In the early morning of December 13, Beijing time, the 17th round of this season's Serie A continued, Inter Milan beat Cagliari 4-0 at home, won five consecutive league games, and surpassed AC Milan to the top of the table. In addition, Napoli lost 0-1 to promoted Mannpoli in this round, winning three consecutive rounds, falling to fourth place in the table, and staged a sad and happy night in Serie A.
Last season, Inter regained the Serie A title after 11 years, winning the title for the 19th time in the history of the team, surpassing Milan in second place. At the beginning of the season, Inter once dropped the chain, eight points behind the top of the table, and recently relied on a four-game winning streak, as well as Napoli and AC Milan repeatedly lost points, Inter is gradually approaching the top of the table.
At present, Inter have accumulated 37 points in 16 rounds, ranking second in the standings, and the leader of this round AC Milan upset 1-1 with Udinese, leading by 2 points in one round, so Inter only needs one victory to achieve a rebound and climb to the top of the table.
In the 29th minute of the first half, a corner kick from Char khanoglu was opened and Lautaro's header was headed in the top of the goal to help Inter break the deadlock 1-0. It was Lautaro's four consecutive Serie A goalscoring and his first since landing in Serie A.
In the 43rd minute, Dumfries created a penalty, and then Lautaro's penalty was saved by Cagliari goalkeeper Klagno, and Inter did not score a shot, missing a good opportunity to extend the score.
In the 50th minute of the second half, Barrera took the ball and turned to pick out a pass, and Sanchez volleyed into the box to help Inter extend the score 2-0.
In the 65th minute, Char khanoglu scored with a long-range shot to give Inter a 3-0 lead. In the 67th minute, Barrera assisted Lautaro to complete the twice, and Inter extended the score 4-0. In the end, Inter beat their opponents 4-0, won five consecutive league games, and successfully surpassed Milan to reach the top of the table.
A match that ended earlier, Napoli played empoli at home. In the end, Napoli broke out, losing 0-1 to the promoted team, and the last three rounds of league games have been unbeaten, after two rounds of draws with Sassuolo and loss to Atalanta.
After the loss, Napoli stayed at 36 points, and was overtaken by Atalanta behind them, and the table fell to fourth. In just one month, Napoli went from first to fourth, and the main reason for the unstable play was that as Inter was on the rise, Napoli would be thrown out of more points.