Inter Milan signed a demonstration against Bologna (6-1) to relaunch in Serie A by overtaking both Atalanta Bergamo (5th), surprise in Lecce (1-2), and AS Roma (6th ), hooked by Sassuolo (1-1), Wednesday during the 14th day.
After the defeat suffered against Juventus (2-0) on Sunday, the Interists were keen to bounce back.
They did it in style at the San Siro against the team of ex-Nerazzurro Thiago Motta (13th).
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Led on a deflected shot (22nd), Simone Inzaghi's players quickly equalized thanks to a sumptuous volley from Edin Dzeko (26th).
Back in the saddle, they then rolled out, with a double from Federico Dimarco (36th, 48th), a header from Lautaro Martinez (42nd), a penalty from Hakan Calhanoglu (59th) and a final goal from Robin Gosens (76th).
Inter in the Top 4, the Dea is running out of steam
Inter Milan temporarily takes a foothold in the Top 4 in the Serie A standings, eleven points behind undefeated leader Naples all the same, tied on points with Lazio Rome (3rd), which hosts Monza on Thursday, and Atalanta (5th).
Juventus (7th) can however go back to Inter on Thursday evening if successful in Verona.
Behind the Neapolitans, winners of Empoli on Tuesday (2-0), the direct pursuers showed signs of losing steam a few days before the Serie A truce during the World Cup.
After AC Milan's draw (2nd, 30 pts), unable to win against Cremonese (0-0) on Tuesday, Atalanta (5th, 27 pts) missed the opportunity to join the Rossoneri by stumbling at the poorly ranked Lecce (16th).
This third defeat in four games for the "Dea" took shape in two minutes just before the half-hour mark, on goals from Federico Baschirotto from a corner (28th) and Federico Di Francesco after a Bergamasque defensive error (30th).
Duvan Zapata quickly reduced the score (40th) but Atalanta did not do better: "
There was too much frenzy in the second half, we lost the thread of the game and gave up making passes too much
", said regretted coach Gian Piero Gasperini.
His team will host Inter on Sunday, who are ahead of them on goal difference.
Mourinho not happy at all
AS Roma (6th, 26 pts), after their defeat in the derby against Lazio (0-1), thought they had started off on the right foot against Sassuolo when their striker Tammy Abraham opened the scoring with a header at ten minutes of the end (80th).
But José Mourinho's team cracked five minutes later, on an uncontrolled recovery from Andrea Pinamonti at the conclusion of an overflow and a perfect cross from Armand Lauriente (85th).
Annoyed, the Portuguese coach regretted that the "
good match
" of his Giallorossi had been marred by the "
unprofessional attitude
" of one of his players, whom he refused to name: "
He betrayed the effort of all the others
,” accused “Mou,” on DAZN.
