Inter keep Scudetto dream alive

Inter have kept the pressure on Napoli with a 2-0 win at Torino as the battle for Scudetto continues.

Napoli will return to the summit of the log if they defeat Genoa in the later fixture at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.

This victory is coming following their Champions League exploits against Barcelona in midweek. 

The Nerazurri got the job done by a sensational Nicola Zalewski effort and a Kristjan Asllani penalty under a thunderstorm.

Heading into the game, the Nerazzurri were still buzzing from their epic 4-3 extra time victory over Barcelona on Tuesday, setting up a Champions League Final with PSG on May 31. 

The game was halted after a few minutes due to medical assistance rendered to a Torino supporter in the Curva Maratona who fell.

The visitors went ahead with a sensational goal from Zalewski, who first sold Gvidas Gineitis a dummy with an inspired back-heel flick, before cutting inside and bending the right-foot finish into the far bottom corner from outside the area.

Matteo Darmian was sent through by Yann Bisseck, but the right back scuffed the angled drive that was cleared in front of goal by Adam Masina.

Masina failed to use his opportunity after volleying a corner off target from six yards. At the same time, there was no one to meet Carlos Augusto’s pull-back under increasingly difficult conditions of rain and hail.

The weather made the referee to eventually suspend the game for a few minutes, as the ball was not rolling or bouncing due to the large puddles.

Torino would have equalised via the Che Adams diving header from a Cristiano Biraghi cross if not for an extraordinary one-handed reaction save by Josep Martinez.

After another pitch inspection during the 30-minute half-time break, the officials decided that play could continue.

Straight after the restart, Vanja Milinkovic-Savic was called into action with a save on the acrobatic Mehdi Taremi overhead kick, although it was offside anyway.

Inter were awarded the spotkick a few minutes later as Taremi ran onto the through ball and was brought down by Milinkovic-Savic. Kristjan Asllani. The former Porto striker sent the goalkeeper the wrong way, converting the penalty into the near bottom corner.

Federico Dimarco was stopped from making it three by Milinkovic-Savic, who used his legs to parry an angled drive after being sent through by Zalewski.

As Alessandro Bastoni twice charged down Adams’ efforts in the area, Milinkovic-Savic kept the scoreline down with a double save on Tucu Correa and Hakan Calhanoglu.

Toro almost reduced the deficit, as the Nikola Vlasic strike was deflected to skim the upright. Calhanoglu also made a desperate tackle from behind to stop Vlasic finishing off the Sergiu Perciun back-heel flick.