The players of Inter Milan unexpectedly lost in Spezia after an unconverted penalty

Italian League 26th round match Spezia v Inter Milan, March 10, 2023. Right, Alessandro Bastoni of Inter and M´Bala Nzola of Spezia, March 10, 2023.

Rome – In the preliminaries of the 26th round of the Italian league, the players of Inter Milan unexpectedly lost 1:2 on the pitch of relegation-threatened Spezia. Coach Simone Inzaghi's men are still 15 points behind leaders Napoli and may lose second place in the table this weekend.

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At the same time, Inter had a great chance to get the match under control after less than a quarter of an hour. In the 14th minute, the Argentinian world champion Lautaro Martínez kicked a penalty kick, but the Polish goalkeeper Bartlomiej Dragowski blocked his shot.

The home team scored the first goal. In the 55th minute, Daniel Maldini, who is visiting Spezia from the rival AC Milan team, where his father Paolo and grandfather Cesare wore the captain's armband, scored with a shot from the edge of the penalty area.Inter had a chance to score a point in the 83rd minute when Romelu Lukaku kicked his second penalty and didn't hesitate. Four minutes later, however, the home and Angolan striker M'Bala Nzola had the chance to score from the third penalty kick in the match.

The big Milan club lost the second of three league matches and failed to prepare for Tuesday's rematch of the League round of 16 champions in Porto, over whom he won 1:0 at home. Spezia won after seven games and almost two months and in 17th position is six points clear of the relegation zone.

Italian Football League – Round of 26:

Spezia – Inter Milan 2:1 (55. Maldini, 87. Nzola from pen. – 83. Lukaku from pen.).

Table:

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1.	Naples	25	21	2	2	58:16	65
2.	Inter Milan	26	16	2	8	47:30	50
3.	Lazio Rome	25	14	6	5	41:19	48
4.	AS Rome	25	14	5	6	32:21	47
5 .	AC Milan	25	14	5	6	42 :32	47
6.	Bergamo	25	12	6	7	42:28	42
7.	Juventus Turin	25	15	5	5	40: 20	35
8.	Bologna	25	10< /td>	5	10	31:34	35
9.	FC Turin	25	9	9	27:29	34
10.	25	7	11	7	33:30
11.	Monza	25	9	5	11	30:35	32
12.	Fiorentina	25	8	7	10	29:31	31
13.	Sassuolo	25	8	6	11	30:37	30
14.	Empoli	25	6	10< /td>	9	23:33	28
15.	Lecce< /td>	25	6	9	10	24:29	27< /td>
16.	Salernitana	25	6	7	12	28:44	25
17.	Spezia	26	5	9	12	23:42	24
18.	Hellas Verona	25	4	6	15	20:37	18
19.	Cremona	25	1	9	15	21:46	12
20.	Sampdoria Genoa	25	2	6	11:39	12