Motivation is everything in football and this explains why Sassuolo, penultimate and desperate to avoid relegation, again beat Inter 1-0, already champions of Serie A, and became the team to whom He gave his two defeats only in the championship after also being defeated. he in the first round with 1-2 at San Siro.
Sassuolo are still in the relegation zone but now, with three games to go, are just two points away from relegation with a morale boost brought by victory against the champions.
Inzaghi rests half the team
With the ‘scudetto’ secured by a relaxed Inter and with the only goal, which it could not achieve, to add 100 points, Simone Inzaghi rested the undoubted starters such as goals Sommer, Dimarco, Barella, Çalhanoglu and Marcus Thuram.
After the first quarter of an hour without anything remarkable, Sassuolo warned with a shot from Kristian Thorstvedt deflected by Stefan de Vrij and another Luca Lipani whose shot from the edge of the area after the rebound was taken by the goalkeeper next to the post Emil Audero.
Dumfries’ wallet is stolen and Lauriente nails it
Inter immediately responded with their first arrival, a cross Denzel Dumfries than Lautaro Martínez He finished first but could not tell the direction.
But on the next play in the Dutch side he let his purse be stolen at the level of the corner flag Josh Doigthat the delayed pass sent him Armando Laurent to net with howitzer from square (20′).
Inter reacted and Dumfries wanted to make amends for their mistake with the goal but, after the drop Kristjan Asllani A great pass, his cross shot was very close to the post.
Goal disallowed for Lautaro
A centered shot of Alexis Sanchez Andrea Consigli was not surprised, who, having already added the first half, saw how Lautaro Martinez deflected a shot into the net Charles Augustusbut the referee, after consulting VAR, disallowed the goal due to the Argentine’s offside.
In the second half, Sassuolo dedicated themselves exclusively to the defense of their crucial advantage, they locked themselves in their field, joined their lines and managed to make most of Inter’s possessions completely fruitless. Advice He didn’t need to interfere.
Sassuolo, 10 wins and 10 losses against Inter
Sassuolo was once again a jinx for Inter shown by the fact that in their 22 meetings in Serie A, both teams had ten wins and two draws.
match lineup
47
22
43
13
19
5
7
42
9
Four
35
77
2
30
95
6
28
16
22
70
10
twenty-one
MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Emil Audero77
85′
Denzel Dumfries2
59′
Charles Augustus30
Alessandro Bastoni95
68′
Stefan de Vrij6
Benjamin Pavard28
88′
85′
Davide Frattesi16
68′
59′
Henrikh Mkhitaryan22
59′
Alexis Sanchez70
19′
Lautaro Martinez10
Four.
70′
Kristjan Asllanitwenty-one
73′
Replacements
Yann Sommer1
Raffaele Di Gennaro12
85′
Yann Bisseck31
Federico Dimarco32
Matteo Darmian36
85′
Stefano Sensi5
Juan Cuadrado7
59′
70′
Davy Klaassen14
73′
Tajon Buchanan17
68′
59′
89′
Hakan Calhanoglutwenty
Nicolò Barella23
68′
Marko Arnautovic8
59′
Marcus Thuram9
coach
Davide Ballardini
Simone Inzaghi
Source: La Verdad
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