Inter stop Juve and continue fighting for ‘scudetto’

The Italian Derby smiled this time around at Inter. Juventus played well, they deserved to win, but Hakan Çalhanoglu’s penalty goal and his lack of success on the shot (including two posts) ended their 16-game undefeated streak and seriously compromised their aspirations. win the ‘scudetto’, as remains fourth, 7 points behind Milan.

On the other hand, Inter, coming off a victory in 7 days, know how to fight harassment at Juve and stay in the fight for the title. In a match to play, the ‘nerazurri’ are three points behind leader Milan, whose open host Bologna have tied at the top of the table with Napoli. Maximum equality and emotion.

A very involved Dybala

Juventus starred in a fierce start to the game with Paulo Dybala very involved and with freedom of movement against what could be his team next season. The Argentine, in his first game after announcing he would not renew in June, played as a midfielder with a grateful Álvaro Morata behind an always dangerous Dusan Vlahovic. It took the Serb just a minute to try Samir Handanovic, who then failed to clear the ball that fell from the sky, but Giorgio Chiellini pushed him, one meter from goal, into the crossbar (9 ‘).

Dybala, Juventus ’attacking machine, tried it out with a shot from outside the area that skimmed the crossbar (11’). Intensity is highest in a physical game, so sparks and fouls follow each other.

Çalhanoglu scored with a controversial penalty

Inter survived this scenario and another chance for Dybala, who led the counterattack and unleashed a low shot that was blocked by Handanovic (28 ‘).

Juve slowed down a bit at the end of the first half and Inter found the goal even though it didn’t deserve their first arrival. This is quite controversial. First, the referee used VAR to signal a penalty for Denzel Dumfries ’fall against Alex Sandro. Wojciech Szczesny saved Hakan Çalhanoglu’s penalty, but after a deflection the ball went into the net as the Turk struggled with some Turinese defenders.

Massimiliano Irrati initially disallowed Çalhanoglu’s goal for a foul but, at the request of the VAR, was ordered to withdraw the penalty because Matthijs de Ligt entered the area before the shooting. Çalhanoglu took responsibility again and this time he did not fail in the fifth minute of stoppage time of a furious first half.

Youth harassment with no results

After the break, Juventus, driven by an outstanding Dybala, returned to the fray and completely shut down Inter but lacked the most important thing in football: victory in front of goal. The Argentine, Morata and Vlahovic were tried repeatedly and had no luck in the final meters.

Vlahovic showed his great quality by receiving from behind, turning around and leaving alone, but his threaded shot missed the target (64 ‘). The post, like Chiellini in the first half, returned a whiplash from Denis Zakaria (73 ‘).

In the final stage, Juve ran out of gas and would end the season without winning one of six direct confrontations with the three teams ahead of them (Milan, Napoli and Inter). Instead, Inter finally won in Turin after doing so in just one of their previous 15 precedents.