Internazionale booked a hard-fought victory in Serie A on Monday evening. In the Giuseppe Meazza, Antonio Conte’s team faced Atalanta, which was defeated 1-0 in an exciting battle. Do with that i Nerazzurri excellent business in the rankings, as the gap to AC Milan was widened again to six points. Juventus, which finished one game less, follows third place with ten points behind the leader. Atalanta is fifth (49 points) and is following number four AS Roma (50).
Conte surprisingly preferred Arturo Vidal to Christian Eriksen in midfield, who has grown into a regular base force at Inter in recent weeks. Stefan de Vrij could also count on a place in the central heart of the defense; Marten de Roon provided Dutch input at Atalanta, while Sam Lammers returned to the bench after injuries. The injured Hans Hateboer watched from home as both teams put an exciting first half on the mat.
Although the Milanese were unable to produce a single shot on goal before half-time, the team did become dangerous a number of times. Berat Djimsiti, for example, was able to prevent Romelu from lashing out with Lukaku with the utmost effort, and in panic, final post Marco Sportiello headed a ball off the goal line in response to a dangerous moment by Cristian Romero. On behalf of the visitors, Duván Zapata had an excellent opportunity to open the score, but Samir Handanovic saved the striker’s header with a feline reaction.
Eight minutes after the break, the spell was broken when Inter’s first shot on goal immediately resulted in a goal. Atalanta failed to defend a corner kick from Eriksen, who had just come in, leaving Milan Skriniar to get the ball in front of his feet and to shoot diagonally: 1-0. Fifteen minutes later, Zapata, who received a pass from Robin Gosens in the sixteen, got a life-sized chance to equalize the score, but the Colombian’s shot went a few centimeters wide. Mario Pasalic added another penny five minutes before the final whistle; he also did not get the ball between the posts.
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