Milan, January 11 (NA) – Inter Milan, with Argentine Lautaro Martínez starting, drew 2-2 with Napoli in the 20th round of Serie A and remains the leader with 43 points. In the final match of this Sunday, the team led by Romanian coach Cristian Chivu hosted the side of Antonio Conte, one of their closest pursuers in the fight for the Serie A leadership, a tournament that the Argentine News Agency covered from start to finish. The black and blue team arrived at this match as the tournament leader with 42 points, three more than second-placed Milan, which drew 1-1 with the committed Fiorentina this Sunday, and four more than Napoli, third with 38 units. With Milan's previous draw against Fiorentina at the Artemio Franchi stadium, Inter had a great opportunity at San Siro to extend the difference to six points with their second-place and main rival. In this context, Chivu's men were the first to break the deadlock at 9 minutes of play with Federico Dimarco's goal. In an attack led by Argentine Lautaro Martínez, the albiceleste striker passed to the left for Frenchman Marcus Thuram, who, inside the area, waited for Dimarco to pass and touched the ball to him, who crossed it to put the score at 1-0. The Neapolitan team equalized the match at 21 minutes with the goal of Scottishman Scott McTominay. On the right, the Macedonian Eljif Elmas got past and crossed the ball to the near post, where the former Manchester United player anticipated Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer and equalized the game. In the second half, at 27 minutes, Inter went ahead again with Hakan Çalhanoglu's penalty goal, a cross-shot against the dive of Serbian goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic to the right. However, Napoli equalized again at 36 minutes with McTominay's second goal of the afternoon. After a cross from Matteo Politano to the right post of Sommer, Dutchman Noa Lang managed to get the ball into the small area, where the Scotsman appeared to push it and set the final 2-2 score. With this result, Inter remains the leader with 43 points while Napoli dropped to third with 39 units, unable to close the gap with second-placed Milan. In other matches of the round, Parma beat Lecce 2-1 at the Via del Mare and Lazio won 1-0 against Hellas Verona at the Marcantonio Bentegodi stadium.
