Inter staged a coup d’état at the Olympic Stadium in Rome and topped Serie A after beating Lazio 0-2. Two goals from their strikers Lautaro Martínez and Marcus Thuram, in a match where they knew how to defend themselves against local dominance, put the Nerazzurri at the top of the table with four points on Juventus.
Lazio entered the game boldly, commanding, dominating and setting a high pace on the ball, forcing Inter to show their most fighting version. It helped the team Maurizio Sarri Despite some dangerous arrivals, he was not successful in finishing his plays.
Marusic and Lautaro’s mistake makes history
On the other hand, this Inter is also strong in attack and cannot make any concessions. Adam Marusic failed to deliver backward and there appeared Lautaro Martínez to block it, past it towards the goal Ivan Provedel and, despite the small angle, put the ball in the net (40′).
This is the ‘capocannoniere’s’ 15th goal and 29th in 2023, surpassing the Inter record in a calendar year from the beginning of the 21st century they will hold Christian Vieri and Diego Milito with 28.
Lautaro celebrated the goal by showing off a t-shirt that says ‘Fuerza Bahía Blanca’, his town, in support of the victims of the typhoon that hit the town of Argentina in recent hours.
Inter took advantage of their first shot on target and after the break the situation was repeated. Lazio continued to dominate the game with good ball handling and had a costly chance to equalize in the 47th minute when Nicolò Rovella stars in a great internship in the middle but he mistimed his shot and Yann Sommer deflected it with his body.
Thuram sentence against
Lazio managed to prevent Inter from going on the counterattack but the first time the leader had space it was devastating again. Nicolò Barella tried to connect with Lautaro but collected the defensive rebound and assisted Marcus Thuram for the Frenchman to cross the net (65′).
Lazio’s final impotence paid off the direct red card from his side Manuel Lazzari for strongly protesting the referee. With just one win in the last six rounds, Sarri’s side remain anchored in the middle of the standings.
match lineup
94
29
77
65
fifteen
3. 4
8
6
17
7
twenty
1
36
32
95
fifteen
31
23
22
10
9
twenty
Olympics
Yann Sommer1
85′
Matteo Darmian36
Federico Dimarco32
69′
74′
Alessandro Bastoni95
80′
Francesco Acerbififteen
Yann Bisseck31
Nicolò Barella23
60′
69′
64′
Henrikh Mkhitaryan22
Lautaro Martinez10
39′
88′
79′
Marcus Thuram9
25′
65′
77′
74′
Hakan Calhanoglutwenty
88′
Replacements
Raffaele Di Gennaro12
Emil Audero77
Benjamin Pavard28
Charles Augustus30
69′
Giacomo Stabile44
Stefano Sensi5
Davy Klaassen14
88′
64′
Davide Frattesi16
69′
Kristjan Asllanitwenty-one
88′
74′
Lucien Agoume42
74′
Marko Arnautovic8
77′
79′
coach
Maurizio Sarri
Simone Inzaghi
Source: La Verdad
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