Inter Milan, runner-up to leader AC Milan, missed the opportunity to temporarily take the lead in the Italian Championship by losing in Genoa to Sampdoria (2-1) on Wednesday in the 16th day. Antonio Conte’s men, who missed a penalty early in the match by Alexis Sanchez, lost on two ex-Nerazzurri goals: a penalty from Antonio Candreva (23rd) then a realization from Keita Baldé (38th) at the conclusion of a nice breakthrough from Mikkel Damsgaard. This defeat puts an end to a series of eight victories for the Nerazzurri, entirely focused on the conquest of a first scudetto since 2010 after being out of all European competitions. It also offers AC Milan the opportunity to take a four-point lead in the lead in the event of victory against Juventus Turin in the shock of the evening (8:45 p.m.).
In the second half, Inter tried everything with the successive entries into play of Romelu Lukaku, not established after a muscle alert last weekend, Christian Eriksen, who started in the transfer window, and Arturo Vidal, also left on the bench at kickoff after being cropped last weekend. Despite several opportunities for Ivan Perisic, Lautaro Martinez or Lukaku, they only managed to reduce the mark by Stefan de Vrij (65th) from a corner. What to leave big regrets to Antonio Conte after a one-sided start to the match which saw Alexis Sanchez miss a penalty, the Genoese goalkeeper Audero having repelled the ball before being saved by his post on the recovery of Ashley Young ( 11th).
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