ROME.- He Inter Milan inflicted a corrective on the Rome (5-2) this Sunday on the 31st day of the Series A of Italyto extend their advantage at the top of the table to nine points over their neighbors from AC Milan.
The Nerazzurri, who had not won for more than a month, brilliantly put an end to that slump in results (one defeat, two draws).
They only needed a few seconds, in their first action, to take the lead thanks to their Argentine captain and scorer Lautaro Martínezwho returned after a month and a half out due to injury.
Roma tied in the 40th minute through Gianluca Mancinione of the many Italian internationals on the pitch on Sunday, five days after a new setback for the Nazionale, deprived of the World Cup 2026 by Bosnia-Herzegovina.
But Inter did not take long to react and regained the lead just before the break thanks to Hakan Calhanoglu (45+2′).
Upon returning from the locker room, Martínez finished off Roma definitively with his second goal of the night, the 16th of the season for the Albiceleste striker (52′).
Marcus Thuram (55) and Nicolò Barella (63) also contributed to this 23rd league victory for an Inter that is thus approaching the 21st Scudetto in its history.
With seven days left, that is, a maximum of 21 points to be played, Inter leads AC Milan by nine points (2nd, 63 points), which faces the current champion on Monday Naples (3rd, 62 points).
Seville still does not raise its head
Far from taking flight after the dismissal of the Argentine coach Matias Almeydathe new Seville of Luis Garcia Plaza disappointed by losing 1-0 on the bottom court Real Oviedowhich leaves it with only two points above the relegation on date 30 LaLiga.
The Uruguayan striker Federico Viñas scored the only goal of the match with a header in the 32nd minute of the first half, shortly before the Sevilla team was left with one man less due to the direct red card to Tanguy Nianzou for an action on the light blue attacker.
These three points allow the blue team, led by the Uruguayan coach Guillermo Almadamaintain a thin thread of hope for salvation: with eight games remaining they see the goal, which Sevilla (17th) sets, seven points away.
