Inter-Monza, the scoring balls go to the fans. Like Lukaku’s penalty

The converted penalty, the exultation with his finger over his mouth in front of the opponent’s curve, the second yellow card and the consequent expulsion, but also the scuffle and also the two red cards at the end of the match. About ten days ago, the fiery last minutes of Juventus-Inter had their roots in Romelu Lukaku’s goal from the penalty spot, resulting from an uncoordinated touch of the hand by Gleison Bremer at the end of recovery. If we also add the racist howls that then went around the world for the inhumanity of the gesture, it goes without saying that the ball from that goal takes on an invaluable value, an almost historical value for all that it directly or indirectly unleashed. And it will end up in the hands of a fan.

The initiative

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Like all the goal balls from the last five Coppa Italia matches, the memorabilia is in fact part of the agreement between Lega Serie A and the fan token platform that transforms goal objects into prizes for holders of digital tokens. Now that the certification and chip insertion process (essential to review the related goal with your smartphone) has been completed, the two balls are available: both that of Juan Cuadrado’s advantage and that of Lukaku’s equalizer. And it doesn’t stop there: Inter-Monza on the 30th day of Serie A will also be the subject of the same initiative. Nerazzurri fans are starting to rub their hands…