Inter Milan continued their march in direction of a second straight Serie A title with a tense 2-1 win over Udinese which moved the reigning champions six factors clear on the high of the league. Goals within the opening half an hour from Marko Arnautovic and Davide Frattesi have been simply sufficient to provide Inter their third straight win forward of the primary of two Milan derbies within the Italian Cup semi-finals on Wednesday. Inter have an enormous month developing as Simone Inzaghi’s aspect additionally face a titanic Champions League quarter-final with Bayern Munich and difficult fixtures with fourth-placed Bologna and Roma which may very well be essential to their title defence.
Inzaghi’s workforce now await the results of closest challengers Napoli’s conflict with AC Milan in a while Sunday in any case however ending Atalanta’s already slim title hopes.
Atalanta are 9 factors behind Inter in third place after slumping to a 1-0 defeat at Fiorentina with out registering a single shot on course.
Inzaghi might be completely happy to have seen second-string gamers step up given his workforce’s upcoming commitments, with Arnautovic and Frattesi giving Inter a fully-deserved two-goal lead at half-time by sweeping house Federico Dimarco crosses within the twelfth and twenty ninth minutes.
Arnautovic was taking part in rather than injured captain Lautaro Martinez and Frattesi for his Italy teammate Nicolo Barella.
And each delivered towards Tenth-placed Udinese, who have been nowhere for many of the match however made Inter sweat after Oumar Solet’s rocket halved the deficit within the 71st minute.
Inter additionally had goalkeeper Yann Sommer to thank {that a} seemingly sure three factors did not flip into one with two excellent saves from Lorenzo Lucca and Solet.
Sommer crashed into the submit within the 74th minute when he pulled off an unbelievable cease to disclaim Lucca from scoring from a free header, earlier than charging down Solet within the first minute of stoppage time.
Moise Kean continued his glorious season with the one objective of Fiorentina’s win over Atalanta on the stroke of half-time in Florence, pushing the hosts to inside some extent of the European locations.
Italy striker Kean, who scored twice for his nation towards Germany per week in the past, inflicted a primary league away defeat for Atalanta since August when he confidently netted his sixteenth league objective of the season after robbing Atalanta defender Isak Hien on the midway line.
Last 12 months’s Europa League winners Atalanta, who appeared like title candidates following an 11-match profitable streak between October and December, have fallen away because the flip of the 12 months.
Gian Piero Gasperini’s workforce have gained simply 4 league matches in 2025, all of them away from house, and at the moment are solely two factors forward of Bologna.
“We lacked the dynamism and energy to give Fiorentina any difficulty… we just have to put it behind us and look ahead,” mentioned Gasperini.
Cagliari strengthened their bid to keep away from relegation by thumping rock-bottom Monza 3-0 and transferring six factors away from the drop zone.
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