07/25/2020 - 17:17
- Clarín.com
- sports
Serie A./a> enters its definition stage and Inter does not give up. Only a triumph could prevent the consecration of Juventus before playing (on Sunday against Sampdoria) and the Neroazzurro did not fail. He thrashed Genoa 3-0 as a visitor in a game in which his strikers stood out, with the exception of Lautaro Martínez. The Argentine returned to be a starter but did not gravitate and was replaced by Alexis Sánchez, author of one of the goals. Romelu Lukaku doubled.
With their victory in the duel of the 36th day of the Italian tournament, those led by Antonio Conte now add 76 points and are one point higher than Atalanta, who had started the day in that second place and is now down to third, due to his 1-1 draw on Friday at the Milan (6th).
Inter is also rushing its reduced chances of being champion and is also provisionally approaching four points from the leader Juventus, who receives Sampdoria in Turin on Sunday (14th) and will win their ninth consecutive Scudetto mathematically. But a defeat would trigger nervousness with two days to go before the end of the championship.
Juventus already missed a first match point on Thursday, when it also relied on a victory on Matchday 35 to claim champion. He then lost 2-1 on the field of Udinese. It also depends on himself, since the victory will irretrievably give the title to Cristiano Ronaldo's team.
In Genoa, meanwhile, after a first half tending to boredom and without great football, Belgian Romelu Lukaku put Inter ahead in the 34th minute, with an accurate header after a cross by Cristiano Biraghi.
In the second half, the Chilean Alexis Sánchez, who had started the game as a substitute, opened the gap, finishing off the goal against a static defense after the authorization of Victor Moses in '82.
In the third added minute, meanwhile, Lukaku received almost in the center of the box and left as an arrow in a counterattack, entered the area after eluding two rivals and ended up sending a cross shot that became the 3rd 0 definitive.
Lukaku now has 23 goals in this Serie A., consolidating itself in third place in the table of top scorers, but far from the first two, Ciro Immobile (Lazio, 31 goals) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, 30).
The only one who did not celebrate on the neroazzurro campus was Lautaro Martínez. The Argentine returned to start but only had two chances on goal and left the field after 63 minutes, leaving his place precisely to Alexis Sánchez, who ratified his great moment and winked at Conte's confidence, who again did not he leaned towards an attack trident made up of the Chilean, the Argentine and the Belgian.
The weak performance of the ex Racing, in addition, feeds the suspicions that in August he will close his pass to Barcelona. According to the local press, the clubs have already established the bases of the operation that will be done with a cash payment and a footballer in return, who would be the lateral Junior Firpo, remaining to determine the appraisal of the players, since Inter wants to value Lautaro at 111 million euros and Barcelona believes that this is an excessive price and plans to invest some 65 million euros.
For his part, Genoa (17th) complicates his stay in Serie A. He has just four points more than Lecce (18th), who visits Bologna (12th) on Sunday, with the possibility of approaching the positions of salvation. Brescia (19º) and SPAL (20º) are already relegated, so Genoa and Lecce will foreseeably be the rivals who try to avoid taking the other place that sends them to Serie B.
The day of this Saturday began with two teams and without great incentives: Parma (10th) won 2-1 in Brescia, with goals from Matteo Darmian (59) and Swede Dejan Kulusevski (81). In 61 he had provisionally equalized for the Lombards Daniele Dessena.
The Parma players approach to greet the Swede Dejan Kulusevski. Photo: EFE / EPA / SIMONE VENEZIA
In the last game on Saturday, Naples (7th), already classified to the Europa League as champion of the Italian Cup, receives Sassuolo (8th). The duel is televised by ESPN Extra .
Elseid Hysaj quickly scored Napoli's 1-0 lead. Photo: EFE / EPA / CESARE ABBATE
Source: agencies
