Inter do not suffer from vertigo, confirming their great moment in form in Salerno and, while waiting for Milan, realize their first escape of the season. The pokerissimo (0-5) trimmed to Salernitana allows Simone Inzaghi’s team to fly at +4 on the Rossoneri who on Sunday against Napoli will have to be able to keep up. On the other hand, Stefano Colantuono’s team remains desolately at the bottom of the table and seems to have lost even that bit of bite he had shown at the beginning of the season. The Arechi, among other things, also lacks the usual support of the Salerno public which gives way to the dispute for the non-sale and the well-known corporate events of recent days.
Inter, already clearly superior on paper, take advantage of a ‘friendly’ atmosphere and put the game on ice in half an hour. It takes a few minutes for the leaders to scare Fiorillo (preferred to an uncertain Belec): in the 3 ‘Barella tries from the edge, but the midfielder’s conclusion is lost high over the crossbar. The Nerazzurri’s joy is only postponed: on 11th Perisic, on the developments of a corner kick beaten by Calhanoglu, stands out above Gagliolo and finds the advantage with his head. Salernitana is in clear difficulty and, to try to overcome the half field, she relies on Ribery’s solos. The only dangerous action of the grenade was born from an invention of the Frenchman: the Frenchman, as had already happened in Florence, puts Obi in front of the goalkeeper, but the Nigerian’s shot is deflected for a corner by Handanovic. Inter swerves only for a few moments, then starts to grind the game again and at 33 ‘finds the doubling: Dzecko serves Dumfries who, all alone in the area, kicks at the net: the ball hits first under the crossbar and then on the line, but the exceeds in full. At the end of time, Inter is also close to the trio with Dzeko, but the Bosnian grace Fiorillo who had gone out empty on a corner kick.
Even in this case, however, the party of the leaders is only postponed to the beginning of the second half: first D’Ambrosio (3 ‘) splinters the post to Fiorillo’s right. The Salernitana goalkeeper, however, 4 ‘later can do nothing about a textbook restart of the reigning Italian champions: exchange in speed between Dzeko and Calhanoglu, the Turkish serves in the area the rushing Sanchez who makes Fiorillo dry for the third time. Salernitana practically stops playing and, between 33 ‘and 42’ Inter makes the passive even heavier, first with Martinez and, then, with Gagliardini who give wings to the leaders and seal the first escape of the season.