Despite suffering to beat Sassuolo (7) 3-1, Juventus took advantage of the two-goal tie between Inter Milan and Rome (second and third in Serie A) to get closer to the podium after date 17 of the Italian championship.
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The result of the reigning Serie A champion can be misleading, as Sassuolo, the revelation of the season in Italy, held 1-1 on the scoreboard and played the entire second half with 10 men until minute 82, when the Welshman Aaron Ramsey broke the tie.
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The Brazilian Danilo Pereira had overtaken the Turinese (51), but the French Grégoire Defrel tied shortly after (58). The Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo put the final score in the discount (90 + 2).
Inter is stagnant
Inter Milan and Rome (second and third in Serie A) drew two goals yesterday at the Stadio Olímpico in the Italian capital, while two contenders for European positions, Naples (5) and Lazio (8), achieved two wins. and they go back positions in the table.
The Nerazzurri, after reaching the break with the scoreboard against, after a goal by Lorenzo Pellegrini (17) for Roma, despite having dominated in the first period, were able to turn the scoreboard in the second half, thanks to the goals of the Slovak Milan Skriniar after a corner (56) and Moroccan Achraf Hakimi (63).
But this decidedly fragile Inter could not resist before the Roman pressure of the last quarter of an hour. And the goalkeeper of the Milanese team, the Slovenian Samir Handanovic, decisive on several occasions throughout the game, could not do anything before a header from Gianluca Mancini (86), which meant the final draw.
Just a few days after losing to Sampdoria (2-1), this new disappointment for the Interistas comes a week after receiving Juventus from Turin, winner of the last nine titles, whom Nerazzurri coach Antonio Conte, dreams of snatching the crown.
With this tie, Roma, for their part, retain their third place, six points behind Milan, which on Saturday took the lead by beating Torino (18) 2-0.
Also yesterday, Napoli won 2-1 in their visit to Udinese (13) thanks to a goal on the horn by Frenchman Tiémoué Bakayoko (90), after Lorenzo Insigne (from penalty at 15) and Kevin Lasagna ( 27) would have placed the provisional 1-1 on the scoreboard.
Another team that climbs the positions is Lazio (8), who won on the Parma court (19) by 2-0 with goals in the second half from Spanish Luis Alberto (55) and Ecuadorian Felipe Caicedo (67).
Bottom Crotone continues to sink in the table, losing this time to Hellas Verona (9) 2-1.
Only Bielsa fails
Leeds United, from the Premier League, was eliminated this Sunday in the third round of the English FA Cup by a team from League Two, the English fourth division, Crawley Town, while the powerful Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham, follow steadily in the KO round.
The team led by Argentine Marcelo Bielsa, who had already lost in September to a lesser rival in the first rounds of the League Cup (Hull City), succumbed 3-0 in the FA Cup at Broadfield Stadium.
Those who did not fall into the trap were Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City and Frank Lampard’s Chelsea, who both fought their respective duels against Birmingham (3-0), second division, and Morecambe, (4-0) ), of the fourth category.
It was the Blues who hit the hardest against a team in whose stadium two-time world boxing champion Tyson Fury manages a gym.
Nor did José Mourinho’s Tottenham fail against the amateur Marine (5-0), in a match between two teams separated by 161 positions, the widest gap in the history of the FA Cup. The Spurs stars were measured against teachers, workers, street sweepers… that make up a team named after a local pub.
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