Inter Milan accelerates championship race, Napoli drops victory

The Serie A championship race this season is extremely exciting as Inter Milan continues to rise, while the top team Napoli was held to a draw and is only 1 point ahead of their opponent.

Inter Milan continued their impressive run of form after a dramatic 4-3 win over Barcelona in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final. Although many key players such as Lautaro Martinez, Pavard and Mkhitaryan were rested, coach Simone Inzaghi still had a squad capable of causing an overwhelming defeat.

The "Nerazzurri" opened the scoring thanks to a spectacular goal by young talent Nicola Zalewski with a dangerous curling shot after a beautiful solo play.

Inter competes with Napoli - Photo: Serie A

The match was interrupted for about 30 minutes due to heavy rain that flooded the pitch. When it resumed, Inter still maintained their dominance. In the second half, Mehdi Taremi won a penalty after a collision with goalkeeper Savic, and Kristjan Asllani easily doubled the lead from the 11m mark.

In injury time, Adam Masina scored a beautiful "bicycle kick" goal but it was disallowed due to a foul.

Meanwhile, Napoli hosted Genoa at home and took the lead twice, with Lukaku opening the scoring after a through ball from McTominay, before Raspadori doubled the lead in the 64th minute, also from an assist from the Scottish midfielder.

Napoli "shot itself in the foot" - Photo: Serie A

However, Napoli's defense made consecutive mistakes, allowing Genoa to equalize 2-2 thanks to Meret's own goal and Vasquez's header late in the match.

This result caused Napoli to drop the victory and Inter to narrow the gap to just 1 point, making the Serie A championship race more thrilling than ever.

Serie A 2024/25 standings
STT	Team	Battle	T	H	B	HS	Point
1	Napoli	36	23	9	4	30	78
2	Inter	36	23	8	5	42	77
3	Atalanta	35	20	8	7	40	68
4	Juventus	36	16	16	4	20	64
5	Lazio	36	18	10	8	13	64
6	AS Roma	35	18	9	8	18	63
7	Bologna	36	16	14	6	13	62
8	AC Milan	36	17	9	10	18	60
9	Fiorentina	35	17	8	10	18	59
10	like	36	13	9	14	-1	48
11	Turin	36	10	14	12	-3	44
12	Udinese	36	12	8	16	-12	44
13	Genoa	36	9	13	14	-13	40
14	Cagliari	36	8	9	19	-17	33
15	Verona	36	9	6	21	-33	33
16	Parma	36	6	14	16	-15	32
17	Lecce	36	6	10	20	-33	28
18	Empoli	36	5	13	18	-27	28
19	Venice	35	4	14	17	-21	26
20	Monza	36	3	9	24	-37	18

• Relegation

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/vong-36-serie-a-inter-milan-tang-toc-dua-vo-dich-napoli-tuot-chien-thang-2400112.html