Inter Milan extend lead in Serie A

MILAN: Inter Milan moved four points clear at the top of Serie A on Wednesday after winning 2-0 at Parma while rival Napoli battled to a 2-2 home draw with Verona.

Federico Dimarco scored the opening goal just before half-time at a foggy Stadio Ennio Tardini before Marcus Thuram netted in stoppage time to give Inter a sixth straight league win and a handy advantage on third-placed Napoli.

Inter will hold top spot until at least the weekend, when Cristian Chivu’s team will host the champion in a Scudetto showdown at the San Siro.

But its lead could be cut back to a point on Thursday as local rival AC Milan, which sits second and is level on 38 points with Napoli, hosts struggling Genoa.

“Today it was important to win and that’s what we did, now we can start thinking about Sunday’s match,” said Dimarco to DAZN.

Inter could have won more easily as Pio Esposito, who started in place of Thuram in view of Sunday’s clash with Napoli, hit the crossbar in the 29th minute, while Parma old boy Ange-Yoan Bonny had a late goal ruled out for handball.

But it was Petar Sucic who wasted the best opportunity of the night midway through the second half when he somehow shot wide when sent clean through by Lautaro Martinez.

In the end it didn’t matter and Inter now has a healthy cushion between itself and Napoli, which had to fight back from two goals down at half-time to squeak a draw in Naples. Agencies

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