Three goals for Lautro, 2: 6 for Inter over Crotone

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After Christmas, gift-giving and rest with the family, Italian football returned today (Sunday) to activity with a piece of the result. Inter opened 2021 properly and defeated Crotone 2: 6 at San Siro in the 15th round of Serie A, while on the way also qualified for the summit, at least for a few hours, until Milan’s meeting with Benevento. Later, Atlanta crushed Sesuolo 1: 5, Napoli defeated Cagliari 1: 4, Roma defeated Sampdoria 0: 1, and Lazio finished 1: 1 with Genoa.

Inter – Crotone 2: 6
The hero of the game was Otto Martinez who celebrated his first hat-trick in Italian football and even ‘perfect’ (right, left and jab) and raised his tally to nine goals in 11 games in Serie A. Thanks to the victory Antonio Conte and his team achieved a fifth consecutive home win and celebrated the start of the new civil year at the expense One of the weakest teams in Italy. The less good news: Romulo Lukaku injured his thigh muscle and was substituted in the 75th minute.

In fact, the guests started the match better. In the 12th minute, NiccolΓ² Zenlato slammed in and subdued Samir Handanovic after a raise by Junior Macias. Inter’s answer was not long in coming, because in the 20th minute, Romulo Lukaku sent an accurate depth ball to Lautro Martinez who had no trouble balancing to 1: 1. The turnaround was completed in the 31st minute, with an own goal by Luca Marona. Just when Inter seemed to be getting into the rhythm, Crotone received a gift after a not-so-smart foul by Arturo Vidal in the box. Slovenian stopper Vladimir Golmic equalized 2-2 from the penalty spot.

Conte very much disliked what he saw in the first half and his trainees returned with renewed energy to the second half of the game. In the 57th minute, Martinez completed a double at the end of a simply great team move. Lukaku (64) was honored with his 35th goal in the Inter uniform in 50 games and set 2: 4 after shaking his guard. Martinez (78) decided to take the ball home with a close-range goal while Ashraf Hakimi (86) gave the finishing chord a nice kick with his left foot to the far corner. 2: 6 Wonderful for Inter at the end.


Atlanta – Sesotho 1: 5
Gasparini’s team is back to give plays, as it has done so many times in recent years. Atalanta just dismantled the guest, the same Sesotho who since the start of the season speaks very loudly at the top of the Italian.

The celebration opened with the conquest of Colombian striker Duban Spata in the 11th minute, and just before the whistle for the break from the young Matteo Pasina set 0: 2 to the credit of the host (45) after a cook by Josip Ilicic. In the opening of the second half (49), Spata completed a double thanks to a pass from Remo Froiler and later cooked himself for Robin Gossens who scored the fourth in the 57th minute. Substitute Luis Muriel was honored on Thursday (67), before Vlad Kirikash saved a bit of Sesotho’s honor in the 75th minute.

Rome – Sampdoria 0: 1
Under torrential rain in the capital, the Wolves managed to achieve minimal victory and stay very close to the top bunch. After a zeroed half, Edin Dzeko, who if not he, took advantage of the cooking of the excellent Rick Kresdorf and scored the only goal of the game in the 72nd minute. The victory left Roma in third place with 30 points.

Cagliari – Napoli 4: 1
Reno Gattuso’s side recovered from a three-game winless streak and defeated away. Piotr Zilinski scored the first two goals of the Blues in the 25th and 62nd minutes (Andrea Patania and Giovanni di Lorenzo’s saves), with Joao Pedro only equalizing temporarily (60). Harving Lucano closed poor in the 74th minute and Lorenzo Insigne set up the final score with a successful penalty (86).

Genoa – Lazio 1: 1
Another disappointing result for Simona Inzaghi’s team, which has won only once in the last five rounds and has moved very far from the top bunch. The Eagles are ranked only ninth with 22 points, 6 less than fourth-placed Napoli. In the game itself, Chiro Immobilia scored first from the penalty spot in the 15th minute, but Matthias Destro, who is in excellent shape, equalized the result in the 58th minute.

Additional results:
Parma – Turin 3-0 (Wilfried Singo 8, Armando Itzo 88, Goyak 95 said)
Specia – Verona 1: 0 (Matthias Zakani 75)
Fiorentina – Bologna 0: 0

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