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Inter Milan took one other step in the direction of a twentieth Serie A title on Saturday with a 1-0 win at in-form Bologna which prolonged their large league result in 18 factors.
Yann Bisseck headed house the one aim of a good contest within the thirty seventh minute on the Stadio Dall’Ara as Inter equipped for Wednesday’s Champions League decider with Atletico Madrid in optimistic style.
Germany defender Bisseck’s second aim of the season prolonged Inter’s all-competitions profitable streak because the flip of the yr to 13 matches.
Second-placed Juventus can lower the yawning hole between themselves and Inter after they host Atalanta on Sunday.
Nevertheless, with the title race successfully performed and dusted will probably be Atalanta with extra to play for as they battle Bologna, in fourth, for a spot in subsequent season’s revamped Champions League.
Defeat for Bologna snapped a six-match profitable streak and left a gap for the opposite groups aiming for the highest 4.
Atalanta are 5 factors off Bologna in sixth whereas Roma will transfer to inside one level of Thiago Motta’s staff with a win at Fiorentina on Sunday.
Bologna have been the season’s shock package deal and had been unbeaten in two league and cup matches towards Inter earlier than Saturday’s fixture.
Beneath a downpour in northern Italy, the place rain has been falling for weeks, Bologna dominated for lengthy stretches however could not discover a well beyond Yann Sommer.
Bologna are bidding to qualify for the Champions League for the primary time, though the seven-time Italian champions performed one spherical within the previous European Cup in 1964, the identical yr that they most not too long ago gained the Scudetto.
Final season’s ninth place was the best Bologna had completed in Serie A for over a decade and they’re nonetheless on the right track for his or her greatest inserting in years.
Earlier, Cagliari moved out of the relegation zone with an exciting 4-2 win over rock-bottom Salernitana, who continued to slip in the direction of the drop.
Claudio Ranieri’s aspect climbed all the best way as much as thirteenth with their second straight win whereas Salernitana’s winless run prolonged to 11 matches.
Sassuolo gained their first match beneath new coach Davide Ballardini 1-0 towards Frosinone, however they keep nineteenth and one level behind their opponents who’re simply exterior the underside three.
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