On the first matchday of Serie A round 30, Inter beat Cagliari 1-0 after being upset by Fiorentina at home to draw 1-1. The situation in serie A title competition has changed drastically, with Inter going from 4 points ahead to 6 points behind in just 42 days.
After 23 rounds, Inter Milan, who had gone unbeaten in 14 rounds, beat Napoli and AC Milan by four points to sit at the top of the Serie A table. At the time, Inter were still holding a four-point lead in the first round of the tournament.
In the 24th round, Inter faced AC Milan at home, Perisic took the lead, giving Inter a 1-0 lead, but Inter was attacked twice in 3 minutes by Giroud in the second half, and finally completed a 2-1 reversal by title rival AC Milan, with only one point left in the lead.
After losing the Milan derby 42 days ago, Inter became devastated. As a defending champions, Inter have won only one of the last seven league games, and this victory was won by Salenitana, who is no. 1 in Serie A.
In fact, Inter have lost the initiative to compete for the title after losing two points in the last round of a 1-1 draw with Turin, and are four points behind AC Milan in one less game. And now, once again, they have been forced to draw 1-1 by their opponents, and have been pulled away by AC Milan by 6 points.
In just 42 days, Inter have conceded 14 points in seven rounds, from four points ahead of AC Milan to now six points behind. Of course, at present, Inter is still one round behind AC Milan, but even if all 3 points are taken in the make-up match, there is still a 3-point gap with AC Milan.
Inter's recent slump has been linked to Lautaro's dud. In the first 17 rounds, Lautaro scored 11 goals in 15 games, while in the last 11 league games he has not scored in 10 games, only to score a hat-trick in the 5-0 win over Salernitana.