Inter’s loss at Bologna leaves race for second place wide open

ROME (AP) — The race for second place in Serie A is large open following Inter Milan’s 1-0 loss at Bologna on Sunday.

The defeat left Inter 18 factors behind runaway chief Napoli and simply three factors forward of Roma and AC Milan, that are nonetheless to play this spherical.

Riccardo Orsolini took benefit of a defensive error by Inter to attain halfway by way of the second half for Bologna, which registered consecutive residence wins over Inter for the primary time since 1999.

Bologna dominated the match and had a number of different probabilities, as Inter appeared to lack motivation following its 1-0 win over Porto within the Champions League 4 days in the past.

“We’re not going to achieve anything if we play this way,” Inter striker Lautaro Martinez mentioned. “We need to change immediately and find more consistency. We just had a great game in the Champions League and now we put on a performance like this. That’s not good.”

Milan was internet hosting sixth-place Atalanta later Sunday, whereas Roma visits last-place Cremonese on Tuesday.

Also, Salernitana beat Silvio Berlusconi’s Monza 3-0 with objectives from Lassana Coulibaly, Grigoris Kastanos and Antonio Candreva.