ROME (AP) — Inter Milan beat 10-a-side Sassuolo 5-0 on Sunday, increasing their lead over AC Milan in Serie A to eight points. AC Milan did not play a match, but milancortina olympics.
Inter scored in the first half through Jan Bisek and Marcus Thuram. Lautaro Martínez, Manuel Akanji and Luis Enrique added second-half goals to give Inter their fifth consecutive win in all competitions.
Federico DiMarco contributed with three assists.
Sassuolo went on a seven-game winless streak, but now have won two in a row. They played with 10 men from the 54th minute after Nemanja Matic was shown a second yellow card. The hosts, who are in 11th place, had just one shot on target.
Second-placed Milan were unable to host Como this weekend as the San Siro stadium was used for the match. opening ceremony Scenes from the Winter Games. Due to this issue, Serie A Consider moving the match to Perth, Australia. The match will take place on February 18th.
Juventus hosted Lazio later on Sunday.
Other results
Despite having players sent off from both teams, 14th place Parma defeated 10th place Bologna, with Cristian Ordóñez scoring the winning goal in stoppage time.
Bologna fell behind in the first half when Tommaso Pobega was sent off, while Parma had Mariano Troilo sent off in the 79th minute.
It was Bologna’s fourth straight league loss. It wasn’t Parma’s fourth straight win.
17th-placed Lecce, just outside the relegation zone, ended their winning streak at eight with a 2-1 home victory over ninth-placed Udinese thanks to Ramek Banda’s 90th-minute winning goal.
Rasmus Heilund converted a last-minute penalty on Saturday. 10-a-side Napoli beat Genoa 3-2. Napoli are in third place, one point behind Milan.
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