Fresh from the part of the match against Fiorentina which was then postponed due to Edoardo Bove’s illness, Inter achieved a very important home victory against Parma. At San Siro it ends 3-1 with goals from the former Dimarco, Barella and Thuram, while the useless guest flash is an own goal from the other former Darmian.
Simone Inzaghi’s team thus rises to 31 points in the standings, momentarily catching Atalanta and moving to -1 from leaders Napoli, while Fabio Pecchia’s men, after the good win against Lazio, return to losing, remaining at 15 points. the first episode of the match arrives already eight minutes after the kick-off: Keita risks causing a mess by disengaging badly at the edge of the area and bringing down Lautaro, the referee the penalty is whistled but VAR revokes it as the foul starts outside.
From the free kick, Calhanoglu shoots hard towards goal and finds a deflection for a corner. The Nerazzurri took courage and continued to compete, hitting the post in the 17th minute with Dumfries and just a minute later they would have found the advantage with Lautaro, if it weren’t for an irregular position by Thuram which was immediately recognized by the assistant.
Two more opportunities for Inzaghi’s team brought the signature of Mkhitaryan and Lautaro again, but this time there were also two good chances for the guests with Sohm and Cancellieri, who only scared Sommer. At the end of the first half the match broke the deadlock: Mkhitaryan proposed himself on the left and offered it to Dimarco, who was very good with his left-handed heel and made it slide onto the right, then guessing the winning trajectory for the 1-0. At the beginning of the second half Inter also found the second goal with Barella, who received a great vertical throw from Mkhitaryan and after sitting Valeri down with a feint he didn’t miss the 2-0 ahead of Suzuki.
In the 67th minute Thuram took care of closing the score early, coming out at the far post and volleying a right-footed shot after Bisseck’s tackle on Calhanoglu’s corner. A quarter of an hour from the end Lautaro wastes the poker ball on an assist from the newly introduced Correa, while in the final an own goal from Darmian, who also came off the bench, allows Parma to close the gap to 3-1.
Before injury time, a possible second penalty of the evening was called in favor of the Nerazzurri but, as on the occasion of the first, the VAR intervened to correct the decision of the referee who had mistakenly seen a touch from Hainaut against Lautaro.