Almost dominated by Lazio’s dribbling in the first thirty minutes of the game, Simone Inzaghi’s team then broke the deadlock with a penalty from Calhanoglu. After that moment he started the engine and exploded with a goal scored by six different scorers
A team determined to confirm its good moment and another convinced that it can impose itself in every stadium in Italy. On one side Lazio, accompanied by its fans, and on the other Inter. The match that closed the 16th day of the championship had the best conditions. And the first minutes, although without concrete opportunities, were in fact characterized by a certain dynamism, especially on the part of the home team. Baroni’s men, in fact, immediately tried to play the game.
The first real flash came in the 22nd minute, when after a descent by Rovella the ball arrived in the middle after Noslin, today starting for the suspended Castellanos, hit in a disorganized way. While Zaccagni delighted in a series of classy plays such as a slalom that was closed only by a diagonal shot from Dimarco, the guests relied on free kicks, with Calhanoglu acting as a catapult. The Turk’s free kick in the 35th minute resulted in a corner from which De Vrij scored the goal in the melee which was then disallowed due to Lautaro’s offside. But after a VAR review, a penalty was awarded at the hands of Gigot, who came on shortly before for the injured Gila, in the same action. From eleven meters the Turkish metronome did not tremble, reaching 48 goals in Serie A and breaking the deadlock.
It was the snake’s bite that stunned the eagle and shortly after it injected another dose of poison. After a sumptuous play with Lautaro’s back to goal, Dumfries flew to the right out, from which he sweetly picked out the onrushing Dimarco, whose left-footed shot passed Provedel and further chilled the Olimpico. The over ten thousand Inter fans made themselves heard at the end of the first half in which the team’s cynicism had turned the tide of a match that had up to that point been played better by the home team.
The second half began with the same dynamic, as if to extend Inter’s great moment, which ended the match in the 52nd minute. And the method was one of those sparkling ones: a right-footed counter-jump from Barella from outside the area left Provedel and the Olimpico stunned, on which darkness fell two minutes later after Dumfries’ header, which arrived at great speed on a cutting edge perfect of sticks to cross.
The curtain had now fallen when in the 77th minute substitute Carlos Augusto also added to the goal celebration, taking advantage of a through ball from Dimarco. Sad and resigned, Lazio couldn’t even avoid the sixth center scored by Thuram in the ninetieth minute. Starting quietly but then capable of firing up, Inzaghi’s team proved to be a diesel that when it gets going is unstoppable. And now, after these three points, they move within one point of Napoli and two of Atalanta. And with a game to recover.
