Lautaro and a penalty made Inter more leaders

Winner of each of his five bouts, the Inter strengthened his leadership in A series with a victory of height in a very demanding terrain, the stadium Gewiss of Bergamowhich he overcame Atalanta with a contested penalty, a great goal from Lautaro Martinez and a pause in the last stretch of Yann Sommer to shift the pressure to their direct rivals (2-1).

Pending progress the rest of the day, for example, they are five points ahead of second in the table, the Juventuswho is visiting this Sunday at Fiorentina (8:45 p.m.)but, above all, they are a demonstration of the stability of the leader, who has won nine of his eleven challenges this season in the Italian championship, with four wins in his last five events.

It’s not easy to win Bergamo. Atalanta have not lost all this season in their field. Not in Serie A or in European League. In fact, they have not scored a single goal in front of their fans, until this Saturday, until the visit of Inter, who have not won there since 2018.

Without showing almost the entire first half of Thuram and LautaroHarmless Inter, withdrawn waiting for Atalanta, a penalty cleared his horizon. The maximum penalty is discussed and debated, because Darmian He was in a hurry, because the play seemed more fortuitous, typical of the inertia of the action, and because the ball was already escaping the baseline, even in that direction, when Juan Musso He knocks down the visiting player.

The judge, Simone Sozza, he immediately pointed it out. He VAR He didn’t fix it. There was contact. Definitely. The problem is the timing of such conflict. Whether or not it matters to the outcome of the play, if it goes anyway. The maximum penalty is thrown Calhanoglu. He was given no option Musso. His impeccable right hand, powerful, tight, unreachable.

Darmian had entered the field eight minutes before, as a change of Benjamin Pavard. The French international footballer damaged his left knee in a crash. Treated on the grass for a few minutes, he first lay, motionless, on a stretcher to leave the field of play; Then he decided to go out alone. He was replaced. Medical tests can determine the exact extent of the illness. Just like a hit.

0-1 was a turning point. The growth of Inter Since then it has been constant. Picked up from the ground, Calhanoglu He still tried to make it 0-2 before the first half, with a shot that he answered Musso. An evidence. Everything changed. For Inter, better, and for him Atalantawhose dominance is lost in history, as much as his chance against Ruggeri in the past is an anecdote in the fight.

Continuity further strengthened the leader of A series. The game was undoubtedly theirs, more present in attack, more solid in defence, more pressing in their attack, with more visible participation of Lautaro Martinez. And when the Argentine comes in there is almost always something going on. His first header was a goal, disallowed for offside. His next action was a great goal: 0-2 with Inter increasing the difference.

The world champion controlled the ball on the left side of the attack, got into the corner of the area and unleashed a perfect right-footed shot at the other post, leaving no chance for his compatriot in the Atalanta goal, which the striker indisputably beat , scoring his thirteenth goal of the season in 14 games, 13 of them in Serie A.

This is not the sentence, because Inter themselves gave 1-2. definitely, Di Marco, that he was holding the ball, that he fell to the ground, probably because of his grip Lookman, maybe not. The ball was taken by his rival, who crossed the area for the shot to the delight of Scam, for 1-2, to revive a rivalry that still has more than half an hour left. It’s a world.

He felt it Interwhich endured – really without too many shocks – the offensive of Atalanta which is nothing more than a stop saving Yann Sommer and that he still has 1-3 options, in a play of Alexis Sanchez. On the edge of the end, Toloi He was sent home for a double yellow, cutting off another promising attack from a reaffirmed leader.

Data sheet:

1 – Atalanta: Musso; Scalvini (Toloi, m. 62), Djimsiti, Kolasinac (Pasalic, m. 55); Zappacosta (Hateboer, d. 55), De Roon, Ederson, Ruggeri; Koopmeiners (Muriel, d. 80), Lookman (De Keteleare, d. 80); Scam.

2 – Inter: Summer; Dumfries, Pavard (Darmian, d. 31), De Vrij, Acerbi, Dimarco (Charles Augustus, d. 70); Barella, Çalhanoglu (Asllani, d. 86), Mkhitaryan (Frattesi, d. 70); Thuram and Lautaro Martínez (Alexis, d. 86).

Goals: 0-1, m. 39: Çalhanoglu, penalty. 0-2, m. 57: Lautaro Martínez. 1-2, m. 61: Scamacca.

Referee: Simone Sozza. Toloi, from Atalanta, was sent off for a double yellow card in the 90th minute. He yellow carded locals De Roon (m. 25) and Kolasinac (m. 34) and visitors Dumfries (m. 89).

Happenings: match corresponding to the eleventh day of the Italian Serie A, played at the Gewiss stadium in Bergamo in front of approximately 15,000 spectators.