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With a 2-0 win over Hellas Verona on Saturday in the 32nd day of Serie A, Inter Milan are back at the height of Naples and a length ahead of AC Milan. Juventus won 2-1 in Cagliari.
Nicolo Barella and Joaquin Correa put the pressure on AC Milan with their victory against Hellas Verona on Saturday.
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Inter Milan, boosted by their victory against Juventus (1-0) on Sunday, conquered their success in half an hour against Hellas Verona (2-0) on Saturday during the 32nd day of Serie A. A success that allows him to return to the height of Naples, one length behind leader Milan.
Juventus, even if they no longer believe in the title, reacted well to seek a difficult victory at the poorly ranked Cagliari (2-1) thanks to a furious tackle from Dusan Vlahovic, defending their place in the Top 4 synonymous with Champions League.
Inter ensures
Nicolò Barella (22nd) and Edin Dzeko (30th), on two assists from Ivan Perisic, put the Nerazzuri to safety during a first period played at full speed, in the absence of Lautaro Martinez, suspended . With provisionally the same number of matches played for all (31), before Naples-Fiorentina and Torino-Milan on Sunday, the leading trio is held to a single point, maintaining total suspense with seven matches remaining.
Despite a calendar a priori more favorable than its two rivals, the Interists were wary of Hellas Verona, one of the only two teams in the Top 10 remaining on their program (along with Roma).
But they were able to quickly take the lead thanks to a tonic first half hour, with movement and high pressing reminiscent of the flamboyant Inter of the start of 2022, a little lost since the defeat in the Milan derby in early February.
Federico Dimarco, established in defense in place of Alessandro Bastoni, notably multiplied the climbs on the left flank. Caught up, Verona first saw Ivan Perisic take advantage of a bad pass to escape on the left wing and find Barella at the far post for the opener. The Veneto players then forgot Dzeko, all alone in the six meters to take back a corner skillfully deflected at the near post by the same Perisic. “In February and March, the results were not positive. But it’s not over, we’re here. We have to continue like today, ”claimed the Croatian double passer on DAZN.
Inter managed well
This advantage of two goals, preserved by Samir Handanovic, author of a decisive save in front of the Veronese striker Giovanni Simeone (35th), allowed Inter to manage more on recovery. Not without some scares for these Milanese who were sometimes too low against a dangerous Verona team on shots from Federico Ceccherini (54th), Simeone (60th) or Ivan Ilic (83rd).
Danilo D’Ambrosio missed the 3-0 against (73rd), but nothing to spoil the pleasure of Inter victorious for the second consecutive time in the league after the success against Juve – this had not happened to him since three months. “Lately, the results had not arrived and it weighed mentally, we were no longer playing as before,” admitted Simone Inzaghi. “But today we had the match we needed to give continuity to the very important victory in Turin,” savored the Nerazzuro coach.
Juventus reacted well to Cagliari (2-1 victory) after their setback against the Nerazzurri. However, she could have doubted after the 12th goal of the season, against the course of the game, the Cagliari striker Joao Pedro (10th), and then the equalizer denied to Luca Pellegrini for an involuntary deflection of the arm of Adrien Rabiot on the shot (23rd).
But she pushed without breaking up to return to the not easy match against a team in crisis (fifth defeat in a row, 17th and first non-relegation) but determined to save its head in Serie A.
Matthijs de Ligt put her back in the saddle with a header (45th) then Dusan Vlahovic got her out of the trap with a furious tackle, after being launched deep by Paulo Dybala (75th). With this 22nd goal of the season, the tenacious Dusan Vlahovic shows his desire to see the Champions League very quickly, promised to the first four in the championship, a competition he has only touched on this season in the round of 16 against Villarreal ( 1-1, 0-3).