Internazionale has secured the lead for at least one more round. Visiting finalist Salernitana shared i Nerazzurri quite a beating: 0-5. Denzel Dumfries scored the second goal. Inter is separated by four points from direct pursuer AC Milan, which will still play against Napoli on Sunday. In addition to Dumfries, Stefan de Vrij was also in the starting lineup at Inter; both played ninety minutes.
In perhaps Salernitana’s last home game in Serie A (the club is in danger of being kicked out of the competition due to an ownership issue), Simone Inzaghi’s team immediately took the lead. After ten minutes, Hakan Calhanoglu almost found Edin Dzeko’s head with his cross, but Vincenzo Fiorillo turned it into a corner. Calhanoglu went behind the ball and put it on the head of Ivan Perisic: 0-1. The Croat thus signed for his fifth league goal of the season; the declarant already produced his fifth assist from standard situations. Inter happily continued and almost made it 0-2 two minutes later. Dumfries shot a brilliant pass from Alexis Sánchez just wide of the left post.
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The Dutchman with his second goal for Inter! And how? He hits hard through the bottom of the bar for the 0-2 at Salernitana ??#ZiggoSport #SeriesA #SalernitanaInter pic.twitter.com/IKo7WGpLLE
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Suddenly, Samir Handanovic had to come into action on an attempt by Joel Obi: the Slovenian tapped the ball wide. Then it was Denzel Dumfries’ turn. The right back received the ball on a silver platter from Dzeko and shot hard through the bottom of the bar. Salernitana’s resistance was thus completely broken after half an hour of play. Inter was able to work on goal difference in the remainder of the game. After a rare outbreak of Salernitana six minutes after the break, Sánchez was the end station of a razor-sharp counter: 0-3.
After that it was quiet for a while in the Giuseppe Meazza. Substitute Lautaro Martínez changed that again in minute 77. The Argentinian managed to get the ball somewhat fortunately at his feet after a pact from Dzeko and mercilessly shot in for the 0-4. Roberto Gagliardini completed the humiliation for Salernitana three minutes before the end with a watched slider. Inter comes with the victory on 43 points from 18 games; Salernitana remains at the bottom with a meager 8 points.
| No. | Team | m | W | G | V | +/- | Pnt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 43 |
| 2 | AC Milan | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 39 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 37 |
| 4 | Napoli | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 36 |
| 5 | Fiorentina | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | AS Roma | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| 7 | Juventus | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 28 |
| 8 | Lazio | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 28 |
| 9 | empoli | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | Bologna | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 24 |
| 11 | Hellas Verona | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
| 13 | Torino | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 14 | sampdoria | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Udinese | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -6 | 17 |
| 16 | Venice | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -14 | 16 |
| 17 | special | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -21 | 12 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -17 | 10 |
| 19 | Genoa | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -18 | 10 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | -31 | 8 |
Date:Friday December 17, 2021, 8:45 PM
Stadium:Stadium Arechi (Salerno)
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