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Inter on brink of Serie A title
    2021-04-27  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

ANTONIO CONTE’S Inter Milan moved a step closer to winning its first Serie A title since 2010 with a hard-fought victory against Hellas Verona on Sunday.

Matteo Darmian scored the only goal to secure a 1-0 win, with coach Conte hailing the victory as worth “nine points.”

Achraf Hakimi set up Darmian to grab the winner on 76 minutes at the San Siro.

Inter is 11 points ahead of Atalanta, which moved second with a 5-0 rout of 10-man Bologna, with five games remaining.

AC Milan is a further two points behind in third before the players travel to fellow top-four hopeful Lazio the next day.

“Today’s victory is not worth only three points, not even six. It is worth nine,” said Conte. “We’re 95 percent of the way towards the Scudetto. We haven’t won it yet but we are close.”

Juventus is level on points with AC Milan but drops to fourth place after being held 1-1 at Fiorentina.

With five games left to play, last season’s runner-up Inter could claim its first Serie A title since 2010 as early as next weekend.

Seventh-placed Roma lost 3-2 at Cagliari before the team’s Europa League trip to Manchester United, as the Sardinians, now 17th, boosted their hopes of top-flight survival.

Conte said Sunday he could not guarantee his future with Inter Milan: “I am a person who focuses on the present. Until there is something in hand, I cannot talk about it. That would be stupid and presumptuous of me.

“We’re on an important path and until we get our hands on the Scudetto, it’d be wrong to talk about it. My past experience urges me to be patient. If we deserve the title, then it will arrive.

“Look, when it’s all over, then we can talk. Your questions are too complicated, too many ifs and buts, and too based on the future.”(SD-Agencies)

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