Inter Milan claimed a commanding 3–1 residence win over Bologna on Sunday. Photograph: AFP
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Inter Milan claimed a commanding 3–1 residence win over Bologna on Sunday to return to the highest of Serie A in what’s shaping as much as be an more and more intense title race.
With the victory, Inter took the lead within the desk on 39 factors, one away from metropolis rivals AC Milan and two forward of Napoli, with the marketing campaign now two matches from the midway mark.
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Inter laid siege to the Bologna aim for a lot of the first half, pouring ahead in wave after wave, solely to be denied by an excellent goalkeeper, Federico Ravaglia, whose string of effective saves saved the scoreline intact.
Nevertheless, six minutes earlier than the break, Inter lastly took a deserved lead when Lautaro Martinez, falling beneath a problem, managed to slip the ball throughout to Piotr Zielinski, who struck confidently from simply outdoors the field to seek out the online.
Three minutes after the restart, Inter doubled their benefit from a nook, as Martinez timed his run completely and powered a header into the online.
The onslaught continued minutes later when Martinez met a cross point-blank with the aim gaping, solely to crash his effort in opposition to the crossbar, drawing a collective gasp from the stadium.
Ravaglia produced a string of saves to maintain the deficit from rising however the resistance lastly broke within the 74th minute when Marcus Thuram made it three for Inter, his shoulder glancing a nook over the road and the Frenchman trying nearly shocked by his personal aim.
Santiago Castro pulled one again for Bologna seven minutes earlier than stoppage time, sliding in to attain, however Inter remained firmly in management, whereas Bologna had been indebted to Ravaglia for holding the scoreline respectable.
