{"id":49340,"date":"2026-04-27T12:04:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=49340"},"modified":"2026-04-27T12:04:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:04:39","slug":"inters-serie-a-title-charge-hits-bump-in-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=49340","title":{"rendered":"Inter’s Serie A title charge hits bump in road"},"content":{"rendered":"
Inter Milan’s charge to the Serie A title was held up on Sunday after they threw away a two-goal lead to only draw 2-2 at Torino, while a goalless draw between AC Milan and Juventus left the Champions League race open.<\/p>\n

Leading just after the hour mark through two headed goals from Marcus Thuram and Yann Bisseck, Inter looked set to stroll to victory in Turin.<\/p>\n

But Giovanni Simeone got Torino back into the match out of nowhere in the 70th minute when he dinked a finish over Yann Sommer, and Nikola Vlasic earned the hosts a point from the penalty spot nine minutes later.<\/p>\n

“You think everything is easy and that you have everything under control when you’re two goals ahead. Then you concede to make it 2-1 because of a mistake while playing out from the back and you get nervous,” Inter coach Cristian Chivu said.<\/p>\n

“To be honest it could have been worse.”<\/p>\n

Sunday’s draw should only be a bump in the road for Inter who will secure a 21st league crown if they beat Parma at the San Siro next weekend.<\/p>\n

With four games left in the season, Inter are 10 points ahead of their nearest challengers Napoli, who won the Scudetto last year.<\/p>\n

Chivu’s side will be heavy favourites to seal the deal next weekend in front of their home support as Parma are a team with nothing left to play for this season.<\/p>\n

Inter are also on for a domestic double after coming back from two goals down to win a thrilling Italian Cup semi-final with Como on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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San Siro stalemate<\/p>\n

Luciano Spalletti said that the battle for a top-four spot “will go down to the wire” following a drab match at the San Siro which left Milan and and his Juventus team looking over their shoulders.<\/p>\n

Juve sit fourth and are three points ahead of both Como, 2-0 winners at Genoa earlier on Sunday, and sixth-placed Roma.<\/p>\n

Milan are three points ahead of Juve in third and should have a big enough gap separating them from Como and Roma to return to the Champions League after going without European football this season.<\/p>\n

“Roma and Como both won so we still have a few matches we need to win before we can say we deserve our place in that tournament,” said Spalletti.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest matches of any Serie A season was played out in front of a punchy atmosphere in which Milan’s hardcore fans protested a sharp rise in the cost of tickets.<\/p>\n

Before kick-of a section of supporters used the torches on their phones to spell out “\u20ac139” — the cost of a ticket in the traditional cheap seats behind the goal — with a banner underneath which read “for a fairer, working-class football”.<\/p>\n

Milan’s hardcore ultras blasted what they consider “a form of legalised touting” in which fans are encouraged to sell on their season tickets via a club platform in exchange for 60 percent of the resale value in the form of a voucher for future ticket purchases.<\/p>\n

There was more action in the stands than on the pitch as Milan and Juve slugged it out in a match which featured precious little artistry.<\/p>\n

Khephren Thuram thought he had put Juve ahead in the 36th minute when he slid home Francisco Conceicao’s low cross, but his goal was ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n

Four minutes later Conceicao shot straight at Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan after jinking his way into the area, while Alexis Saelemaekers had the hosts’ best chance shortly after half-time when he clattered the crossbar from close range.<\/p>\n

Substitute Dusan Vlahovic nearly scored his first goal since November in stoppage time when he flashed across a low shot which Maignan kept out with his boot, and that was that from a forgettable encounter.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inter Milan’s charge to the Serie A title was held up on Sunday after they threw away a two-goal lead to only draw 2-2 at Torino, while a goalless draw between AC Milan and Juventus left the Champions League race open. Leading just after the hour mark through two headed goals from Marcus Thuram and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}