 70th minute.
At 36 years and 180 days, Dzeko became the oldest player to score and pass a decisive ball in a Champions League match since Ivory Coast Didier Drogba in November 2014, when he achieved this at 36 years and 259 days.