The leading trio united in one point! Inter Milan, revived by their victory against Juventus last Sunday, confirmed their recovery against Hellas Verona (2-0) on Saturday to return to the height of Naples, one length behind leader AC Milan.
Juventus, even if they no longer believe in the title, reacted well to seek a difficult victory at the poorly ranked Cagliari (2-1) thanks to a furious tackle from Dusan Vlahovic, defending their place in the Top 4 synonymous with Champions League.
In the lead, the suspense remains total seven days from the end with now Milan, Naples and Inter united in a single point seven days before the curtain goes down, before Naples-Fiorentina and Torino-Milan disputed Sunday during this 32nd day .
If they have a priori a more favorable calendar, the Interists were wary of Hellas Verona (9th), one of the only two Top 10 teams remaining on their program (along with Roma).
But Nicolò Barella (22nd) and Edin Dzeko (30th), on two assists from Ivan Perisic, put the Nerazzuri to safety during a first period played at full speed, recalling the flamboyant Inter of the start of 2022 , a little out of sight since the defeat in the Milan derby in early February.
“In February and March, the results were not positive. But it’s not over, we’re here. We have to continue like today, ”claimed the Croatian double passer on DAZN.
Inter then managed this advantage, preserved in particular thanks to a decisive stop by Samir Handanovic in front of Verona striker Giovanni Simeone (35th).
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This is the first time in three months that Inter have won two matches in a row in the league.
“Lately, the results hadn’t arrived and it weighed mentally, we weren’t playing like before. But today we had the match we needed to give continuity to the very important victory in Turin, ”rejoiced coach Simone Inzaghi.
Juventus have bounced back well after their loss against the Nerazzurri.
However, she could have doubted Cagliari striker Joao Pedro (10th) after the 12th goal of the season, against the course of the game, and then the equalizer refused by the VAR to Luca Pellegrini for an involuntary – and little obvious – deviation – from the arm of Adrien Rabiot, who had criticized the refereeing after the defeat against Inter (23rd).
But she pushed without disuniting to return to the not easy match against a team in crisis (fifth defeat in a row, 17th and first non-relegation) but determined to save her head.
Matthijs de Ligt put her back in the saddle with a header (45th) then Dusan Vlahovic got her out of the trap with a furious tackle (75th).
With this 22nd goal of the season, the tenacious Vlahovic proclaims his desire to see the Champions League again very quickly, a competition he has only touched on this season in the round of 16 against Villarreal (1-1, 0-3) .
“It was an important match to maintain our advantage over Roma (5th). We had suffered a psychological backlash by losing against Inter and seeing the scudetto go up in smoke, ”welcomed Massimiliano Allegri.
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