Inter Milan missed the possibility to take cost of the Serie A title race on Wednesday after being held to a 2-2 residence draw by Bologna.
A win would have moved reigning champions Inter one level behind league leaders Napoli with a sport in hand, and so they doing so when Lautaro Martinez fired the hosts forward on the stroke of half-time from Federico Dimarco’s excellent low cross
However Emil Holm’s wildly deflected end within the sixty fourth minute gave Bologna — who additionally took a Fifteenth-minute lead via Santiago Castro however had been rapidly pegged again by Denzel Dumfries — a totally deserved draw on the San Siro and left Inter three factors behind Napoli.
Inter nonetheless have a sport in hand, their match with Fiorentina which was stopped for Edoardo Bove’s on-pitch coronary heart assault and is but to be rescheduled.
However Wednesday evening’s fixture was an ideal alternative to pile stress on each Napoli and third-placed Atalanta, who face off in Bergamo on Saturday.
Atalanta are some extent behind Inter and underneath stress to beat Napoli following three straight attracts, whereas Inter host Empoli on Sunday.
Bologna in the meantime are firmly within the race for Champions League qualification as Vincenzo Italiano continues to get good performances out of his new workforce.
Italiano’s outfit, who reached Europe’s elite membership competitors underneath Thiago Motta final season, are six factors behind fourth-placed Lazio however with a sport in hand towards AC Milan nonetheless to play.
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