Inter beat Empoli 3-0, Frattesi and Lautaro scored

Frattesi’s brace and goal by Lautaro Martinez launches Inter who scores three times in the second half and beats Empoli to Castellani. Match marked by the expulsion of Goglichidze which penalized the Tuscans, still without a goal in the five home matches played this season. Three important points for the Nerazzurri which close the gap with leaders Napoli now four points away.

Two changes for D’Aversa compared to Parma: Cacace and Maleh as starters instead of Pezzella and Grassi. Fazzini and Solbakken in front in support of Colombo. Inzaghi also doesn’t exaggerate with the turnover and confirms the attack duo Thuram-Lautaro Martinez. In the midfield there is space for Frattesi and Darmian, in defense there is Bisseck. The visitors had possession of the ball, but the hosts allowed very little space at the start and were the first to shoot with a diagonal shot from Solbakken, fed by Anjorin, which Sommer blocked to the ground without difficulty.

Inter are more dangerous from a free kick and Vasquez has to fly to say no to Dimarco’s shot, made even more insidious by a deflection from Ismajli. At the turn of the half there were two key episodes, both decided with the intervention of the VAR. With a breakthrough action Darmian gives his team the lead, but with the help of technology the Nerazzurri’s arm control emerges which is worth canceling the goal.

At the half hour, however, Serra calls Marchetti to the monitor to analyze a foul by Goglichidze on Thuram: the field referee had initially opted for a yellow card, but after reviewing the images he punishes the player’s hammer foot with a direct red card. Empoli. With the extra man, Inter revs up the engine, Vasquez responds again to a violent free kick from Dimarco, while a header from Lautaro ends up just wide. D’Aversa removes Solbakken and puts on De Sciglio to try to find balance, but at the first chance of the second half Inzaghi’s team finds the advantage: Darmian’s tower for Frattesi who kicks from the center of the penalty area and finds, also thanks to the touch of a defender, the top corner to the right of the goalkeeper. The goal definitively clears the way for Inter, condemning Empoli.

Vasquez saves from Lautaro and Bisseck shoots high from an excellent positionbut shortly afterwards Martinez himself serves the ball to Frattesi which the national midfielder sends again to the corner, this time low, where the goalkeeper cannot reach. In the final, Barella comes into his own and with a great shot comes close to the net before recovering and handing the ball to Lautaro to make it 3-0 which allows the Argentine to become the best foreign scorer (134 goals) in Nerazzurri history.