Napoli ended Inter Milan’s impressive ten-game league winning streak. The defending champions snatched a 1-1 draw at San Siro on Sunday at the end of the 29th day.
Inter – Napoli 1-1
Matteo Darmian opened the scoring in the 43rd by taking a cross from Alessandro Bastoni. But Napoli, without their scorer Victor Osimhen, confined to the substitutes’ bench, equalized on a header from Juan Jesus (81st).
Inter remains well in the lead with 14 points ahead of AC Milan, winner earlier in Verona (3-1), and is heading towards the 20th Italian champion title in its history.
But Simone Inzaghi’s team had a tricky week with their elimination in the round of 16 of the Champions League against Atletico Madrid on penalties, and now these first points lost in the league in 2024.
With its 76 points, and nine matches still to play, Inter can still make Serie A history: they can indeed beat the record for points pocketed in a season (102 by Juventus in 2013-14). For its part, Napoli remains 7th with 45 points, 31 lengths from Inter and two from 6th place, occupied by Atalanta, the last qualifier for Europe.
AFP