Supreme Inter regains the lead in the Serie A thanks in part to ‘strike goal’ Dumfries


Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 20:00• Jordi Tomasowa • Last update: 20:00

Internationale did excellent business on Saturday evening in the battle for the national title. Thanks in part to a nice opening goal by Denzel Dumfries, Roberto Mancini’s team booked a comfortable home win against AS Roma: 3-1. With the win, Inter takes the lead from AC Milan in the Serie A. Earlier in the day, Atalanta settled with 1-3 on a visit to Venezia.

Internazionale – AS Roma 3-1
At both clubs, Dumfries and Rick Karsdorp could count on a base place as wingback as usual. Inter was the team that showed the most confidence in the opening phase. Roma was passed by I Nerazzurri He was put under frequent pressure, although this did not immediately lead to serious opportunities for the home team. The visitors got no further than a long shot from Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the first half hour, but Gianluca Mancini got the perfect opportunity to open the score out of nowhere. After a perfect cross from Lorenzo Pellegrini, the Roma defender headed just wide of the post.

On the other hand, it was then hit when Dumfries popped up out of nowhere in the striker after a smooth attack. The the Dutch international first avoided offside as an accomplished striker and then remained face to face with goalkeeper Rui Patrício: 1-0. Inter was already on roses before the break thanks to Marcelo Brozovic, who curled the ball beautifully into the square: 2-0. Any hopes of Mourinho for a good result were shattered early in the second half by Lautaro Martínez. The Argentine attacker jumped the highest and convincingly headed a corner from Hakan Calhanoglu against the ropes. Inter consolidated the large lead in the second company and took a goal from Mkhitaryan – after a smart transfer from Karsdorp – into the bargain.

Venice – Atalanta 1-3
Venezia’s last victory was dated February 12, when they won 1-2 over Torino. The relegation candidate had been waiting for a win for some time, but seemed to shoot out against Atalanta when Thomas Henry nodded the opening goal against the ropes from the inside of the post. After the intervention of the VAR, however, referee Francesco Fourneau canceled the early goal due to offside. The visitors, where Marten de Roon and Hans Hateboer started in the starting line and Teun Koopmeiners came in halfway through the second half, succeeded immediately Rest in peace to break the spell. Mario Pasalic was able to easily tap in from close range after a shot on the crossbar by Luis Muriel: 0-1.

Early in the second half, Atalanta managed to double the margin via Duván Zapata, who got the ball on a silver platter from Muriel. With two assists to his name, Muriel was the celebrated man himself after more than an hour by scoring a cross from Davide Zappacosta: 0-3. The honorary goal of Venezia came ten minutes before time to Domen Crnigoj: 1-3.

No. Team m W G V † Pnt
1 Internazionale 33 21 9 3 45 72
2 AC Milan 33 21 8 4 29 71
3 Napoli 33 20 7 6 32 67
4 Juventus 33 18 9 6 21 63
5 AS Roma 34 17 7 10 15 58
6 Fiorentina 32 17 5 10 13 56
7 Lazio 33 16 8 9 17 56
8 Atalanta 33 15 9 9 18 54
9 Hellas Verona 33 13 9 11 8 48
10 Sassuolo 33 12 10 11 5 46
11 Torino 33 11 10 12 6 43
12 Udinese 32 9 12 11 -3 39
13 Bologna 32 10 8 14 -10 38
14 empoli 33 8 10 15 -18 34
15 special 34 9 6 19 -25 33
16 sampdoria 33 8 5 20 -16 29
17 Cagliari 33 6 10 17 -30 28
18 Salernitana 32 5 7 20 -43 22
19 Genoa 33 2 16 15 -30 22
20 Venice 33 5 7 21 -34 22