Inter are sweating, but Napoli are -1. This Sommer is monumental and Josep Martinez loses out

And’Inter two-faced and also lacking in cynicism, he made life almost hellish for Simone Inzaghi. The match against Venezia it remained in the balance until the end, but it was too important to capitalize on one of the first championship set-points. The only acceptable result was victory. Lautaro was released after 249 days of fasting in the league and the Nerazzurri defeated the to the friend of measurement, great news for the Piacenza coach in view of the two fireworks clashes with Arsenal and Napoli. However, after 97 minutes of very tense play at the San Siro, there are some considerations to make.

Firstly the clean sheet found of Inter, the third obtained at home after the troubled evening of the Italian derby against Juventus. This time too the rearguard, in particular De Vrij and Pavard, trembled on a couple of occasions due to evident lapses in attention. Potentially lethal blackouts, sour notes of the evening. So much so that at least half of the Nerazzurri’s triumph is thanks to Yann Sommerabsolute savior of the Nerazzurri: firstly on Oristanio’s sure shot from two steps, then on Pohjanpalo’s poisonous turn from close range.

Sommer kept things going when on the other side Marcus Thuram was left without a goal for the fourth match in a row in the championship, eating his hands for goals prevented by Stankovic. Returning to the Swiss goalkeeper, however, a capital performance which coincidentally came just when the possibility of a bench was being raised to make room for the debut of Joseph Martinez between the posts. And here Inzaghi was right again, because not even in matches like the one against Venezia in search of saving points can you give up the starting goalkeeper. Especially a Sommer who was so lucid and cold at sudden moments in the race.

In any case, the clean sheet allowed Inter not to throw away three hugely important points, gaining ground on the Napoli and projecting to -1 from Antonio Conte. Leaving the championship fight even more open, which until two days ago seemed much more inclined towards the Azzurri. While now, exactly one week before the direct clash, Inzaghi will play for a colossal share of the title. But first there’s the anti-Arsenal mission in Champions League to be completed.