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French teenager fires Inter up to third

February 11, 2018
Inter Milan's forward Yann Karamoh (R) celebrates with teammate Brazilian midfielder Rafinha Alcantara after scoring during their Italian Serie A football match against Bologna at the San Siro Stadium in Milan Sunday. — AFP
Inter Milan's forward Yann Karamoh (R) celebrates with teammate Brazilian midfielder Rafinha Alcantara after scoring during their Italian Serie A football match against Bologna at the San Siro Stadium in Milan Sunday. — AFP

MILAN — French teenager Yann Karamoh scored the deciding goal as Inter Milan ended a two-month victory drought with a 2-1 win against nine-man Bologna Sunday.

Eder opened after three minutes at the San Siro only for former Inter Milan star Rodrigo Palacio to pull Bologna level in the first half.

But Karamoh, 19, marked his first Serie A start by grabbing a stunning winner after 63 minutes to give Luciano Spalletti's side their first three points since Dec. 3.

Bologna was down a man after Ibrahima Mbaye was sent off on 68 minutes for a second warning, with defender Adam Masina also seeing red in injury time for a foul on Lisandro Lopez.

The win moves Inter up to third ahead of Lazio which was crushed 4-1 by leader Napoli Saturday, and drops to fourth.Bologna dropped to 13th.

Napoli maintained its one-point advantage on champion Juventus which beat Fiorentina 2-0 Friday with Inter now 15 points off top spot.

Lazio's third straight defeat could also see it drop further to fifth at the end of the weekend with AS Roma just behind hosting bottom side Benevento later Sunday.

Andrea Belotti ended his goal drought as Torino beat Udinese 2-0 amid more video assistant referee (VAR) controversy with an Udinese goal disallowed.

Elsewhere, Sampdoria saw off Verona 2-0 with Genoa winning 1-0 at Chievo with a late Diego Laxalt goal, and Sassuolo and Cagliari playing out a goalless draw. — AFP


February 11, 2018
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