Inter Milan’s defence of their Serie A title took another hit on Saturday after they were held to a 1-1 home draw by Fiorentina. The champions looked set for a grandstand finish at the San Siro after Denzel Dumfries headed them level in the 55th minute, but the game petered out to a stalemate which could leave them six points off the pace come the end of the day.Milan are at relegation-threatened Cagliari in Saturday’s late match and will be keen to form an even bigger gap between them and their local rivals. Simone Inzaghi’s side sit third — albeit with a game in hand — after having won just one of their last seven league matches and what was a four-point lead at the start of 2022 has slowly slipped through their fingers.+ 1 – 🦷 #Antidoping 🤣💜🤣💜🤣 pic.twitter.com/I808NrOSkg— Lucas Torreira #LT14 (@LTorreira34) March 19, 2022 They face Juventus next weekend in the ‘Derby of Italy’ and have their old rivals, who host bottom team Salernitana on Sunday, four points behind them in fourth and breathing down their neck after a 15-match unbeaten run in the league.Osimhen can turn a good team into a Scudetto-winning team! Nigerian strikes a double in Napoli comebackFiorentina, who silenced the home fans when Lucas Torreira smashed home the opener four minutes after half-time, are eighth and a point away from the European places. Their three main rivals for a spot in the Europa League or Conference League all play on Sunday however, with Atalanta at Bologna after the Rome derby. The former Arsenal man lost a tooth in the process.They were saved by VAR 10 minutes after Dumfries’ leveller, when referee Daniele Chiffi overruled his own decision to give Inter a penalty for a foul by Lorenzo Venuti on Lautaro Martinez after an on-field review.No current Fiorentina player has scored more Serie A goals this season than Lucas Torreira (4). He’s scored in back-to-back league games for the first time in his career. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/J5ZsMPZjil— Squawka (@Squawka) March 19, 2022 Nikola Milenkovic pulled of a superb block to stop Alexis Sanchez from rifling home an 89th-minute winner and in the end it was Vincenzo Italiano’s side who could have snatched the points, with Jonathan Ikone denied in stoppage time by Samir Handanovic.SERIE A – ROUND 30FridaySassuolo – Spezia 4-1 (1-1)/Berardi 17, 48, Ayhan 78, Scamacca 81 – Verde 36/Genoa – Torino 1-0 (1-0)/Portanova 14/SaturdayNapoli – Udinese 2-1 (0-1)/Osimhen 52, 63 – Deulofeu 22/Inter – Fiorentina 1-1 (0-0)/Dumfries 55 – Torreira 50/22:45: (5.90) Cagliari (3.80) Milan (1.62)Sunday14:30: (2.75) Venezia (3.05) Sampdoria (2.75)17:00: (2.70) Empoli (3.15) Verona (2.70)17:00: (1.22) Juventus (6.25) Salernitana (14.0)20:00: (2.65) Roma (3.25) Lazio (2.70)22:45: (4.30) Bologna (3.50) Atalanta (1.87)***odds are subject to change
