The 26th round of the Italian Serie A began this evening (Friday) with a huge surprise, when the runner-up Inter lost to Spezia 2:1 in an away match in which they missed a penalty and countless other opportunities and allowed the locals to celebrate their first victory after seven rounds and the first ever in meetings between the teams, achievements Equally important.
In fact, this is the third consecutive away game that Inter have failed to win. First it happened to her against Sampdoria and about two weeks ago she stumbled in Bologna as well, but she didn’t think it would happen to her against the 17th ranked in the table from whose side she took three precious points that allowed her to open a gap of six points from the red line.
Simona Inzaghi joined the team with Lautro Martins and Romelu Lukaku together in the corner and already in the 13th minute, with the help of the screen referees who signaled to the referee, they were close to celebrating an early lead, but Lautro Martins was unable to subdue the goalkeeper Bartolomej Dragowski who jumped excellently and deflected the penalty awarded to the corner – fourth penalty Out of the last eight that the Argentinian striker has failed to score since the start of the 2021/22 season.
The drama began when Daniel Maldini, who came off the bench at half-time, the son of Paolo who is associated with Milan, was the one to give Spezia the lead in the 55th minute. Inter came back into the game with another penalty scored by Lukaku in the 83rd minute, but the drama reached its peak after four minutes, when a third penalty was decided in the game which Ambala Enzola converted into a winning goal that gave Spezia 1:2, which as mentioned celebrated a historic victory – its first ever against Inter . The Nerazzurri will have to recover from the loss quickly, because in the middle of the week they will be hosted by Porto in the round of 16 of the Champions League and next Sunday they will meet Juventus in the battle for the top.
* In the French league, where the 27th round opened, Lille dropped a double advantage in 3:3 against Lyon, which left the two in 6th and 8th places respectively. Jonathan David scored a double for Lille in the 46th and 61st minutes on a penalty kick, but Bradley Barcola scored after three minutes to make it 2:1. David completed a hat-trick with his second penalty in the game in the 79th minute, Lyon’s miraculous comeback came from a double by Alexandre Lacazette in the 83rd and 89th minutes and the difference between the teams remained six points, as mentioned, the distribution of points in the end to the joy of Run fifth and Nice seventh.
* At the start of the 24th round in the German league, Bochum won 0:2 in Cologne and is now three points above the red line. Kevin Stöger (9) and Arhan Masovic (76) scored for the guest.
* In Spain, the 26th round started with a particularly dramatic 2:2 between Cadiz and Getafe in the bottom battle. Ruben Sorino (39) and Ruben Alcarez (82) scored for the locals and Getafe was also complicated by the sending off of Domingos Duarte which caused a penalty, but luckily for them in the 90th + 14th minute Enes Unal scored a penalty to their advantage and set up a distribution of points at the end – not before Issa was also sent off in Cadiz in the minute The 90+16. For Getafe this is a precious point that leaves them with one point more than Sevilla and Almeria who are in 17th and 18th places and will meet each other later in the cycle, Cadiz with 27 points and for them this is a big miss in their attempt to get out of the bottom.