“The illusion is the last thing that is lost”, says an old popular saying. A remanded phrase that Inter, with much suffering, exhibited after defeating Parma in the final minutes by 2 to 1. A victory that affirms him in the third position of Serie A with 61 points and leads him towards a future Champions League.
With much anguish, the neroazzurro added three. The parate damaged him and he could only celebrate on the end, after having a first time for oblivion and without counting on the usual offensive power of Lukaku and Lautaro Martínez. In that section, the visitors looked insecure, with little offensive presence and with a striking defensive weakness.
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Lautaro’s first contact with the ball was with a weak shot from outside the area, which did not even involve a stir by Luigi Sepe. It was only three minutes. Lautaro himself was going to have it three minutes later, when he did not fully control a past center of Candreva and allowed Laurini to recover on defense and send her to the corner. And from the corner kick itself, a detour from Gagliardini’s header made Dermaku save him on the line.
It was the only thing that Antonio Conte’s team did, who saw the game sitting in the lonely pit (suspension in the previous match against Sassuolo) during the first stage.
By the ends and with crossed balls, Parma put him against the ropes. And he not only exposed Inter’s defensive weakness, but he accumulated options to justify the advantage.
The celebration of the Dutchman De Vrij who with his header was going to put the transitional draw against Parma. (Photo: REUTERS)
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The alarm went off after 11 minutes, when Dejan Kulusevski overflowed from the right and the grazing center found Gervinho, who could not hit it accurately and the shot kissed the left post.
Three minutes later, the African striker was going to have a rematch after receiving a long ball from the left, and with a feint and after leaving Candreva scattered, he defined a cross to open the scoring.
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Parma made Inter pay for defensive decouples. And he was able to expand differences: Kulusevski overflowed again and after getting rid of Dambrosio, he finished cross and near the right post. And then Cornelius finished off high.
Parma took advantage of the defensive offer of the visit, which during the first half never showed a reaction. But, in turn, the local wasted opportunities to close the game. And he was going to pay dearly.
In the complement, Inter went out to burn the ships and proposed blow by blow. The match won in intensity and the ball went from one arc to another with a frenetic rhythm.
The head of Alessandro Bastoni travels to the net decreeing Inter’s agonizing victory over Parma. (Photo; AFP)
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Lautaro Martínez had the first connection with Lukaku just after 7 minutes, but the Belgian’s shot ended far from the post. At the minute, the own bahiense had it after a series of rebounds in the area, but his low shot went a meter from the right post.
The blow by blow was going to yield Inter. A double header in the area (Lautaro himself and Stefan De Vrij) enabled the Dutch to tie the actions.
And when the game was dying and Borja Valero had entered for the ex Racing (with two minutes to go), Víctor Moisés (the other one admitted) faced from the right and after a detour he put a rained center that found the head of Alessandro Bastoni alone. to seal the final result.
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A suffered and necessary victory for Inter, since Juventus (69 points) had done so at dawn on the 28th, beating Lecce 4-0. Lazio (65) also did the same against Fiorentina by 2 to 1 and Atalanta (57), who was on his heels, beat Udinese as a visitor 3 to 2.
Now, Inter is affirmed in the third position of Serie A and fuels the qualifying aspirations towards the Champions League. But it will have to improve a lot so that the 10 dates that remain, do not remain only in a dogmatic question.
