It’s becoming more and more a matter of when and not if Inter Milan will be crowned Serie A, 2023-2024 champions. Inter beat Genoa 2-1 on Monday and extended their lead to 15 points over second-placed Juventus, who lost to Napoli the previous evening.
It was a 12th straight win for Inter – a run dating to December and a draw at Genoa. The Nerazzurri also have the best attack and defence in Europe’s top five leagues.
Genoa had lost only one of their previous 11 matches and was also one of only four sides not to have lost to Inter this season.
In an end-to-end match, Inter broke the deadlock on the half hour mark with a great team move. Nicolo Barella picked out AIexis sanchez, who sent the ball through to Kristjan Asllani and the Albania midfielder fired powerfully into the roof of the net for his first Nerazzurri goal.
Sanchez got on the score sheet himself eight minutes later when he converted a penalty, which was controversially awarded for a foul by Genoa defender Morten Frendrup on Barella. Referee Giovanni Ayroldi was told to look at the incident again by the VAR, as it appeared Barella had already taken the shot and hit the side netting before Frendrup‘s sliding tackle, and the official confirmed his decision after reviewing it on the pitch side monitor.
Monday’s Results:
Serie A: Inter Milan-2 (Asllani 30, Alexis Sanchez 38-pen) vs Genoa-1 (Vasquez 54).
La Liga: Osasuna-1 (Budimir 76) vs Alaves-0.