Lautaro Martinez Brings Inter Milan To Beat Cagliari 3-1, Scudetto Hunt Determined In Final Week

Lautaro Martinez (right) and Joaquin Correa celebrate in the Italian League match against Cagliari/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Inter Milan managed to beat Cagliari 3-1 in the 37th week of the Italian League at the Sardegna Arena on Monday, May 16 in the morning, western Indonesia time.

Lautaro Martinez contributed two goals for Inter, with the rest scored by Matteo Darmian. Meanwhile, Cagliari managed to reduce the gap through Charalampos Lykogiannis' goal, according to the official Serie A website.

The result made the Scudetto hunt continue until the end of the 2021/2022 season. Simone Inzaghi's squad collected 81 points, two points behind AC Milan as the leader of the standings.

While Cagliari remain in 18th place or at the top of the relegation zone after only collecting 29 points from 37 matches. The struggle to stay in Serie A was determined in the last week by having to beat Venezia and at the same time, Salernitana fell.

Inter immediately step on the gas at the start of the match. The Nerazzurri had two shots in the opening five minutes through Ivan Perisic and Hakan Calhanoglu from outside the box but goalkeeper Alessio Cragno managed to keep them out.

Inter had scored in the 11th minute through Milan Skriniar who welcomed the ball's free-kick. VAR then annulled the goal due to handball.

Inter's efforts to finally bear fruit in the 25th minute. Perisic's cross was met with a Matteo Darmian header, which made it 1-0.

Inter stepped up the attack even more after the goal. Lautaro Martinez had a good chance in the 38th minute, but his shot was saved by the goalkeeper.

Martinez again threatened the Cagliari goal in the 44th minute. However, his shot only hit the Cagliari goal post which was escorted by Cragno, and the 1-0 score held for Inter until halftime.

Inter increased the lead to 2-0 when the second half had only been running for six minutes. Martinez managed to score after getting a cross and fired from close range.

Cagliari was able to reduce the gap to 1-2 in the 53rd minute. Charalampos Lykogiannis shot the ball from outside the penalty box into the goal guard Samir Handanovic.

Inter played more cautiously after Cagliari's goal to maintain their lead.

Opportunities were obtained by Inter in the 77th minute. Perisic successfully met a cross with a header, but was not on target.

Cagliari conceded the third goal in the 84th minute. Roberto Gagliardini picked up the ball from a cross and he then slotted home Martinez which was completed in goal to put Inter into a 3-1 lead.

There are no additional goals until the match is over. Inter came home with three crucial points.