Inter Milan kept their Serie A title defence bubbling with a vital away victory at the weekend and their Scudetto and Champions League chances have been boosted by fringe players coming up with the goods at just the right time.
Having successfully come through a Champions League thriller with Barcelona, Simone Inzaghi made wholesale changes just as he did after the first leg. His side have responded with two league wins to move within one point of leaders Napoli.
A 2-0 victory at Torino on Sunday, Inzaghi’s 100th league win with Inter, came thanks to goals from Nicola Zalewski and Kristjan Asslani, while Napoli were held 1-1 at home to Genoa.
Zalewski arrived on loan in February, having found himself out of favour at AS Roma, and while the Polish wing-back has only played one minute in the Champions League, he scored an impressive and important goal at Torino.
His control of Alessandro Bastoni’s pass was exquisite, selling his marker a dummy with a backheel flick which gave him room to cut inside and take the ball forward before bending his shot inside the far post.
Bastoni was one of only two players selected by Inzaghi from the side which started the 4-3 extra-time win over Barcelona, and with no Lautaro Martinez or Marcus Thuram, Zalewski picked the perfect time to score his first Inter goal.
