The first day of the year 2023 was fantastic for Inter Milan, as they defeated league leaders Napoli 1-0, but after tonight’s game with Empoli, Nerrazzuri are all but finished with their title quest. They played terrible tonight, allowed themselves to be a man down for 60 minutes and couldn’t score against a mediocre Empoli, who punished them and won the game 2-0 at San Siro. After winning Super Cup by crushing the current champion and arch rivals Milan, they showed nothing and deserved nothing, and that is why they are 13 points behind Napoli, with games against Atalanta, Milan and Juventus all coming up in Serie A, along with duel with Porto in the Champions League.4 – Tommaso #Baldanzi is the third youngest player able to score at least 4 goals in the Big-5 European leagues in 2022/23:- Youssoufa Moukoko 🇩🇪 (6)- Jude Bellingham 🏴 (4)- Tommaso Baldanzi 🇮🇹 (4).Jewel.#InterEmpoli #SerieA pic.twitter.com/GbMXc6VXsg— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) January 23, 2023 Inter were not in the right mood from the start and the guests felt it and pushed the home team. Onana was on alert in the 11th minute when Cambiaghi took a nice shot, but the most important moment of the first half happened in the 39th minute. Inter’s best defender and a contract rebel Milan Skriniar got the second yellow card after a rough tackle and already without game, Nerrazzuri were without one player for the reminder of the game.Simone Inzaghi’s men faced an Empoli side who were unbeaten in their last four matches. Empoli have lost their last 10 competitive meetings with Inter and were without a victory since 2006, but tonight deserved their win. The second half didn’t start well either. Empoli again created a good chance in the 57th minute, but Onana was on the right spot again. And after 7 shots on target (Inter only had 1), the visitors took the lead through Baldanzi, who placed the ball underneath Onana and into the net in the 65th minute. Coach Inzaghi then brought on heavy artillery, with Edin Džeko and Romelu Lukaku all coming in for the last 15 minutes. They finally managed to create two good chances, but Džeko’s volley went just near the bar, while De Vrij had the biggest chanced of the match for Inter with a great header, but the ball smashed the bar.SERIE ASaturdayHellas Verona – Lecce 2-0 (1-0)/Depaoli 40, Lazovic 54/Salernitana – Napoli 0-2 (0-1)/Di Lorenzo 45+3, Osimhen 48/Fiorentina – Torino 0-1 (0-1)/Miranchuk 33/SundaySampdoria – Udinese 0-1 (0-0)/Ehizibue 88/Monza – Sassuolo 1-1 (0-1)/Caprari 60 – Ferrari 13/Spezia – Roma 0-2 (0-1)/El Shaarawy 45, Abraham 49/Juventus – Atalanta 3-3 (2-1)/Di Maria 25, Milik 34, Danilo 65 – Lookman 4, 53, Maehle 46/MondayBologna – Cremonese 1-1 (0-0)/ Vlad Chiriches 55 (og) – Okereke 50/Inter – Empoli 0-1 (0-0)/Baldanzi 66/Tuesday22.45: (3.30) Lazio (3.35) Milan (2.35)***odds are subject to change
