In the early morning of January 17, Beijing time, the 22nd round of Serie A ushered in a focus battle, with defending champions Inter Milan playing away to Atalanta. In the end, the two teams exchanged blanks 0-0, inter Milan's 8-game winning streak was ended, the points reached 50 points, only 2 points ahead of Milan, the lead was narrowed, and the suspense of the championship increased.
In the Italian Super Cup in the middle of this week, Inter Milan won the first title of the new year by beating Juventus 2-1 in extra time, and the team has been in excellent form recently. At the Serie A level, Inter Milan won a wave of 7 consecutive wins, accumulated 49 points in 20 rounds, ranking first, and 1 point ahead of AC Milan behind them in one round of the less round, so this game against Atalanta is very critical.
Atalanta has 41 points in 20 rounds, ranking fourth, eight points behind the top of the table, and being equalized by Juventus behind them in the second round of the minor rounds, and also can't afford to lose. In the last six meetings between the two teams, Inter Milan have won 2 and drawn 4 to remain unbeaten.
In the 16th minute, Brozovic sent a cross that Dzeko's header was slightly offside. In the 26th minute, Char khan oulu split the ball and Sanchez's shot from the penalty area was saved by the goalkeeper.
At the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0, Inter Milan had 64% of the ball, shooting 3-6 and shooting on target 1-3 but trailing Atalanta.
In the second half, Handa made a save to save the goal. In the 59th minute, Dzeko's small angled shot from the penalty area was saved. In the 66th minute, Dzeko's cross from the left was cleared by the Pezera goalline and Inter threatened again. In the 80th minute, Muriel rushed to the penalty area to play in the near corner and was saved. In the 88th minute, Barrera made the ball on his heels and Danbu inserted a small angle shot from a tight angle to miss the opportunity to kill.
In the end, the score was still 0-0, and there was no winner or loser. This draw allowed Inter Milan to end an eight-game winning streak in the league, with 50 points, and the advantage over AC Milan was reduced to 2 points, and the suspense of the championship resumed.
Tomorrow morning, AC Milan will play against Spezia, as long as the win can be more than one round of inter Milan to rise to the top of the table, from the recent state of AC Milan, this game is stable to score 3 points.