Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Inter Milan thrashed Shakhtar Donetsk 5-0 to set up a clash with Sevilla in the Europa League final.
Lautaro Martinez opened the scoring at the ESPRIT arena in Dusseldorf, heading home Nicolo Barella’s cross in the 19th minute.
Shakhtar should have been on level terms midway through the second half but Junior Moraes wasted a glorious chance moments before Danilo D’Ambrosio (64) extended Inter’s lead.
Martinez (74) then added his second of the night with a fine finish before Romelu Lukaku’s double (78, 83) extended his scoring run in the Europa League to 10 matches as Antonio Conte’s side ran away with proceedings.
Inter face five-time Europa League winners Sevilla, who beat Manchester United on Sunday evening, in Friday’s final in Cologne.
Lukaku is the first player in UEFA Cup/Europa League history to score in 10 consecutive matches via a run stretching back to November 2014 with Everton.
Lukaku and Martinez are the first duo to score 20+ goals each in a single season for Inter Milan since Adriano and Obafemi Martins in the 2004-05 campaign.
He also became the first Serie A player this season to hit 50 appearances in all competitions while the Belgian is also the first Inter player to reach the milestone in a single campaign since Samuel Eto’o (53) and Javier Zanetti (52) in 2010-11.
After a rather cagey opening, Inter made the breakthrough in the 19th minute with their first chance of the match.
The Italian side capitalised on a terrible clearance from Andriy Pyatov as Nicolo Barella’s inch-perfect cross picked out Martinez, who rose to head home for his 20th goal of the season.
Inter came very close to doubling their advantage moments later but Lukaku, and then Martinez, failed to convert Ashley Young’s low cross before Pyatov tipped Barella’s powerful half volley over the crossbar.
Shakhtar finally showed some conviction in their attacking play towards the end of the first half with Marlos setting up the Marcos Antonio, but his right-foot half volley flew just over the crossbar.
Inter were back on the front foot at the start of the second half as Martinez, who dispossessed Davit Khocholava, saw Pyatov off his line and tried his luck from distance, but the Shakhtar keeper just gets back to tip the ball around the post.
Lukaku then went close, curling an effort just wide as he looked to pick out the bottom corner and the Italians were almost made to pay for their wastefulness in front of goal.
