Inter Milan took advantage of Juventus’ mistake and moved away at the top of the Italian Serie A.
The cup winner won 2-0 (1-0) at Lazio Rome on Sunday evening (December 17th, 2023), the lead over Juve grew to four points. The “Old Lady” didn’t get past a 1-1 (1-0) draw at CFC Genoa on Friday.
Argentine world champion Lautaro Martinez (40th minute) and former Gladbach player Marcus Thuram (66th) were successful for Inter. At Lazio, Manuel Lazzari saw red in the final phase (86th).
Milan wins without Thiaw
Inter’s local rivals AC Milan consolidated third place. The “Rossoneri” won 3-0 (2-0) against AC Monza and have 32 points after their tenth win of the season. Inter is at 41, Juventus at 37. The Dutchman Tijjani Reijnders (3rd), the 18-year-old native of Nürtingen Jan-Carlo Simic (41st) and the Swiss Noah Okafor (76th) scored the Milan goals.
The Milan team played without German international Malick Thiaw, who had a thigh injury. The former Schalke player suffered the muscle injury in the Champions League duel against Borussia Dortmund (1:3) at the end of November.