Inter Milan Wins Second Place in the Standings After Defeating Sassuolo

DBasia.news – Inter Milan won 3-0 at Sassuolo headquarters in matchday nine of the 2020-2021 Serie A, at the Mapei Staium, Saturday (28/11).

Inter Milan stared at the match against Sassuolo with poor results. The Nerazzurri have won just two of their last 10 matches. Most recently, Inter were defeated by Real Madrid in the Champions League.

Meanwhile, Sassuolo is in a better position. Sassuolo has never collapsed in Serie A.

From the composition of players, Antonio Conte rested Romelu Lukaku. The tactician played the Alexis Sanchez and Lautaro Martinez duo at the forefront.

Meanwhile, Sassuolo played with a 4-2-3-1 mainstay formation. Domenico Berardi, Filip Djuricic and Jeremie Boga are expected to dismantle the visitors’ defense.

Inter Milan were already ahead when the game had only been running for four minutes. Alexis Sanchez listed his name on the scoreboard.

The goal came from Lautaro who cut the bait from the Sassuolo player. Then, the ball was sent by Sanchez to Lautaro. Lautaro, who brought the ball to the front of the goal, sent feedback to Sanchez. Calmly, Sanchez threw the ball into the goal.

Inter Milan doubled the lead to 2-0 with an own goal from Vlad Chiriches in the 14th minute. The player was wrong in blocking Arturo Vidal’s hard kick.

Being behind two goals, Sassuolo tried to get up. I Neroverdi got a chance through Filip Djuricic’s curling shot at the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, the ball still hit the goal post.

Then, Sassuolo continued to threaten Inter Milan’s goal in the 36th and 38th minutes. However, both opportunities were countered by Samir Handanovic.

Until the first half ended, Inter maintained a 2-0 lead.

Inter Milan went further away in the 60th minute. Roberto Gagliardini scored when La Beneamata.

Starting from a fast counter-attack, Matteo Darmian, who combed Sassuolo’s defense from the right side, released a pass which Gagliardini completed with a hard kick to the right side of the goal.

Seven minutes later, Inter Milan had another chance to score. Unfortunately, Sanchez’s shot still bounced over Andrea Consigli’s goal.

Sassuolo continued to try to suppress Inter Milan’s defense with the remaining time. However, no goals were created. Inter won by a score of 3-0.

With an additional three points, Inter Milan made it to second place in the standings after collecting 18 points. Meanwhile, Sassuolo stepped down to third place.