MILAN. Sassuolo beat the San Siro by beating Inter 2-0. Inzaghi’s team, with a game to recover against Bologna, fails to take advantage of Milan’s draw against Salernitana to take the top of the table, on the contrary, it stumbles against Dionisi’s team and remains 54 points to -2 from the Rossoneri. Sassuolo, on the other hand, rose to 33 points after a great performance. Inzaghi after the knockout in the Champions League with Liverpool changes register but it is not enough. With Bastoni disqualified he gives space to Dimarco in the three defense, with Darmian in place of Dumfries on the right, and with Barella and Gagliardini in midfield. Outside Dzeko, in front there is the Sanchez-Lautaro couple. For his part, Dionisi lined up Frattesi and Lopez to protect the back four with Scamacca as the only point of reference in attack supported by the trio Berardi-Raspadori-Traore.
Sassuolo starts very strong and already at 1 ‘Raspadori wins the ball and yields to the left for Traore who tries the conclusion, but does not find the door. At 8 ‘Dionisi’s team took the lead: very fast restart of the neroverdi with Berardi who recovered the ball from Calhanoglu, then flew towards the goal serving Raspadori who beat Handanovic with a sharp conclusion. Inter tries to react and on 16 ‘Calhanoglu tries with the left-handed from outside the box, but the conclusion comes out just to the side. However, the pressure from the neroverdi is suffocating and on 26 ‘Sassuolo doubles. Enveloping maneuver with Traore who from the outside serves an inviting cross at the far post where Scamacca, left alone, heads up and signs the double. Inzaghi’s team tries to wake up and in the 31st minute Skriniar tries to head but Councils diving saves the result. The Nerazzurri try to reopen the match and shortly afterwards, thanks to an insistent action, Gagliardini tries a powerful right-foot from outside the box, but it is once again Councils who thwarted. However, the pressure from Inter opens up space for Sassuolo who in the 38th minute touches the trio: a deadly restart with Traore who against three Nerazzurri defenders stops and serves Berardi on the right, the attacker takes the ball to the left and places the conclusion around hitting the crossbar. In the end, Perisic on one side and Kyriakopoulos on the other try with no luck.
At the beginning of the second half Inzaghi inserts Dzeko and Dumfries to try to overturn the result. Just the Bosnian striker in the 58th minute nearly scored. Long pass by Perisic to catch Dzeko who carries the ball and ends up with a left footed shot from a few steps on to Consigli who covers the mirror. The Nerazzurri number 9 tries again in the 63rd minute but it’s still a miraculous dive that Tips take the ball out of the goal. The attacker is putting the black-green defense in crisis and on at least two other occasions he is close to scoring. At 72 ‘it is Lautaro who eats a goal scored and from a few steps he sends to the side. Sassuolo responds in the restart and Raspadori touches the brace. With Inter unbalanced, wide spaces open up in front of the Sassuolo forwards who, however, waste the knockout blow on more than one occasion. At 78 ‘splendid touch under Raspadori but Handanovic touches and Skriniar saves the ball directly into the goal, then Berardi arrives on the rebound who tries the left-handed to turn with the conclusion that comes out just a little. Inter tired and Sassuolo under constant pressure, Berardi tries again but Handanovic is still careful. At 83 ‘Henrique goes to the left but the defense closes. In the restart, Inzaghi’s team tries and Dzeko serves Sanchez who still wastes. At 93 ‘Inter finally found the goal with a perfect header by de Vrij but the goal was canceled after a consultation with the Var for a previous handball by Di Marco.