If the Inter Milan supporters who came to fill the stands of Giuseppe Meazza were hoping for suspense and spectacle this Sunday, they were served. Trailing from the 65th minute, their team waited until the last moments of the game to finally find the key and beat Fiorentina (2-1, 8th day of Serie A).
Second in the standings the day after Lazio’s victory against Parma (2-1), the Nerazzurri had no other ambition than to win at home to hope to pass the Romans. For a long, long time, they thought they couldn’t do it. And yet it’s not for lack of trying.
Faced with Fiorentina still in difficulty and already in the red zone (18th), the Milanese took the match into their own hands. Without managing to score. In the first half, despite three times as many shots attempted and targeted as their opponents, they came up against David De Gea.
Marcus Thuram breaks the Florentine lock
And as sometimes in these cases, it is the opponents who were able to find the fault against the course of the game. Served by Nicolo Fagioli, Alejandro Jimenez put Fiorentina in front (0-1, 65th). Inter did not let themselves be defeated and monopolized the ball more than ever (73% possession). In the second half alone, the locals shot 24 times for eight shots on target. Six times more attempts than Fio.
But the minutes continued to pass without the flaw being found. Until stoppage time. And that’s when Marcus Thuram broke the deadlock to bring his team back up to par (1-1, 90th+1). In a crazy end to the match, Inter even managed to snatch victory with a penalty converted by Piotr Zielinski following a guilty hand on the Florentine side (2-1, 90th+7). Inter Milan thus finds itself first, with a better goal difference than Lazio. Fiorentina remains relegated.
