Published October 30,2024
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Davide Frattesi scored twice and Lautaro Martinez added a 3rd as Inter Milan eased to a 3-0 win at Empoli on Wednesday, closing the hole with Serie A leaders Napoli to 4 factors after the house aspect had a person despatched off.
Inter, now unbeaten in 5 league video games, stay second within the standings with 21 factors, behind Napoli on 25 after their 2-0 win at AC Milan on Tuesday. Empoli stay eleventh on 11 factors.
Empoli confronted an uphill battle when Saba Goglichidze was proven the crimson card for a studs-up excessive problem on Marcus Thuram after half an hour, and Inter made the additional man rely within the second half.
Frattesi discovered the web 5 minutes after the break and doubled Inter’s lead within the 67th minute, earlier than Martinez rounded off the win 11 minutes from time, stretching Empoli’s winless run to 5 video games.
The recreation could have lacked the drama of Inter’s rollercoaster 4-4 draw with Juventus on Sunday, however this time Simone Inzaghi’s aspect got here away with all three factors, in opposition to an Empoli aspect who wrestle to attain however had conceded even much less, till now.
The dwelling followers have but to have a good time an Empoli objective on the Stadio Carlo Castellani within the league this season after 4 video games, however they’d additionally conceded simply as soon as, and regarded like shackling Inter, till they went a person down.
Before the sending off, Inter did discover the web, however Matteo Darmian was responsible of a handball on his technique to scoring, and the away aspect’s solely different actual probability earlier than the break got here from a deflected Federico Dimarco free kick which introduced an excellent save from the keeper.
Inter have been unable to take advantage of their numerical benefit within the first half, but it surely all modified as soon as Frattesi bought them off the mark.
A cross to the again submit was saved in play on the byline by a header from Darmian which fell to Frattesi and his deflected looping shot went in off the far submit.
His second got here after a backheeled go from Martinez within the space which Frattesi slotted dwelling, and the killer third objective was all the way down to an terrible keeper’s error.
Vasquez performed a sloppy go out from the objective which Nicolo Barella gathered and he handed to the unmarked Martinez within the space who made no mistake and fired dwelling to complete off an Empoli who had no response after a courageous first half exhibiting.
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