Inter Milan continue to lead the field of pursuit behind the hasty leaders SSC Napoli in the Italian Serie A. The team around German national player Robin Gosens fought a 3-1 (1-1) win against Udinese Calcio on Saturday and thus consolidated second place. The gap to the leader of the table is already 15 points.
Romelu Lukaku scored the lead for Inter with a penalty kick (20th). But before the break, Sandi Lovric equalized (43′). Former Dortmund player Henrich Mchitarjan (73rd) and Argentinian world champion Lautaro Martinez (89th) shot Inter to victory. Gosens only came into play in the 79th minute. After 23 games, the Nerazzurri have 45 points.
City rivals AC Milan are only three points behind Inter. The team around U21 European champion Malick Thiaw continued its upward trend and defeated AC Monza, who had been unbeaten in eight league games, 1-0 (1-0). The master climbed to third place.
Junior Messias (31st) made the difference in the Lombardy duel in favor of the Rossoneri. The leaders Naples had already managed a successful dress rehearsal for the Champions League round of 16 against Eintracht Frankfurt the day before with a 2-0 (2-0) win at US Sassuolo.