Inter Milan beat Daichi Kamata's Lazio, Juventus drew hard|Summary of the results of the 16th round of Serie A.
Leaders Inter Milan travel to Lazio. For Lazio, Luis Alberto, who was concerned about his condition, came off the bench and Daichi Kamata started. At the start of the first half, Lazio continued to attack, but after that Inter gradually found their rhythm. In the 40th minute, Lautaro Martinez received a return pass from his opponent and scored with his left foot past the goalkeeper to give Inter Milan the lead. Lazio created chances at the start of the second half, but Inter counter-attacked in the 66th minute and Marcus Thuram scored again. The score remained unchanged since then, and Inter have won three consecutive league games. In the 65th minute, Kamata was replaced by Luis Alberto.
Second-placed Juventus will travel to Genoa. Federico Chiesa and Dusan Vlahovic were close from the start, and in the 27th minute, Vlahovic took advantage of an opponent's mistake to meet Chiesa, who was brought down by the goalkeeper in the box and won a penalty. In the 28th minute, Chiesa scored his own goal to take the lead. However, in the 48th minute, Genoa's tenacious pass in front of the goal allowed Arvad Gudmundsson to push the goal to equalize the score. After that, neither team took their chances, and in the end Juventus suffered a miserable draw.
At home to Monza, Milan took the lead in the third minute when Tijani Liendez cleverly burst down the middle and shot himself. In the 24th minute, Tommaso Pobega was unable to continue the game with a hip injury, and 18-year-old Giancarlo Simic came on to make his senior debut. Then, in the 41st minute, Simic slid onto Rafael León's leg to add another point. Milan's rhythm remained the same in the second half, and in the 76th minute, Olivier Giroud received a lob from Lindes and Noah Okafor fired the ball into the finish. Okafor was substituted shortly after with a hamstring injury, but Milan won comfortably.
Napoli didn't score a point in the first half against Cagliari, but Victor Osimhen scored in the 69th minute to give Napoli the lead. They quickly dropped a point, but in the 75th minute, Kvi A Kwaratsheria scored the winning goal that helped them win 2-1. Romelu Lukaku is suspended, Paulo Dybala is out with a left hamstring injury and the absence of two aces could have had an impact on Roma, who lost 2-0 to Bologna.
Lecce beat Frosinone 2-1. In the 25th minute, Dusan Zapata scored the winning goal to help Torino beat Empoli 1-0. Fiorentina beat Verona 1-0. After winning their first two league games, Verona are now 14 games without a win. Udinese led Sassuolo by two goals, but were sent off in the 59th minute to allow the opposition to counter-attack, and Domenico Berardi converted two penalties to draw 2-2. Atalanta comfortably beat bottom-placed Salernitana 4-1.
Serie A Round 16 Results.
Genoa 1-1 Juventus.
Lecce 2-1 Frosinone.
Napoli 2-1 Cagliari.
Torino 1-0 Empoli.
Milan 3-0 Monza.
Fiorentina 1-0 Verona.
Udinese 2-2 Sassuolo.
Bologna 2-0 Roma.
Lazio 0-2 Inter.
Atalanta 4-1 Salernitana.