Inter took advantage of a mistake by Turin’s Juventus to beat Fiorentina 1-0 away from home in the Italian top flight to return to the top of the table.
Inter took an early lead when Lautaro Martinez scored his 19th goal of the season from a corner in the 14th minute, securing his position as top scorer. Fiorentina had several good chances to equalize, but failed to beat Yann Sommer in the Inter goal. Nicolas Gonzalez had the best chance in the 76th minute, his penalty saved by Sommer. The penalty was awarded with the help of VAR in a situation where Sommer jumped in the face of Fiorentina striker M’Bala Zola with a punch in the air.
Inter maintained a 1-0 lead until the end and moved to the top of the table with a point of advantage over Juventus, who had played more matches. At the beginning of February San Siro will host the great duel in the top championship between Inter and Juventus. Fiorentina, without a win for three games in a row, remains in fifth place in the standings.
Reigning Italian champions Napoli are still unable to gain a foothold. This time, Roma played away against Lazio in a 0–0 draw, when a total of 15 shots were scored against Lazio, but only one Lazio event between frames. Napoli didn’t find a single shot on target. Lazio are sixth in the standings and Napoli, who have collected two points less, are only in ninth place.
In the second half of the table, Genoa and Monza won, beating Lecce 2:1 and Sassuolo 1:0 respectively. Hellas Verona and Frosinone settle for a 1:1 draw.
Results:
Fiorentina-Inter 0:1 (0:1)
14. Lautaro Martinez
Missed penalty: 76. Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina)
Lazio – Napoli 0:0
Hellas Verona – Frosinone 1:1 (1:0)
45+3. Tomaš Suslov – 58. Kaio Jorge
Missed penalty: 37. Ondrej Duda (Verona)
Monza – Sassuolo 1:0 (1:0)
31. Andrea Colpani
Genoa – Lecce 2:1 (0:1)
70. Mateo Retegui, 76. Caleb Ekuban – 31. Nikola Krstovic
Missed penalty: 18. Nikola Krstovic (Lecce)
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