Inter Milan don suffer small setback for Serie A title race as dem draw 1-1 with Fiorentina for Sunday match. The draw cut Inter lead to six points as AC Milan dey wait for any mistake. The match wey play for Franchi Stadium for Florence don show say Inter no dey at dia best form, even though dem still dey top of table.
Inter start the match with fire as Francesco Pio Esposito score header inside first minute. The goal come from Nicolo Barella cross wey dey accurate well well. Esposito, wey be 20-year-old striker, don score nine goals for Inter dis season. But Fiorentina no gree give up, dem fight back well well for the match.
Fiorentina get chance to equalize for 29th minute when Marco Brescianini cross reach Moise Kean, but the striker no fit connect properly. Kean wey just return from injury still dey find him form. For 39th minute, Kean think say him don score, but referee disallow the goal because of offside. Inter sef get goal wey dem disallow for 7th minute when Barella score from offside position.
The equalizer finally come for 77th minute when Cher Ndour tap in rebound after Yann Sommer save from Albert Gudmundsson shot. Ndour goal give Fiorentina precious point as dem dey fight to avoid relegation. Inter try to win the match for stoppage time when Esposito turn well for box, but David de Gea make big save to keep the draw.
Inter assistant coach Aleksandar Kolarov talk say: “We no put our best performance and we no dey our best form, but we still get six points lead so everything dey our hand. We dey miss small aggressiveness and clear thinking, maybe na tiredness from all the matches we don play.”
For other Serie A news, Como continue dia winning run with 5-0 victory over Pisa. Assane Diao, Tasos Douvikas, Martin Baturina, Nico Paz and Maximo Perrone all score for Como wey now dey fourth position. Como coach Cesc Fabregas don lead the team to five straight wins for Serie A.
Roma beat Lecce 1-0 with Robinio Vaz first goal for the club, while Juventus and AC Milan dey wait for Inter to make mistake. The Serie A title race still dey open with eight matches remain.
For Fiorentina side, the point dem gain dey important as dem now dey two points above relegation zone. Coach Paolo Vanoli team show strong character to come back after early goal. Fiorentina get penalty appeal for 18th minute when Kean fall inside box after contact with Carlos Augusto, but referee Colombo no give penalty.
Inter dey miss head coach Cristian Chivu wey dey suspended for the match. The team don collect just two points from dia last three matches, wey make AC Milan get hope for title race. But with six points lead and eight matches to go, Inter still dey control dia destiny for Serie A.
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