Inter Milan fringed closer to their first Serie A title in 11 years after a 1-0 win over Cagliari on Sunday. It is likely to happen that Juventus not going to win the Scudetto. Antonio Conte shuffled his pack for Cagliari’s visit, with Lautaro Martinez and Achraf Hakimi given a rest, but Inter’s cohesion did not suffer early on as they created plenty of chances.
Struggling Cagliari had put up positive resistance in the San Siro, with debutant goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario making several fine saves to keep the league leaders at bay. The 11th consecutive league win for Inter Milan with a rare goal from full-back Matteo Darmian with just 13 minutes finally breached the deadlock and sealed.
Inter are now 11 points clear of their rivals AC Milan, and AC Milan is at second in the points table, with just eight games left. Antonio Conte shuffled his pack for Cagliari’s visit, with Lautaro Martinez and Achraf Hakimi granted a rest, but Inter’s cohesion did not suffer early on as they created plenty of opportunities.
Christian Eriksen forced the best save in the match from Vicario in the first half a fine one-handed stop to claw out a goalbound effort from the Dane, was a crucial save of the match.
As the match wore on, Inter started to look more nervous, and Conte brought Martinez and Hakimi on, with the latter instrumental in shrewdly setting up the opportunity for Darmian, who rejoiced with a jubilant bench.
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While Cagliari remains in 18th place, five points from the safety zone, Inter Milan just needs 14 points from their last eight matches to guarantee the Scudetto the “Seria A” title and it is pretty much probable this year for the Inter side as the way they are performing.
