The two faces of Milan are like those of the two masks that represent the theatre. One laughs, the other cries. That’s fine with Pioli who deservedly beats with a Milan that has found an Atalanta in full trouble and never fully in the game. It goes badly for Inzaghi who falls again with Bologna in the most delicate moment of the season. Milan catches up with Inter in second place and both are at the back of a Napoli which has an 18-point lead and is going at a completely different speed and quality on the pitch. The Devil’s goals arrive, in a test of character, in the 25th minute with a great shot by Theo Hernandez on which Musso bungles by getting his own goal. And in the 86th minute with a shot to override by Messias that puts the seal on a capital test. Evanescent goddess, devoid of bite and confused, who now risks leaving the cup area and confirms the moment is not. The return of Ibrahumovic to the field, who returned to action at the age of 41 with the roar of the San Siro.
The joy of Campania after Coulibaly’s goal (Photo Ansa)
Giant Orsolini, Inter as small as this
Under the bad weather of the “Dall’Ara” Thiago Motta’s Bologna beat Inter 1-0, thanks to Riccardo Orsolini’s seventh league goal. Emilian team playing a careful match, pressing well a not very concrete forward Inter. An immediately emotional match, with Bologna finding a lot of space among the Nerazzurri ranks and making themselves dangerous first with the network cancelledfor an offside position, to Musa Barrow, then wt the crossbar hit by Soriano. However, Inzaghi’s men are not there and try to increase the speed of their offensive manoeuvre, with a shot from outside Mkhitaryan – not very dangerous for Skorupski – and the header by Lautaro who, served by Gosens’ cross, goes within inches of Inter’s lead in the first half finale. Match that remains in the balancein the game as well as in the partial, and which in the second forty-five minutes resumes with a rhythm and intensity similar to the first part of the match, with Inter maneuvering their advances well without however being able to unhinge a very orderly and precise Bologna in defensive coverage .
The entrances of Barella, Dzeko and D’Ambrosio are useless
Great maneuvers by Inzaghi who, half an hour from the end, tries to change the face of his eleven, with the entrances of Barella, Dzeko and D’Ambrosio, to try to increase more thrust and offensive concreteness. It will be the Bosnian striker, in the 70th minute, who comes close to scoring thanks to another cross from the left lane that the former Roma receives and directs towards the goal, still finding an attentive Skorupski.
The usual Orsolini was decisive
However, it was Bologna who found the opening goal, with the error in the construction of the Inter defense which favored the perfect launch of Schouten for Orsolini, control and unstoppable right foot for Onana. Final assaults by the Nerazzurri who, however, have to surrender to another misstep away from home after the 0-0 draw against Sampdoria. Three gold points, however, for Bologna, which can concretely dream of Europe.
Salernitana sees the light, equal between Udinese and Spezia
Victory with three golden points to save Salernitana against Monza, bad defeat for Inter which sees Napoli and the Scudetto go even further away and second place at risk. So far the football Sunday of the 24th day of Serie A shows this film. Going back to the Arechi challenge, the hosts beat the team of Galliani and Berlusconi with a heavy trio of goals. It hadn’t happened for four months, and Paulo Sosa’s arrival on the bench seems to have positively shaken the bells. All goals from Salernitana in the second half, after a first half played on a par with the Brianzoli. They hit Coulibaly in the 51st minute, Kastanos in the 65th minute, Candreva closes in the best way in the 71st minute.
