In the early morning of December 23, Beijing time, the 19th round of the Serie A was fully launched. In this round, Inter Milan face Turin at home, AC Milan away to Empoli, Roma at home to Sampdoria, Venice at home to Lazio, Sassuolo at home to Bologna, Verona at home to Fiorentina, Napoli at home to Spezia.
Inter Milan beat Torino 1-0. In the 29th minute of the game, Dzeko crossed the goal, Brozovic cleverly missed the front point, Andre Dumfries pushed the goal to give Inter a 1-0 lead.
AC Milan beat Empoli 4-2. Casey scored in the 12th minute to give Milan the lead, and in the 18th minute, Bairami equalised. In the 42nd minute Casey scored twice and AC Milan took the lead again. Fiorentina scored with a free kick in the 63rd minute and In the 70th minute, Theo scored another goal to give AC Milan a 4-1 lead. Pinamonti hit a penalty shot in the 82nd minute and Empoli trailed 2-4.
In several other matches, Napoli lost 0-1 at home to Spezia, Roma drew 1-1 with Sampdoria, Verona drew 1-1 with Fiorentina, Lazio beat Venice 3-1 away and Bologna beat Sassuolo 3-0.
Inter won seven consecutive league games and they continued to lead the table with 46 points. AC Milan scored 42 points after winning this round to finish runners-up in the serie A half of the season. Napoli still scored 39 points after the defeat and slipped to 3rd place. Atalanta, Juventus and Roma are 4th to 6th respectively. Lazio has 31 points after winning, just one point away from the European zone.
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