Inter Milan’s Serie A title hopes is now on the balance following a shocking result from San Siro this afternoon, MySportDab reports.
I Nerazzurri locked horns with Roma in a must-win Serie A matchday 34 tie to boost their Serie A title hopes and it turn out to be another disappointing outing.
Despite a recommendable campaign in the Champions League season, they have struggled lately on the domestic scene.
Simone Inzaghi’s side went into the clash against Roma on the back of two straight defeats against Bologna and AC Milan.
The run of consecutive losses saw them bottle their lead at the top of the table to tie up with title challengers Napoli on 71 points.
With just four matches left in the season, they were expected to return to winning ways today against Roma and re-open a three-point gap at the top of the table over Napoli.
Notably, they were the better side throughout the full 90 minutes against Roma, wielding 70% of the ball possession and firing 17 shots, with just two on target.
Conversely, despite managing an outrageously smaller share of the ball possession, Roma proved deadly on the attack. They fired 19 shots with seven on target.
Soule found the back of the net for the away side since the 22nd minute and it was enough to hand them all three points against the defending champions.
Inter continued on their dominant performance in the second half, but couldn’t still break the deadlock till the final whistle.
Proceedings ended with Roma securing an unlikely away win at the San Siro and condemning the Serie A champions to their third straight league loss.
Title challengers Napoli could open a three-point gap at the top of the table over the defending champions with a victory over Torino today.
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