Inter Milan Surge to Serie A Summit After Victory Over Lazio
MILAN – Inter Milan defeated Lazio to claim the top spot in Serie A, surpassing Roma in the league standings. The result marks a significant shift in the Italian top flight as the season progresses.
Elsewhere in European club football, Real Madrid were held to a goalless draw at Rayo Vallecano, allowing Barcelona to close the gap to three points after a 4-2 win against Celta Vigo. Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick in BarcelonaS victory, his first goals for the club as the end of September after returning from a muscle injury. Lamine Yamal also contributed to the scoresheet for Barcelona, while Sergio Carreira and Borja Iglesias scored for Celta Vigo.
In Ligue 1,Paris Saint-Germain secured a late 3-2 victory over Lyon,maintaining their two-point lead at the top of the table. João Neves scored the winning goal in stoppage time, mirroring a similar late victory against Nice the previous week. Warren Zaïre-Emery and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia also scored for PSG,while Afonso Moreira and Ainsley Maitland-Niles found the net for Lyon. Nicolás Tagliafico was sent off for Lyon in stoppage time.
The stalemate for Real Madrid at the estadio de Vallecas extended their winless run at the venue to four seasons. Kylian Mbappé, La Liga’s leading scorer with 13 goals, had a quiet match, managing only one shot. Rayo Vallecano’s goalkeeper, Augusto Batalla, was a key performer, making several saves to secure a clean sheet.
