A Inter heart-pounding. Conte's team overturns Parma in the final and takes home 3 very heavy points, both for the standings and for morale. In fact, the defeat that was maturing, in addition to definitively closing any hope for the Scudetto, would have allowed Atalanta to go within 1, even putting third place at risk. Instead, the Nerazzurri, despite a match below expectations, managed to come to terms with an incredible finish, in which the excellent Parma seen up until then literally melted away.
Yet the ducals had been in the game for a long time, managing to exploit the best weapon of the house, namely the long throw for Gervinho: thus the 1-0 goal was born (15 '), a mix of the Ivorian's skill and the ingenuity of the Candreva-D'Ambrosio couple. At that point D'Aversa's men started doing the other thing that they do quite well, that is to defend themselves strenuously with 7 men, leaving the 3 in front free to attack.
And so, thanks to Eriksen's bad night, Inter fell into the Parmesan trap, creating some chances to equalize, but also risking suffering a 2-0 draw. Around the 70th minute Conte, from the Tardini grandstand, then decided to revolutionize the team, inserting Sanchez, Young, Moses and Bastoni: the last two proved to be decisive in packing the 2-1 goal (87', assist from the Nigerian and header into an empty goal by the defender), just 3' after De Vrij's equalizer, very good at turning Lautaro's splash into gold (84').
The victory doesn't completely erase the difficulties, but it certainly helps to think positively, also because Brescia will arrive at the San Siro on Wednesday, penultimate in the standings, an opponent who is certainly not irresistible.
“We have conceded several chances to Parma knowing that this is one of the most difficult teams to deal with on counterattacks – the thought of Stars, presented himself in front of the microphones in place of the disqualified Conte – They were good, they scored, but we built the match and had many chances. We still have room for improvement, we don't expect to immediately introduce new things and have the right balance, but we want to look ahead, because we deserved the match. We played, we reacted, it wasn't easy: in the end, victory is right".
Sunday of smiles also for the Milan, which confirms the good moment by beating Roma with a convincing 2-0. The Rossoneri were looking for 3 points to give continuity to Lecce's victory, but above all to reinvigorate a still deficient standings: mission accomplished thanks to a good performance, especially in the second half. The Giallorossi, for their part, have to deal with a very heavy knockout, which, barring miracles, means goodbye to the Champions League objective.
Atalanta in fact, also victorious in Udine (2-3) they are now 9 points behind, 10 considering the direct matches: too many to think of a comeback, especially as the two teams are going at a clearly different speed.
It was seen at the San Siro a tired Rome, unable to give the match a pace even remotely acceptable. Decisive, more than the heat (in fact, AC Milan also felt it), having had less time available to dispose of the waste from the last game, something that however must be prepared for, especially in the continuation of this summer mini-tournament . After a subdued first half with an opportunity on each side (Dzeko and Calhanoglu heading), the Rossoneri thus accelerated in the key moment of the second half, taking the lead through Rebic (76'), and then doubled their lead just a whisker from the end with the penalty by Calhanoglu (89', foul by Smalling on Hernandez).
“We deservedly won the game because we were a team – the analysis of Pioli – There is satisfaction, it was time we were looking for a victory against a strong team, it's good for our morale. Now, however, let's think immediately of Spal ".
On the other hand, a lot of disappointment at Roma, where we have to deal with yet another misstep of a season, so far, far below expectations. “We played a good game in the first half, without great intensity but we controlled – commented by Fonseca – Then fitness influenced the second half and we gave the Rossoneri the first goal. They had more days to prepare for the match, we lost the ball twice without reacting. I'm worried about fitness, we'll play in two days..."
Now a day off, then tomorrow we start again with Turin-Lazio and Genoa-Juventus: really not a bad way to start the 29th day...
