Along with the fiery race between Manchester City and Liverpool for the Premier League championship, Milan and Inter provide an equally fascinating battle for the title in Serie A, and tonight (Sunday) the status quo is maintained at the top. After AC Milan’s late win over Fiorentina (1: 0), their city rivals advanced to the away game in Udinese knowing that any result other than a win would bring the Rossoneri closer to the title, and did the ball on them with 1: 2, to keep the gap intact (two points) with three rounds remaining To end the season. In another game, Torino defeated Ampoli 1: 3.
Udinese – Inter 2: 1
The Narazuri managed to recover from the painful stumble against Bologna, which is why they lost the summit, and sent a message to an opponent from across the road that they were not going to give up their title until the last minute. Ivan Frisic, who scored 2-1 in the last round, found the net for the second game in a row, after rising high above the local defense for a corner kick and hitting in close. In the 40th minute the guest got a penalty and even though Otto Martinez missed, he corrected from the rebound and sent the Narazuri to the break with a promising advantage.
Ignacio Posto pressed Inzaghi with a shrinking goal (72), but the champion players knew how to keep their composure to raise their balance to 75 points, as mentioned, only two less than the lead in red-black. What a dramatic ending awaits this wonderful season in boot country.
Ampoli – Turin 3: 1
This game has not changed too much for the two teams that have already finished their goals this season, but will surely raise the morale of Torino, who beat Ampoli 1: 3. It was the most dramatic finish that could be, with a comeback that started particularly late, two goals in the final minutes and a third goal that came in the 96th minute. The man who signed for Torino’s big comeback was Andrea Ballotti, who with a huge hat-trick brought the three points home.
The first half was devoid of significant events, while the second was the complete opposite. In the 56th minute, the Polish Simon Zorkowski gave Ampoli the lead, but it was after that that the host collapsed. Three minutes later, Valeria Vera was sent off in a direct red card by Ampoli who held out until the 79th minute, then she lost it completely. Andrea Blotti scored Torino’s long-awaited equalizer with an accurate penalty, while the Blues took another blow in the form of the dismissal of Peter Stonejovic, who received a second yellow card to his duty and thus Ampoli was already left with nine players.
How did Torino react? In a comeback from the movies. In the 87th minute Ballotti scored once again from the penalty spot and completed a double and a big turnaround, while deep in overtime, in the 96th minute, the same Ballotti did not settle for a double and as mentioned finished the story with a hat-trick in a simply crazy second half.
Rome – Bologna 0: 0
Jose Mourinho’s side knew they had to pull out of the Olympico with three points in order to keep the gap in fifth place from their city rival, Lazio, but the hot northern team had completely different plans. After not losing in the last five rounds, accompanied by energy from the 1: 2 over Inter that complicated the champion in the fight to retain the title, Marco Arnautovic and his teammates came to the capital and made it difficult for the locals who recorded a fourth consecutive game without a win in all competitions. The guest dominated most of the tackle and got into situations, but was unable to do what worked for her against the Narazuri and often missed. Nor did Rome’s many attempts find the net. Roy Patricio was in an excellent game between the posts and helped Moreno come out at least with a point and still maintain fifth place. In extra time Musa Barrow was left alone in front of the Portuguese goalkeeper and sent the ball to the crossbar. The host is ahead of its urban rival only thanks to the internal balance in the meetings between them, since they both have 59 points. On Thursday, Roma will meet Leicester in the Conference League semi-finals after a 1-1 draw in their first match in England and in the next round they will play a tough away game in Florence against Fiorentina. Bologna are in 13th place with 43 points, and have no big teams left in the remaining three rounds so they can ruin their plans as they did for Inter, Roma, Milan and Juventus of managed to beat it. In the next round she will go to the Venice of Dor Peretz for a critical game for the table lock.