While AC Milan lost ground on Torino-scorer Inter with a home defeat against Naples, the Rossoneri see Juventus come back to one point, which has been able to count on a Cristiano Ronaldo of the great evenings.
If Inter Milan soar to the top of the Serie A standings, the fight will be fierce for second place. The Nerazzurri, traveling on the lawn of Torino, took more than an hour to find the solution. It took a penalty from Romelu Lukaku (62nd minute) to see Inter take the advantage… but it only lasted eight minutes. Antonio Sanabria put the two teams tied at the start of the last 20 minutes. The Interists then pushed and Lautaro Martinez turned into a savior five minutes from the end of the meeting to allow Inter to sign their 20th victory of the season (1-2), the eighth in a row in the league for a eleventh game unbeaten, and pushing AC Milan to nine points.
Milan is losing feathers
In this Sunday night’s poster, AC Milan had the opportunity to keep in touch with their historic rival. But, on the lawn of the Giuseppe-Meazza Stadium, Stefano Pioli’s players had a bad night against Naples. Still without Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Mario Mandzukic, the Rossoneri did not find the fault in the first period. Worse still, four minutes after the restart, Matteo Politano went to deceive Gianluigi Donnarumma to give the advantage to the Neapolitans. The Milanese bench then launched its forces but the entries of Ante Rebic or Brahim Diaz did not have the desired effect, the Croatian being even expelled in added time. Naples signs a second success in a row (0-1) and remains in the race for places in the Champions League. For AC Milan, the blow is hard because if Inter widens the gap… Juventus is coming back strong.
C.Ronaldo guide la Juventus
Indeed, shortly before the duel between AC Milan and Naples, the Turin club did not miss its trip to the lawn of Cagliari. At the half hour mark, the fate of the match was no longer in doubt thanks to a man: Cristiano Ronaldo. Author of the opener in the 10th minute, the Portuguese doubled the penalty on the 25th minute before taking advantage of an offering from Federico Chiesa to sign a hat-trick that put the “Old Lady” on the right track . The reduction of the gap of Giovanni Simeone shortly after the hour mark will only be a twist in this meeting. With this third consecutive league victory, Juventus is one point behind AC Milan with a game late. The Turin club, after having experienced turbulence, is perfectly relaunched in the race for the podium of the Serie A.
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