On Christmas day of Serie A, the 18th, the Inter won 3-0 at the home of Cagliari (antepenultimate) and became, at least for some time, leading, thanks to the difference of purpose, tied to Atalantawho visit Lazio this Saturday and for whom a point is enough to regain the lead.
He had to wait Inter to get their last meeting of the year back on track. The Italian champion created danger from the start (of Thuramfor the first time), but Simone Scuffetgoalkeeper of Cagliari and who reappeared, made good interventions and the Sardinians managed to fight in the first half. And in the 33rd minute, Cagliari also had a chance that they didn’t take advantage of. Bisseck.
However, in the 53rd minute Cane scored a header after a good assist from Nicolò Barella, definitely a former player of Cagliari and also born in Cagliari. And in 71′ Lautaro Martinez managed to break a goal drought that lasted 55 days by scoring with a volley after another assist from Barellawhistled his former admirers.
The third also came, Hakan Calhanoglu when converting a penalty by handball Mateusz Wieteska. This is the sentence of the meeting before a Cagliari which added to its fourth consecutive loss in Serie A and second last, one point away from safety.
Despite the clarity of 3-0, it was a hard-fought victory for Inter, who is waiting now Italian Super Cup on January 2 in Riyadh definitely against Atalanta in the semi-finals.
match lineup
22
28
33
29
26
6
19
8
91
70
3
1
2
32
6
31
95
23
20
9
10
22
Unipol Domus
Yann Sommer1
Denzel Dumfries2
58′
Federico Dimarco32
72′
71′
Stefan de Vrij6
45′
Yann Bisseck31
Alessandro Bastoni95
52′
Nicolò Barella23
72′
Hakan Calhanoglu20
77′
79′
83′
Marcus Thuram9
78′
58′
Lautaro Martinez10
70′
Henrikh Mkhitaryan22
79′
Replacements
Joseph Martinez13
Alessandro Calligaris40
45′
Charles Augustus30
72′
Tomas Palacios42
Mike Aidoo50
71′
Matteo Motta55
Piotr Zielinski7
72′
Davide Frattesi16
79′
58′
Tajon Buchanan17
Kristjan Asllani21
79′
Marko Arnautovic8
58′
Joaquin Correa11
Mehdi Taremi99
78′
83′
coach
David Nicolas
Simone Inzaghi
Source: La Verdad
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