JAKARTA - Inter Milan closed the competition throughout 2025 as the leader of the standings after a narrow 1-0 victory over Atalanta in the 17th week of the 2025/26 Italian League at the Gewiss Stadium, Bergamo, Monday morning WIB.
The Nerazzurri's victory was achieved thanks to their captain's single goal, Lautaro Martinez in the second half.
This result, as reported by Antara, makes Inter again seize the top position in the standings which had been occupied by AC Milan a few hours earlier.
With the addition of three points, Inter now has 36 points from 17 matches, one point ahead of their city rivals in second place.
Meanwhile, Atalanta are stuck in 10th place with 22 points, as reported by the official Serie A website.
Inter Milan immediately took the initiative of the attack since kick-off. In the 9th minute, Manuel Akanji got a chance, but it didn't bear fruit.
Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi was the star of the first half with a number of brilliant saves, including successfully stopping Marcus Thuram's shot in the 23rd minute and Lautaro Martinez's hard shot four minutes later.
Inter managed to score in the 35th minute through Thuram, but was annulled by VAR for offside. The first half ended goalless.
Entering the second half, Atalanta made a number of substitutions to change the course of the match. However, Inter still dominated.
Inter could only break the deadlock in the 65th minute. Pio Esposito, who had just entered, gave a mature pass to Lautaro Martinez, who calmly defeated Carnesecchi to make the score 1-0.
Atalanta tried to get back up but a number of their chances could still be broken by Inter's defense.
Until the final whistle, there were no additional goals, and Inter went home with three valuable points.
Starting XI Atalanta (4-4-2): Marco Carnesecchi; Berat Djimsiti, Isak Hien, Sead Kolasinac (Lazar Samardzic 75'), Davide Zappacosta (Yunus Musah 45'); Ederson, Marten de Roon, Nicola Zalewski (Lorenzo Bernasconi 65'), Charles De Ketelaere; Mario Pasalic (Ibrahim Sulemana 58'), Gianluca Scamacca
Inter Milan (3-5-2): Yann Sommer; Yann Aurel Bisseck, Manuel Akanji, Alessandro Bastoni; Luis Henrique, Nicolo Barella (Henrikh Mkhitaryan 76'), Hakan Calhanoglu, Piotr Zielinski (Davide Frattesi 83'), Federico Dimarco (Carlos Augusto 76'); Lautaro Martinez (Andy Diouf 84'), Marcus Thuram (Francesco Pio Esposito 64')
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