Denzel Dumfries cancelled out a Lucas Torreira strike, but Inter again dropped points in this draw to Fiorentina and fell further behind in the Scudetto race.
The pressure was on the Nerazzurri, who had crashed out of the Champions League and fallen down to third place in Serie A, albeit with a game in hand. Marcelo Brozovic and Stefan de Vrij were still out injured. Giacomo Bonaventura and Sofyan Amrabat didn’t make the trip, with Alvaro Odriozola not at 100 per cent.
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Nico Gonzalez and Riccardo Saponara forced Samir Handanovic to beat away long-range strikes in the opening minutes, while Pietro Terracciano rushed off his line to parry Edin Dzeko’s attempt.
Lautaro Martinez had the ball in the net on 40 minutes, but only after wandering offside on the Denzel Dumfries assist.
There was a double Inter chance at the dawn of the second half, first Terracciano saving from Arturo Vidal, then the Nicolò Barella rebound just over.
However, Fiorentina opened the scoring moments later. Gaetano Castrovilli’s through ball found Nico Gonzalez, who pulled back from the by-line for Lucas Torreira to fire into the roof of the net from six yards. It was his second goal in as many games, another well-timed run from midfield.
Terracciano got a hand to the Ivan Perisic roll across for Dzeko, but the Croatian did better when floating a cross to the back post for fellow wingback Dumfries and a towering header from six yards.
A penalty had been awarded for a Lorenzo Venuti trip on Lautaro Martinez, but it was revoked after a VAR on-field review, as it was the Inter man who had kicked him on the back of the leg.
Igor charged down a Vidal half-volley from the edge of the area, then Vidal laid off another chance for Alexis Sanchez, whose strike was going on target until a decisive Nikola Milenkovic deflection over the bar.
Fiorentina threatened too in stoppages, Jonathan Ikone running from midfield at pace until Handanovic rushed out to parry at the near post one-on-one.
Inter 1-1 Fiorentina
Torreira 50 (F), Dumfries 55 (I)
Damn I am surprised that the VAR did not give them that penalty for Lautaro’s Oscar award winning dive. I can guarantee that Marotta and his thugs must be interrogating the referee.
ha ha
Must hurt to through away the scudetto like this…
Imagine they finish 45h.
Yes inzaghi keep making the same substitution in the same order, maybe 1 day you will get it right.
Perhaps you could try starting with 2 mobile forwards , you might have better success than what’s happening right now..
let’s see how would they react if Juve won tonight and breathe some air on their necks