The ‘scudetto’ is currently a matter of two teams. Leaders Naples held Atalanta on Saturday to a 2-3 draw in Bergamo and now Inter continued the momentum with a victory over Empoli (3-1) that kept them three points behind the head with a game in hand.
Lautaro Martinez was the great hero of a match at San Siro his coach, Simone Inzaghi He watched from the stands due to suspension after seeing his fifth yellow card on Wednesday in the setback against Bologna (2-2). Instead it was his assistant Massimiliano Farris led the team to the bench.
Lautaro gave up fear
As soon as the match started, Lautaro made fans’ hearts when he received a heavy blow to his right tibia when his leg hit the defender’s boot. Ardian Ismajli when he finished a ball rose.
‘Torong’ writhes in pain on the grass and is iced before leaving the grass prone. But after a few seconds he returned. There were doubts as to whether he was fit to continue playing but he quickly dispelled them by not even blinking to hit a bicycle kick, in the middle of Federico Dimarcoto take aim Davis Vasquez for low.
The ‘Bull’, in the post
Lisandro continued to search for a goal and in the 26th minute he almost got it with a long ball from Kristjan Asllani that the Argentine fell to him, after he positioned his body so that Ismjali couldn’t reach him on the jump, and his shot on the half-turn deflected off the post.
Inter started brightly but lost it against a very settled Empoli defense who failed in all their offensive attempts despite their extensive possession.
The Argentine continues to make history at Inter
After the break, Inter returned to the battle, although there were no clear chances, until it could not be stopped Lautaro Martínez reappeared to score a great goal. The Argentine received the ball from the area on the balcony of the area. Nicolò Barella, He took control and unleashed a shot that was not tight enough but found the net after Vásquez handled it (55′).
This is not just any goal, his eighth in the current edition and the 111th in Serie A with Inter, making him the second highest foreign director in the club’s history, equal to Mauro Icardi and only behind Hungarian Istvan Nyers (133).
Dumfries extend lead
insatiable, Lautaro immediately made it 2-0 but his shot came out this time centered in the hands of Vásquez. Amazingly, a minute after ‘Toro’ was substituted, Inter extended their lead with a corner taken by Asllani who Denzel Dumfries heads to the net with a powerful chipped shot coming from behind (79′).
Empoli finally took a step forward and added excitement with a fine goal from Sebastian Espositowho controlled a Liam Henderson cross with class, rounded a defender and crossed into the reach of Yann Sommer (84′). The Inter youth player apologized for the goal new to his former hobby.
The emotion lasted five minutes, until the 89th minute, when Inter scored a deadly counter-attack. Barella launched Marko Arnautovic into spacerelief from Lautaro, and he helped that Marcus Thuram who also just came on, scored his 14th league goal on purpose, one less than the ‘capocannoniere’ Mateo Retegui.
match lineup
1
2
32
30
6
28
23
7
99
10
21
23
11
3
21
34
22
93
5
29
10
13
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Davis Vasquez23
78′
Emmanuel Gyasi11
76′
Giuseppe Pezzella3
82′
Mattia Viti21
Ardian Ismajli34
84′
Mattia De Sciglio22
65′
Youssef Maleh93
68′
Alberto Grassi5
72′
68′
Lorenzo Colombo29
54′
77′
Jacopo Fazzini10
65′
Liberato Cacace13
82′
Replacements
Samuel Persian1
Jacopo Seghetti12
Saba Goglichidze2
65′
84′
Junior Zambia7
82′
Lorenzo Tosto31
76′
Luca Marianucci35
Liam Henderson6
72′
Szymon Zurkowski27
82′
68′
Anders Asmussen41
Ismael Konaté90
Sebastian Esposito99
65′
83′
77′
68′
88′
coach
Simone Inzaghi
Roberto D’Aversa
Source: La Verdad
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