Inter did just enough to beat Verona, third from the bottom and in the relegation zone of Serie A, and reached Juventus in third place, beaten on Friday by ‘leaderissimo’ Napoli (5-1), but their game was arouse many doubts ahead. of the derby that will face Milan on Wednesday in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) where the Super Cup is contested.
Lautaro Martínez barely needed two minutes to endorse his best scoring moment since winning the World Cup with Argentina. The forward caught a bouncing ball and put the ball past the post with the inside of his left foot. It was the third goal for ‘Toro’ in the last three games after scoring the previous day at Monza (2-2) and on Tuesday in the cup match against Parma (2-1).
Instead of dominating the game, Inter committed themselves to the temporary game, to dominate possession without any depth against a resource-less Verona that did not cause any problems.
Inter do not want to take any chances ahead of the derby that will face Milan in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) where the Super Cup is at stake and their few notable actions are Lautaro Martínez the star.
After a quarter of an hour into the game, the Argentine headed a Roberto Gagliardini cross for goalkeeper Lorenzo Montipò, who intercepted the ball without any problems.
Lautaro’s goal disallowed
In the second half, the ball stung Lautaro as Montipò left but the goal was annulled, after checking the VAR, due to ‘Toro”s earlier foul on Pawel Dawidowicz (62’).
The lack of ambition of the Inter players caused some whistles among their fans as they started to get impatient for fear that the game would be complicated for their team.
A Verona without an auction
Verona, who in the previous two rounds had 4 points that allowed them to leave the last place, introduced a triple substitution after playing time and gained an attacking presence but their strategies were not worried André Onana because of the lack of a shot.
With the victory, Inter consolidated its fourth place and its place in the Champions League, its only goal in Serie A against a superior Napoli team, where it is ten points ahead.
INTER
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VERONA
Inter: Onana; Skriniar, Acerbi, Bastoni; Darmian, Gagliardini, Çalhanoglu (Joaquín Correa, 69′), Mkhitaryan (Barella, 77′), Dimarco (Gosens, 77′); Lautaro Martínez (Carboni, 89′), Dzeko (Asllani, 69′)
Montipo; Dawidowicz (Magnani, 66′), Hien, Ceccherini; Depaoli, Ilic (Lasagna, 66′), Tameze (Veloso, 66′), Doig (Piccoli, 80′), Kallon (Sulemana, 57′), Lazovic; Djuric
Goal: 1-0 Lautaro Martínez (3′)
Referee: Michael Fabbri. Yellow cards to Dawidowicz (49′), Djuric (53′), Sulemana (90′)
Spectators: 70,734 at San Siro
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Source: La Verdad
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