04/25/2021 12:24 PM
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Updated 04/25/2021 12:24 PM
A goal by
Matteo Darmian
with fifteen minutes remaining in the game gave Inter Milan a key 1-0 victory at San Siro on Sunday against Hellas Verona to reinforce their lead in Serie A and earn thirteen points from them. advantage over Milan - his guard who plays this Monday against Lazio, in Rome - with five games to go to the end of the season.
Antonio Conte's team, which had Lautaro Martínez as a starter, remains intractable at home, where they have not lost a Serie A match since last October, when they fell in the derby against Milan.
It is only a matter of time before he lifts his 19th league title.
The consecration could be completed next week and an excellent season at the national level for the Interistas will culminate, already very close to ending a nine-year uninterrupted dominance of Juventus, which continues to tumble and this Sunday had to settle for an insipid 1-1 against Fiorentina.
In the Vecchia Signora, Paulo Dybala started, who formed an attacking pair with a frustrated Cristiano Ronaldo.
This Sunday's triumph is particularly important for Inter, who came off two straight draws, against Napoli and Spezia, which also kept their direct rivals with some options.
Conte's men were clearly superior to Verona, but they lacked a punch, with Lautaro Martínez who forgave a great chance after three minutes, and also a bit of luck, when Moroccan Achraf Hakimi crashed a free kick off a post.
But the visiting wall collapsed in the 76th minute, when Achraf handed Darmian a good ball for him to enter the area and pass goalkeeper Marco Silvestre with a shot with his right foot.
It was the goal that gave Inter three points and that increased the pressure on Milan, second, who visit Lazio this Monday.
Argentine goal in Udinese
Udinese thrashed Benevento 4-2 on Sunday for the 33rd.
date of Serie A in Italy, a result that opened with a goal from Argentine defender Nahuel Molina Lucero, the first since he arrived in soccer in that country at the beginning of the season.
Molina Lucero, 23, scored after 4 minutes of play for Udinese, who had a great performance from Argentine Rodrigo De Paul, a starter like his compatriots Juan Musso and Roberto Pereyra.
In Benevento, former San Lorenzo Adolfo Gaich started the match between the substitutes but entered 24 minutes of the first half due to the injury of his teammate Marco Sau.
Source: EFE
