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Inter put 1 manus connected nan Serie A title connected Sunday aft coming backmost from 2 goals down to triumph 4-3 successful a thrilling lucifer astatine Como and move 9 points clear of Napoli, who could only tie 1-1 astatine Parma.
Two goals down successful nan dying moments of nan first half owed to goals from Álex Valle and Nico Paz, Inter looked group to springiness champions Napoli dream that their Scudetto defence mightiness still beryllium alive.
But Marcus Thuram brilliantly poked location Nicolò Barella’s transverse successful stoppage clip astatine nan extremity of nan first half earlier nan France guardant pounced connected a mix-up betwixt nan Como goalkeeper Jean Butez and nan defender Marc-Oliver Kempf to loop location nan leveller moments aft nan break.
Denzel Dumfries past scored from Hakan Calhanoglu’s perfectly delivered free-kick successful nan 58th infinitesimal and past completed nan turnaround astatine nan Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia by coolly guiding location Manuel Akanji’s knock-down 14 minutes later.
Como battled to nan extremity pinch Lucas Da Cunha’s precocious penalty, for a soft foul connected Paz by Ange-Yoan Bonny, astir being followed up by a last-gasp leveller erstwhile Alberto Moreno smashed nan crossbar shape adjacent range.
With six matches remaining successful nan play Inter now person a near-unassailable lead astatine nan apical of nan table, while Como’s first conclusion successful 2 months near them extracurricular nan Champions League positions.
Juventus person taken Como’s spot successful nan apical 4 of Italy’s apical flight, a disappointment aft a superb first half successful which Paz was nan prima of nan show pinch a superb 11th extremity of nan play and nan saved changeable which led to Valle’s opener.
Cesc Fàbregas’ Como person ne'er played European shot and were successful Italy’s 3rd tier erstwhile acquired by nan baccy elephantine Djarum 7 years ago.
Napoli’s Serie A title defence suffered a rustle pinch a 1-1 tie astatine Parma. Last weekend’s triumph complete Milan had reopened nan imaginable of retaining nan title but a tie astatine nan Stadio Ennio Tardini has made that feat little apt pinch six matches remaining successful their season.
Antonio Conte’s squad were connected nan backmost ft wrong 36 seconds. That was really agelong it took for Gabriel Strefezza to title connected to Nesta Elphege’s knock-on and beautifully curl location Parma’s opener. Scott McTominay’s drilled decorativeness connected nan hr people gave Napoli a draw, but they struggled to break down nan hosts who were contented to beryllium heavy and soak up nan unit and contradict nan distant squad a sixth consecutive convention win.
Parma are level connected 36 points pinch Genoa, who besides took a measurement towards information pinch a tumultuous 2-1 triumph complete Sassuolo successful nan day’s early fixture. Both teams were down to 10 men for nan 2nd half aft a passageway bust-up.
Caleb Ekuban tapped location Genoa’s victor pinch six minutes remaining successful beforehand of a typically passionate crowd astatine nan Stadio Luigi Ferraris who watched their squad move 9 points clear distant from nan relegation area successful 13th.
Genoa’s Icelandic midfielder Mikael Ellertsson and Sassuolo’s Domenico Berardi were sent disconnected aft a statement blew up conscionable aft nan half-time whistle, pinch nan hosts starring done Ruslan Malinovskyi.
In Germany, Union Berlin person named Marie-Louise Eta arsenic manager, making her nan first female caput coach successful Bundesliga history, aft Steffen Baumgart was sacked connected Sunday.
Eta becomes nan first female top-flight coach of a men’s squad successful a awesome European league. The 34-year-old, who was nan first female adjunct coach successful nan Bundesliga, will return complete for nan remainder of nan season. “I americium delighted nan nine has entrusted maine pinch this challenging task,” Eta said successful a statement.
Baumgart was sacked early connected Sunday greeting aft nan club’s shape flatlined successful nan second-half of nan season, pinch Saturday’s 3-1 conclusion by last-placed Heidenheim nan last straw. Union person won conscionable 2 games since Christmas and beryllium 7 points supra nan relegation playoff spot.
“We’ve had an perfectly disappointing 2nd half of nan season,” their sporting director, Horst Held, said successful a statement. “Our business remains precarious and we desperately request points to enactment successful nan league. The performances successful caller weeks don’t springiness america nan assurance we could move things astir pinch nan existent setup.”
As a subordinate pinch Turbine Potsdam, Eta won nan Champions League successful 2010 on pinch 3 Bundesliga titles. She has already committed to return complete Union Berlin’s women’s Bundesliga squad from summer.
Women person managed men’s shot teams successful nan little divisions but ne'er successful nan apical flight. The German 3rd tier nine Ingolstadt are coached by Sabrina Wittmann, while nan French second-tier nine Clermont were managed by Corinne Diacre for 3 seasons until 2017.
