Inter overcame one of the important obstacles in its successful campaign towards regaining the Italian Football League title, which has been absent from its treasuries for 11 years, after its precious and difficult 2-1 victory over Turin on Sunday in the 27th stage of the competition.
The rest of the stage matches that took place today resulted in Bologna winning at home to Sampdoria 3-1, and Parma at home to Roma with two unanswered goals.
Inter strengthened its lead in the standings, after raising its score to 65 points, a difference of 9 points in front of its closest stalker, arch-neighbor Milan, who hosts Napoli later today in the same stage, while Turin’s balance stopped at 20 points in the 18th place (third from the bottom).
The two teams were unable to score during the first half, which ended in a draw without goals, before the Belgian Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring for Inter (62 from a penalty kick), to raise his tally to 19 goals in the tournament this season, in second place in the scorers' order, with one goal behind. Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo (leader), Juventus star.
Inter did not congratulate his progress much, after Antonio Sanabria scored the equalizer for Turin (70), which caused some controversy.
And the Argentine gave Laotaro Martinez the three points for Inter, after scoring the precious winning goal in the 85th minute, to lead the team nicknamed "The Snakes" to their eighth successive victory in the competition.