Inter and Cagliari drew 2-2 today in the match of the 32nd matchday of Serie A and take another step towards the 2023-2024 scudetto. The Nerazzurri lead the standings with 83 points and 14 points ahead of Milan, second on 69. The Milan-Inter derby will be played on Monday 22 April and the league leaders with a success in the derby would win the scudetto with 5 matches to spare before the end of the championship. Cagliari, with 31 points, is +4 above the relegation zone.
The match
Inter started with their foot on the accelerator and became dangerous in the 5th minute with Barella's volley: Scuffet was attentive. The home team broke through in the 12th minute with a linear action. Darmian turns on Sanchez, low cross for Thuram who doesn't miss from close range: 1-0. Cagliari tries to react by relying above all on Luvumbo's initiatives, but Sommer's goal doesn't risk much. In the 27th minute Inter doubled their lead with Barella, who went past Scuffet with a header: all in vain, offside. The pace drops, Inter limit themselves to managing the game against an opponent who creates little or nothing until half-time.
Inzaghi's team tries to close the score in the 48th minute, but Dimarco misses the target with a left-footed volley. Inter concede very little and try to exploit their chances from set pieces. In the 62nd minute Calhanoglu challenges Scuffet with a poisonous trajectory, the Sardinian goalkeeper gets away with it. Out of nowhere, Cagliari pulls out the equalizer. Luvumbo, always him, lights up and serves Shomurodov: blow, Sommer surprised and 1-1.
Inter rushes forward in search of a new advantage. In the 66th minute Dimarco crossed and Sanchez headed the ball just wide. In the 74th minute, the episode that decides the match. Header from Frattesi, wide arm from Mina and handball. Calhanoglu converted the penalty which made it 2-1. Cagliari reacts and in the 82nd minute equalizes for the second time. Lapadula delivers the ball to with a rebound Viola, winning left foot and 2-2.
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