Entering the match against Lazio, Inter Milan's main striker Mauro Icardi has not returned, replacing Argentine striker Keita Balde. Spalletti's students entered the match with confidence and continuously organized a siege and attacked Lazio's goal.
However, Inter were quickly overwhelmed by Lazio and quickly fell behind. In the 13th minute, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic appeared like a ghost in the penalty area, heading the ball close to the goal to open the score. An unstoppable goal surprised everyone in the stands because Lazio were at a disadvantage from the start of the match.
With the goal, Lazio had more reason to play tight defense and counter-attack quickly. The visitors' attacks always have a lot of potential danger and if they are lucky, the score will not stop at 1 goal.
Inter Milan was attacking wildly at this time, but Balde and his teammates' finishing was too weak. They have had a total of 22 shots but have not beaten Lazio's goalkeeper once. Clearly, the lack of key striker Icardi has made it difficult for the San Siro team to find a goal.
With about 15 minutes left in the match, Coach Spalletti replaced 3 players to increase the strength of the attack, but everything was still at the opportunity level. A day of bad luck for Inter strikers and a 1-0 loss to Lazio.
Thus, Lazio surprised everyone by winning right on Inter's field and shortening the gap with the Top 4 to 3 points. This result did not affect Inter's 3rd place much because AC Milan had previously unexpectedly fallen to sampdoria with a similar score. Meanwhile, Lazio have risen to 6th place and have 1 match left to play. The chance to qualify for the Champions League is still within reach of Milinkovic-Savic and his teammates.
