The 12-match unbeaten streak of ex-Inter coach 'Mou' didn't weigh heavily at the San Siro against Simone Inzaghi's rediscovered form: fourth win in a row in the league, not to mention the clear victory in the derby against Milan (3-0) this week to qualify for the Italian Cup final.

Roma's Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho greets his Inter Milan counterpart Simone Inzaghi, before the match of the 34th day of Serie A, April 23, 2022 at the San Siro Stadium MARCO BERTORELLO AFP

On the first goal, Roma were overtaken by a clear action made of deflections and play with a touch of the ball, concluded by Denzel Dumfries launched full axis (30th).

On the second, Marcelo Brozovic, a real metronome of Inter, spread his technique to play with the Roman defense and find the skylight of a jewel with his right foot (40th).

The "ko" arrived as soon as the recovery on a corner, internal specialty, taken from the head by Lautaro Martinez (52nd).

The 16th league goal for the Argentine "Toro", a few days after his double in the Cup derby.

Inter Milan's Argentinian striker Lautaro Martinez scores the third goal from a corner at home against Roma, during the 34th day of Serie A, April 23, 2022 at the San Siro Stadium MARCO BERTORELLO AFP

With this quickly acquired victory, his third in three matches this season against Mourinho (3-0 in the league in Rome, 2-0 in Milan in the Italian Cup), Simone Inzaghi was then able to manage for the late match on Wednesday at Bologna.

Above all, he confirmed that his Inter wanted his second star more than ever, the one she could embroider on his jersey in the event of his 20th scudetto in May.

Venice is sinking

After a slowdown in February / March, the defending champion has become ruthless again since the capital victory on the lawn of Juventus (1-0) in early April.

Better attack, better defense, Inter also have the best schedule with now only teams from the second part of the classification on the program.

Roma, however well into the match with a big pressing, may regret the off target header from Guanluca Mancini (29th), just before the opening of the Milan score.

She consoled herself with a nice but useless goal from Henrikh Mkhitaryan (85th).

The Giallorossi can lose their 5th place on Sunday, coveted by Fiorentina (6th) and Lazio (7th), by two points.

La Viola will travel to Salernitana at midday, before Lazio host Milan in the evening.

For the race for "small" Europe, behind the Top 4 promised to the Champions League, Atalanta Bergamo revived by ending a negative spiral of three consecutive defeats, in Venice (3-1).

And Duvan Zapata, who had missed so much during the first three months of the year due to a groin injury, scored his first goal of 2022: "I was waiting for this goal, but above all for this victory that we needed" , he said on DAZN.

Atalanta Colombian striker Duvan Zapata during the Europa League quarter-final second leg against Leipzig on April 14, 2022 in Bergamo MIGUEL MEDINA AFP

On the other hand, the bad patch continues for Venice, beaten for the eighth time in a row.

Red lantern tied on points with the other two relegation players, Salernitana (18th) and Genoa (19th), the promoted Venetian is getting closer to an express return to Serie B, six points behind Cagliari (17th) and only five matches remaining to be played.

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