Inter Milan bounced back from Champions League elimination with Saturday’s 2-0 win over Genoa as they continued their march to the 2025-26 Serie A title.
Federico Dimarco’s brilliant volley just after the half-hour mark and Hakan Calhanoglu’s second-half penalty were enough for Inter to extend their already huge lead over AC Milan at the top of the table to 13 points.
Milan will be favorites to win at Cremonese in Sunday’s early game, while the local rivals will go head-to-head next weekend in a match that is likely to have little bearing on the fate of the Scudetto.
Inter has only dropped two points in fifteen league matches and is a lot better than the rest in the Italian top flight this season. The domestic dominance is in stark contrast to the humiliating manner in which they were dumped out of the Champions League by Bodo/Glimt on Tuesday evening.
A 5-2 aggregate defeat to the Norwegian minnows not only cast doubt on the quality of Cristian Chivu’s team, but on Italian football as a whole.
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There was sufficient quality in Dimarco’s opener; However, the Italian full-back posted a stunning finish from a tight angle for the first time after exchanging passes with Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Little else happened in an everyday game, until Alex Amorim handled a cross from Luis Henrique, whose shot hit the post moments before. Calhanoglu calmly tapped home the penalty as he returned to action after nagging muscle problems that have been causing him problems since before Christmas, sealing the points for Inter.
Big Rom back
Romelu Lukaku kept Napoli on course for a Champions League spot with a last-gasp winner in the champions’ 2-1 win over rock bottom Verona, the Belgian striker’s first goal of the season.
Lukaku forced Giovane’s cross to seal victory for third-place Napoli with the final kick of the match at the Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi.
Napoli looked to have dropped points in northern Italy when Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro leveled Rasmus Hojlund’s early opener in the 65th minute. But Lukaku, who only played his first game of the season at the end of January, gave Napoli a huge win, with both Como and Atalanta pushing for a top four finish.
Napoli’s title defense is all but over as they trail Inter by fourteen points after an injury-plagued season. Temukan edc4 di sini. Napoli were missing key midfielders Scott McTominay, Kevin De Bruyne and Andre-Frank Anguissa, as well as captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo, on Saturday.
Verona, under interim coach Paolo Sammarco following the dismissal of Paolo Zanetti earlier this month, are 10 points from safety after a twelfth straight game without a win.
Published on March 1, 2026
