Inter’s Serie A lead is down to six factors after 1-1 draw at Fiorentina
ROME — Inter Milan is limping into the worldwide break on a four-match winless streak throughout all competitions that has seen its Serie A lead decreased to 6 factors.
Cher Ndour knocked in a rebound late within the second half for relegation-threatened Fiorentina in a 1-1 draw with visiting Inter on Sunday.
Pio Esposito had put Inter forward with a header lower than a minute in.
Inter was left six factors forward of second-place AC Milan, which beat Inter in a derby two weeks in the past and defeated Torino on Saturday; and 7 factors forward of defending champion Napoli, which received at Cagliari on Friday for its fourth straight victory.
Eight rounds stay within the Italian league.
Fiorentina moved two factors above the drop zone.
Como took management of the ultimate Champions League spot by thrashing relegation-threatened Pisa 5-0 for its fifth straight victory.
The victory boosted Cesc Fabregas’ membership three factors away from fifth-place Juventus, which was held to a 1-1 draw by Sassuolo on Saturday.
Assane Diao, Anastasios Douvikas, Martin Baturina, Nico Paz and Maximo Perrone scored for the hosts.
Douvikas’ eleventh aim of the season made him the primary Como participant with that many within the prime flight since Giuseppe Baldini scored 13 and Renato Cattaneo 11 in 1951-52.
Como’s win got here three days after one among Como’s homeowners, Indonesian tobacco billionaire Michael Bambang Hartono, died at 86.
Hartono and his brother, Roberto Budi Hartono, took over Como in 2019 when the staff was taking part in in Italy’s fourth division.
Como returned to Serie A in 2024 for the primary time in additional than twenty years.
Sixth-place Roma beat visiting Lecce 1-0 to maneuver degree on factors with Juventus and snap a five-match winless streak that included an elimination defeat to Bologna within the Europa League on Thursday.
Robinio Vaz got here off the bench to move in his first Serie A aim for Roma early within the second half after transferring from Marseille in January.
Lazio’s January signing Kenneth Taylor scored two second-half objectives in a 2-0 win at Bologna that enabled the Roman membership to leapfrog the hosts into eighth place.
A Netherlands worldwide, the 23-year-old Taylor was bought by Maurizio Sarri’s membership from Ajax for 17 million euros ($20 million).
Lazio goalkeeper Edoardo Motta — taking part in in simply his third Serie A match — saved a penalty from Riccardo Orsolini within the 51st with the rating 0-0.
It was Lazio’s third straight win.
Additionally, seventh-place Atalanta bounced again from a Champions League loss to Bayern Munich with a 1-0 victory over Hellas Verona as Davide Zappacosta scored earlier than the break.
Midfielder Marten de Roon was celebrated earlier than kickoff as he made a club-record 436th look for Atalanta throughout all competitions.
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