At 0:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 24, the 34th round of Serie A ushered in a focus battle: defending champions Inter Milan hosted Roma.
Inter Milan 32 games accumulated 69 points, the second place in the Serie A table, less than 1 round behind the leader AC Milan 2 points, master the initiative to compete for the title, but also must continue to win, otherwise at any time may take the initiative to become passive.
Roma have 58 points in 33 games, fifth in the Serie A table and five points behind fourth-place Juventus. Although Roma manager Jose Mourinho said that the fight for fourth place is not Juve, the team's goal is fifth, but if there is any hope to win fourth, to qualify for the Champions League, who will give up the effort?
In the battle, Inter Milan's starting formation is still the usual 352, Lautaro, Dzeko double forwards, midfielders Perisic, Charhanoglu, Brozovic, Barrera, Duflis, three centre-backs Di Marco, Devry, Shkrinjar, goalkeeper Handanovic. The total value of the starting eleven is 370 million euros.
Roma started 3421, centre forward Abraham, both sides Shaaravi, Pellegrini, midfielders Zalevsky, Oliveira, Mkhitaryan, Karsdorp, three centre-backs Ibanes, Smalling and G. Mancini, goalkeeper Patricio. The total value of the starting eleven is 200 million euros.
After the match began, Inter Milan attacked. In the 5th minute, Barrera made a free kick in front of the field, and Di Marco took a direct shot at goal, which was taken by Patricio.
In the 17th minute, Char khanoglu exploded with a kick that was saved by Patricio.
In the 29th minute, Char khan oulu directly blocked, Dumfries inserted a single knife, facing the rushing Patricio directly up to the goal, the ball scored! Inter Milan lead Roma 1-0.
In the 39th minute, Brozovic took the ball on the left side of the penalty area, pulled it out of the box and hit the goal. Inter extended the score to 2-0.
In the 44th minute, Dumfries' header deflected off the line.
In the second half, Inter continued to expand their results. In the 51st minute, Inter's corner kick from the right was cleared and Lautaro's header was successful. Inter extended the score to 3:0.
In the 84th minute, Shomurodov's cross was met by Mkhitaryan and Roma pulled a goal back. But Mourinho's side is running out of time.
In the end, Inter Milan beat Roma 3-1 at home and scored 72 points in 33 games to top the Serie A table, one point ahead of the second place AC Milan. After losing this game, Roma fell behind fourth-place Juventus by 5 points in the first round of multiple matches, and the fight for four was basically hopeless.