Venezia-Inter 0-1, Serie A: goal from Darmian

Continue to fly in the championship Inter. The Nerazzurri, fresh from the disappointment in the Super Cup, triumphed Venezia 1-0 thanks to the goal of Darmian in the first half and fly to second place in the standings. Inzaghi, with two games still to recover, rises to 43 points, -1 from leaders Napoli, playing this evening at Maradona against Hellas Verona, while Venezia remains in penultimate place at 14.

The match

Inter began to play the game right from the first minutes, with Venezia defending but making an impact on the restart. The Nerazzurri advantage arriva al 16′: Asllani catches Lautaro Martinez well in depth who controls and shoots from first trying the reflex of Stankovic, who can do nothing on the tap-in vincente di Darmian. A few minutes and Taremi comes close to doubling the lead, with his volley that goes high, while Lautaro he gets hypnotized by the outgoing Venezia goalkeeper. The Argentine is among the most active of his team but still finds an attentive Stankovic, who opposes his diagonal. At the end of the half, a double chance for Asllani, who however misses the target.

Inter continued to push in the second half, but Taremi was inaccurate in the mix. The Venezia but he doesn’t give up and comes close to equalising: Doumbia heads well from a corner but is met with a providential save from Sommer. Inzaghi puts his hand to the bench and the new players, Thuram and Frattesigive new life to the Nerazzurri: it is the midfielder himself, launched deep by Lautaro, who has the ball for the second goal on his right, but Stankovic he surpasses himself, once again, on the way out by deflecting onto the post. However, Venezia remains clinging to the match and with a quarter of an hour to go they create a great opportunity for a draw: Busy receives inside the area and shoots, hitting the post, on the tap-in Bottom fire kicks at Sommer. The Swiss goalkeeper was also decisive in the final, when he blocked Pohjanpalo in full injury time. It then ends 1-0 for Inter at the Penzo.