The quarterfinals of the Italian Cup are behind us and today (Saturday) the 25th round of Serie A started with three meetings. In the spotlight, Napoli hosted Inter in a meeting that mainly served Milan and ended in a 1-1 draw. Lazio defeated Bologna 0: 3 and Dor Peretz rose with Venice over the red line with a 1: 2 victory over Torino.
Lazio – Bologna 0: 3
Maurizio Sari and his players were humiliated in the quarter-finals of the Cup when they snatched 4-0 from Milan and also in the league they have won only two of the last five rounds. But tonight the Blues from Rome returned to impress in the league and narrowed the gap from fourth Juventus to just three points. Chiro Immobilia, the king of league goals, scored with a penalty in the 13th minute. Luis Alberto cooked for Matthias Zacani (53), who completed a double 10 minutes later. Lazio dreams of a place in the Champions League, Bologna is nearing the bottom.
Napoli – Inter 1: 1
The Narazzi led last Saturday in the big derby against AC Milan and were very close to widening the gap between them to seven points, but Olivier Giroud with a dramatic double in the 75th and 78th minute made it 1: 2 to Rossoneri, the gap between the two dropped to just one point and Napoli took advantage to narrow it. The gap from the narcissistic to the point. Inter recovered from the loss with a win over Roma and Jose Mourinho en route to the semi-finals, but tonight the two greats met and ended in a draw that mainly serves the Rossoneri, who are now just two points away from the summit. Lorenzo Insigne put the hosts ahead in the seventh minute. Inter looked for the equalizer and found it two minutes after the break from a goal by Edin Dzeko, who took advantage of Coulibaly’s dreaminess and kicked close to the high corner. Inter are still leading but only one point ahead of Napoli and two points ahead of AC Milan. In four days, Inter are expecting a huge meeting against Liverpool in the first game of the Champions League quarter-finals.
Turin – Venice 2: 1
A precious victory from Venice, which rises above the red line. Josip Berkla added another Torino to an early lead in the fifth minute, but Domen Chernigoy cooked for Rigdicino to zero the equalizer (38), and 30 seconds after the start of the second half scored the winning goal. The home side almost scratched a point, but Andrea Balotti’s equalizer in extra time was disqualified after a long VAR check, and while the second goal remained was not achieved even though David Okrka of Venice was sent off (90 + 9). Dor Peretz, who entered in the 78th minute, helped Venice to maintain the result with difficulty.
Other 25th round games:
Milan – Sampdoria (Sunday, 13:30)
Verona – Udinese (Sunday, 16:00)
Genoa – Sarlaninta (Sunday, 4pm)
Ampoli – Cagliari (Sunday, 16:00)
Sassuolo – Rome (Sunday, 19:00)
Atlanta – Juventus (Sunday, 21:45)
Specia – Fiorentina (Monday, 21:45)