On Sunday afternoon, Internazionale narrowly managed to escape an expensive loss of points in the battle for the title in the Serie A. Antonio Conte’s team visited low-flyer Torino for a long time at 1-1, but pulled through Lautaro Martínez in the final phase. longest end and now has a nine-point lead over city rivals AC Milan, which will play against Napoli later in the evening at home. AS Roma did themselves a disservice by beating 2-0 at Parma. The Romans, who remain fifth, thus failed to take third place.
Torino – Inter Milan 1-2
In a first half that was not full of opportunities, the best opportunity was for Torino. Sasa Lukic was found at the far post after half an hour of play and produced a powerful header towards Samir Handanovic’s goal, but saw his attempt explode on the right post. Apart from Martínez’s header, it was the only significant moment in the first half. The Inter attacker had a chance to give the visitors the lead after five minutes of play, but headed just wide after a cross from Ivan Perisic’s left.
Inter, which played the entire game with Stefan de Vrij, took the lead in the second half via Romelu Lukaku, who was accurate from the spot after a foul by Armando Izzo: 0-1. Antonio Conte’s team was given opportunities to further expand the score, but had to see how the home team tied the score. After a messy situation in the Milanese penalty area, Antonio Sanabria was most attentive to work a rebound behind Handanovic in goal. The game then seemed to end in a draw for a long time, but Martínez still decided in favor of Inter. The attacker already hit the header after a cross from Alexis Sánchez: 1-2.
Parma – AS Roma 2-0
The visitors from Rome screamed for a penalty kick after two minutes of play, when Lorenzo Pellegrini was hindered by Hernani in the Parma penalty area. Referee Marco Piccinini found it insufficient for a penalty kick and dismissed the protests. Five minutes later, the home team took the lead. Dennis Man took care of the preparatory work on the right side of the field and tailor-made Valentin Mihaila, after which the latter could easily finish: 1-0. Roma then took the initiative in the remainder of the first half, but was unable to achieve great opportunities.
In the second half, Roma appeared to be level, when Edin Dzeko put the ball on a silver platter for Stephan El Shaarawy, but the forward was confused with the opportunity and killed the opportunity. Barely five minutes later, Parma doubled the score. Roger Ibañez committed a foul and saw that Piccinini pointed to the spot this time. Hernani knew what to do with the great opportunity and left goalkeeper Pau López without a chance for the second time. Joshua Zirkzee came in at Parma half an hour before time, while Rick Karsdorp remained on the bench for the entire game.