Argentines Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuaín decided with one goal each the duel between Inter Milan, which had matched with also Argentine Lautaro Martínez, and Juventus (1-2), which allowed the Turin team to take over the leadership in Serie A. [Narration and statistics]

San Siro hosted the 200th confrontation in Serie A between Inter and Juventus, two teams divided by an eternal rivalry that this year generates even more expectation when seeing Antonio Conte , former emblem of the Turin team, on the interista bench.

In a crowded stadium, Conte recovered the Belgian Romelu Lukaku and aligned him next to a Lautaro in great shape, after the goal scored against Barcelona in the Champions League. The youth coach, Maurizio Sarri, opted for starting Dybala with Cristiano in the lead.

It was the perfect scenario for the "Jewel" to change the dynamics of a season until this moment dull for him and it took just four minutes to claim with a crossed left foot inside the area that surprised the Slovenian goal Samir Handanovic after passing under the legs of the Slovak Milan Skriniar .

Juventus wanted to mark the territory from the beginning and touched the double advantage in the 9th minute, when Cristiano started on the left wing, bargained the Uruguayan Diego Godín and threw a right that crashed into the crossbar.

It was a blow that shook Inter and, after much suffering, a touch with the hand in the area of ​​the Dutchman Matthijs De Ligt caused the penalty that Lautaro safely transformed to restore equality in the 18th minute.

The entrance of Higuaín

The clash became very intense, hard and rich of occasions: Lautaro ran into two major interventions of the Polish goal Wojciech Szczesny and, on the verge of rest, Cristiano saw how the VAR annulled him the goal of the possible advantage outside the game of Dybala, protagonist of luxury combinations with CR7.

The tension in the resumption was increased even more and Sarri sent a strong signal at the time of the game, giving way to Higuain by Federico Bernardeschi to form for ten minutes a superoffensive trident with Cristiano and Dybala.

It was an ambitious decision that the coach reviewed in the 70th minute, when he took the "Jewel" to shelter the team with the German Emre Can before an Inter who, despite losing Stefano Sensi and Godín injury, did not give up the attack. The current champion of Italy got a good scare in the 70th minute, when a shot by Uruguayan Matías Vecino deflected by De Ligt hit a post, but he was saved and punished Inter in the 80th minute thanks to Higuaín's scoring smell.

The Argentine received an assistance from Uruguayan Rodrigo Bentancur , placed the ball on his right leg and crossed it to celebrate his sixth target in eleven games against Inter and give Juventus the sweetest victory 2-1.

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