If it hadn't been for the return of Javier Zanetti, Inter fans would not have remembered the match with Livorno for the spectacle, even though the "black and blue" scored three new points (2:0), securing fourth place...
But the Argentinian is a personality who changes everything - the Inter captain entered the game in the 82nd minute to a big ovation, playing for the first time since April 28 and away to Palermo when he injured his Achilles tendon.
He got carried away and made sure that Inter scored the second goal, even though, by all accounts, he probably didn't deserve it - he pulled the ball in his style at least 30 meters, gave it to Mateo Kovačić, who gifted the goal to Juto Nagato with a masterful assist.
"After the injury, I wanted only one thing - to play at least one more game in front of the Inter fans. I succeeded in that, thanks to everyone who stood by me in the previous months. It was not easy for me, the emotions at the moment when I entered the field were evident" , said Zanetti, who turned 40 in August.
Previously, in the match between Inter and mini-Inter, as Livorno is called because of the four players from the Milan club who are on loan in Tuscany, there were almost no chances.
And, by chance or not, the tragic was the visitors' goalkeeper Francesco Bardi (one of Inter's players), who in the 30th minute put the ball into the goal after a harmless cross from Jonathan.
Leader Roma welcomes Sassuolo tomorrow from 15:XNUMX, it is expected to return with victories after the draw against Torino, but all attention is reserved for the derby - in the evening, Juventus and Napoli, the teams holding the second place, will meet.
"I expect a big game. Napoli? They strengthened, spent 90 million, that's why my colleague Rafael Benitez has to win the Scudetto if he wants to declare the season a success," said the coach of the "old lady" Antonio Conte.
Mirko Vučinić is still out of the competition, just like Marko Bakić in Fiorentina (who welcome Sampdoria), but Stefan Savić was announced from the first minute.
Results
Inter - Livorno 2:0 (Bardi (own goal) 30, Nagatomo 90+1)
Catania - Udinese 1:0 (Maxi Lopes (penalty) 30)
Sunday
Genoa - Verona (12.30)
Roma - Sassuolo (15)
Atalanta - Bologna (15)
Cagliari - Turin (15)
Chievo - Milan (15)
Parma - Lazio (15)
Fiorentina - Sampdoria (15)
Juventus - Napoli (20.45)
Table
| 1. | Rome | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25:2 | 31 |
| 2. | Napoli | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24:8 | 28 |
| 3. | Juventus | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23:10 | 28 |
| 4. | Inter | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29:12 | 25 |
| 5. | Verona | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22:17 | 22 |
| 6. | Fiorentina | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22:13 | 21 |
| 7. | straight | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15:15 | 15 |
| 8. | Genoa | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11:14 | 14 |
| 9. | Atalanta | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12:14 | 13 |
| 10. | Udinese | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11:15 | 13 |
| 11. | Milan | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17:19 | 12 |
| 12. | Turin | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 17:19 | 12 |
| 13. | Parma | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16:19 | 12 |
| 14. | Livorno | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13:18 | 12 |
| 15. | Cagliari | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11:19 | 10 |
| 16. | Bologna | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13:22 | 10 |
| 17. | Sampdoria | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12:20 | 9 |
| 18. | Catania | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8:19 | 9 |
| 19. | Sassuolo | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12:27 | 9 |
| 20. | Kevo | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7:18 | 5 |
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