Inter wins and approaches the first places of the Italian League

AC Milan (2nd) saved a point (2-2) on their trip to Lecce (12th), but the draw means that the leader of Serie A, Napoli, leads the ‘rossoneri’ by nine points, while the Inter is close to the podium after beating Hellas Verona (18th) with a solitary goal from Lautaro Martínez.

After the 5-1 rout of Juventus on Friday, Napoli lead the championship with 47 points, followed by Milan with 38 and Juventus and Inter are tied on 37 points.

The start of the game for the defending champion was catastrophic, with a goal against Frenchman Théo Hernandez just after the third minute of play.

Just twenty minutes later, Federico Baschirotto headed a cross from the right into the net, fooling Romanian international goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu (23).

The team from the Lombard capital reacted in the second period and tied with goals from the Portuguese Rafael Leao (58) and captain Davide Calabria (70).

Milan turned on the opposite goal in search of victory in the last minutes and the Brazilian Junior Messias crashed a shot into the woodwork (79), although Stefano Pioli’s men surely did not deserve more than the point achieved against a good rival who He has gone six games without losing, with Samuel Umtiti in great shape and it seems that he has recovered from the knee problems that have prevented him from playing for Barcelona in recent seasons.

This new tie certifies that Milan is not going through a good moment at the start of 2023, after conceding the equalizer last weekend at the San Siro against Roma and the elimination in the Coppa against Torino.

The other beneficiary of the setbacks of Milan and Juventus is Inter, which is close to the podium and is only one point behind its great city rival.

The interista team started the game well, opening the scoring in the 3rd minute with a left-footed shot from Lautaro Martínez from inside the area, but afterwards they dedicated themselves to controlling the game and managing the advantage, without managing to score the second goal they would have scored. the duel.

This victory, however, should give confidence to Simone Inzaghi’s team, which next Wednesday will play the Italian Super Cup in Riyadh against Milan. (D)