Football: Inter beat Torino 1-0, Roma-Sampdoria and Verona-Fiorentina finish 1-1

2021-12-22T19:55:25.281Z

Inter-Torino 1-0 Inter made no mistake before the break and confirmed themselves as winter champions with their seventh consecutive victory in the league. To pay the price is the Turin that plays a game almost equal, but is pierced by a super Dumfries in the first half. Vidal does not make Barella regret, while the Nerazzurri defense still keeps a clean sheet (last goal conceded over a month ago in Serie A). On the grenade side, the contest begins with a fair amount of personality that leads the guests to touch the advantage in the first twenty minutes of the game. Brekalo tries first, on 7 ', with a shot deflected by Handanovic. Then it is Pjaca's turn who makes San Siro tremble with a right to touch the Inter pole. As the minutes pass, the Nerazzurri are also seen in front, for example with Bastoni,inaccurate, however, in his left-handed from inside the area at 20 '. The result is released about ten minutes later, with one of the men of the moment as regards Inter: Dzeko manages the ball well, serves it to Brozovic who smoothes the heel and favors the precise pitch of Denzel Dumfries (third seal in Serie A in the last four games): 1-0 on the stroke of half an hour. That could have become 2-0 in the 38th minute, when Lautaro Martinez dismisses Milinkovic-Savic but fails to frame the mirror from a tight angle. Despite the advantage, Inzaghi's men move the center of gravity back a few meters in the second half, thanks to a pinch of fatigue, common before the break. Torino returns to being dangerous on a free-kick, in the 66th minute,when Handanovic smanaccia a blow from Lukic in the corner. Sanchez detects an upset Lautaro in the final match and just the Chilean in 86 minutes splinters the post with a powerful right, to Milinkovic beaten. Inter imposes itself by measure, continues to run and reaches 46 points in the standings. Roma-Sampdoria 1-1 Roma did not achieve their third consecutive victory and Mourinho was unable to give the Giallorossi fans a "happy" Christmas. At the Olimpico, in fact, the capitolini did not go beyond the 1-1 against a stalwart Sampdoria. Race, "blocked" for long stretches, decided in the final by the goals of Shomurodov first and then of Gabbiadini. The most danger in the beginning was Abraham. At 3 'he received a nice ball from Mkhitaryan but he kicked right diagonally inaccurately,"pardoning" Falcone, out of desperation. The English striker himself hit his head in the 36th minute from a good position but missed the target. In the last 5 minutes, Zaniolo and Mkhitaryan tried, with shots from outside the area, but with little luck (the first lopsided, the other central). In the second half, after just a minute, Abraham, already sore in the first fraction, had to leave the field: space for Felix, acclaimed by the Roman public. At 8 'the first important ring of the match, signed by Candreva. The former Lazio stole the ball from Smalling and kicked violently, hitting the post. Shortly after, at 17 ', Falcone is good: double intervention for him, first on Zaniolo's left-handed from outside the area, then on Felix's safe tap-in. In the middle of the fraction the Special One played all out.Outside Vina and Veretout and inside El Shaarawy and Shomurodov. The moves turned out to be guessed and at 27 'came the turning point of the match: Smalling's break in transition, ball forward and here is the winning stubbornness of the former Genoa striker. Shomurodov won two, three rebounds and with the right he beat Falcone for 1-0. It seemed made for Roma but Sampdoria responded in a big way: in the 35th minute, on the development of a corner, Askildsen hit his head, the newly entered Quagliarella got back in the middle and Colley, with the tap-in, hit the post. The quickest was Gabbiadini on the rebound: 1-1 goal and fifth goal in the last 5 matches for the Sampdoria striker. At 46 'Mkhitaryan made a mistake with his left to turn from the edge, then the Ligurians controlled well, closing every passage.Thus ends the match of the Olimpico in a draw. Verona-Fiorentina 1-1 Verona and Fiorentina cancel each other out at Bentegodi and do not go beyond a 1-1 signed by Lasagna and Castrovilli. In the last game of 2021, the teams of Tudor and Italian take one point each: it is the second consecutive draw for the Viola, while the Gialloblù are back to scoring points after two consecutive defeats. After a post hit by Faraoni in the 13th minute with a cross shot from a tight angle, it was the hosts who broke the deadlock in the 17th minute thanks to Lasagna's goal, which strikes Terracciano after Caprari's launch. The Viola takes a while to fuel up and only at 32 'is close to equal with Bonaventura, who takes advantage of a Veloso error to kick on goal but is blocked by Sutalo.On the overturning in front of Simeone spoils the Gialloblù doubling. In the second half Fiorentina tries to raise the pace to hunt for a draw, touching it in the 64th minute with Castrovilli kicking from the edge by finding a decisive deviation from a defender. It will be the same Viola midfielder to sign the 1-1 in the 81st minute with a diving header on Terzic's cut cross, which certifies the definitive draw.