JAKARTA - Inter Milan emerged as champions of the half of the season or Winter Champions after beating Verona 2-1 in the Italian Serie A match at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, Saturday, January 6 evening WIB. The match was marked by the return of captain Lautaro Martinez who opened the victory of I Nerazzurri.
Inter's first match in 2024 was full of drama. Martinez returned to play after recovering from a muscle injury and immediately became the focus of Inter's front line. He also proved himself to be a very reliable goal engine
The Argentine national team striker, who missed the last two matches, opened Inter's victory in the early minutes. This became Martinez's 16th goal which further confirmed his position as Serie A's top scorer.
Inter's victory was also inseparable from Thomas Henry's penalty failure. He became a Verona star as well as a loser after failing to execute a penalty at the last minute.
The penalty that should have equalized the score was given in the 90+11 minute. Only two minutes later, the match ended.
Victory over Verona confirmed Inter's position at the top of the standings as well as being Winter Champions or half-season champion.
Now, Inter are pocketing 48 points. They are five points ahead of Juventus who are in second place. Juve himself faced the host Salernitana, Sunday, January 7 in the morning WIB.
Meanwhile, the defeat made Verona even worse in the relegation zone. Verona, who have 14 points, is ranked 18th or the highest of the three teams in the red zone.
In that match, Inter were actually offset by Verona. Despite being a bottom team, I Gialloblu tried to score a goal at home to the opponent.
However, Verona's attacking game was not offset by a fragile back sector. As a result, Martinez, who started again, scored a goal for La Beneamata when the game had only been running for 13 minutes.
Former Manchester United midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan provided an assist that Martinez completed with a shot into the corner which goalkeeper Lorenzo Montipo failed to reach.
Despite being left behind, Verona still gave a tight fight. In fact, the visitors almost equalized because they had the chance to get a penalty in the 23rd minute.
Unfortunately, referee Michael Fabbri, who reviewed the incident, judged Verona not to need a penalty. The score did not change 1-0 for Inter when the first 45 minutes ended.
In the second half, Verona played better than Inter who were a bit boring. Moreover, Simone Inzaghi's team is only trying to maintain the lead.
Disaster for Inter when Henry succeeded in surprising the opponent in the 74th minute. Getting a cross from Ondrej Duda, he only needed to make a few touch to beat goalkeeper Yann Sommer.
The score changed to 1-1 and Inter are predicted to draw again for the second time in a row. Especially after the match entered injury time and no goals were scored.
However, Davide Frattesi who came in to replace Mkhitaryan made a surprise. He managed to break into Verona's goal in the 93rd minute. A goal was created after Frattesi reacted the fastest to welcome the rebound ball.
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Only the referee had time to review Frattesi's goal before confirming there was no error in the goal creation process. The score changed to 2-1 for Inter.
Victory almost dashed when Verona was awarded a penalty in the 90+5 minute. Previously, the referee checked at VAR and it turned out that Matteo Darmian was considered a violation of Giangiacomo Magnani in the penalty box.
Inter players immediately added Fabbri. But the referee ignored all the protests.
Henry hopes to score a brace when executing a penalty. Unfortunately, he hit the post.
The ball was controlled by midfielder Michael Folorunsho. But his header is still wide. The score didn't change and Inter won the game.
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