Serie A Roundup: Inter Milan beats Atalanta to secure top-4 finish
MILAN (AP) — Champions League finalist Inter Milan secured a spot in subsequent season’s competitors by beating Atalanta 3-2 in Serie A on Saturday after scoring two targets inside the primary three minutes for the primary time in additional than 80 years.
Mario Pašalić pulled one again for Atalanta within the first half however Lautaro Martínez sealed the win late on, earlier than Luis Muriel scored one other for Atalanta in stoppage time.
Inter moved second in Serie A, above Lazio and AC Milan forward of their matches on Sunday.
It is now assured of a top-four end as fifth-place Atalanta fell eight factors behind the Nerazzurri with only one recreation left for every.
Inter, which performs Manchester City within the Champions League ultimate on June 10, knew {that a} level can be sufficient to ensure it a spot within the prime 4.
And it bought off to the proper begin at San Siro as Martínez threaded a ball by to Romelu Lukaku, who rounded Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Sportiello and scored into the empty web after simply 39 seconds.
Inter then doubled its lead within the third minute. Federico Dimarco noticed two makes an attempt parried by Sportiello and Nicolò Barella managed to get onto the second rebound and volley it into the roof of the online.
Inter thought it had additional prolonged its lead within the ninth minute however Hakan Çalhanoğlu’s volley was dominated out for offside.
Atalanta recovered from its poor begin and managed to get again into the match within the thirty sixth minute when Inter did not clear a nook and the ball ultimately got here by to Pašalić, who scored from shut vary.
Despite Atalanta lowering the deficit, it was Inter which appeared the nearer to getting one other objective after the break. And it did so within the 77th when Lukaku held off defenders in midfield and managed to ship a by ball to Marcelo Brozović, who raced clear on objective earlier than rolling throughout for Martínez to fit residence.
Muriel arrange a tense finale when his free kick got here off the Inter wall however he managed to strike the rebound in off the crossbar.
ANOTHER ROUTE
Roma should depend on profitable the Europa League to qualify for the Champions League after dropping 2-1 at Fiorentina, following two late targets from its opponent.
Stephan El Shaarawy volleyed Roma into the lead within the eleventh minute however Luka Jović leveled within the eighty fifth and Jonathan Ikoné accomplished the comeback three minutes later.
The consequence left Roma 4 factors under Milan with only one match remaining.
Roma performs Sevilla within the Europa League ultimate on May 31.
Fiorentina, which misplaced the Italian Cup ultimate to Inter on Wednesday performs West Ham within the Europa Conference League ultimate on June 7.
RELEGATION BATTLE
The relegation battle will go all the way down to the ultimate day of the season after Spezia was routed 4-0 by Torino.
That left Spezia only one level above the relegation zone and Hellas Verona, which hosts Empoli on Sunday.
Spezia visits Roma in its ultimate match, whereas Verona travels to Milan.
Also on Saturday, Salernitana fought again to earn a 3-2 win over Udinese.
