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Serie A Preview: Inter Milan vs Parma

  • FIy999 2024/12/05 07:21
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After seeing last week's match abandoned in traumatic circumstances, Inter Milan will return to action on Friday night, when they welcome Parma to San Siro.


Match preview


Play was dramatically halted during the first half of Inter's Sunday evening clash at Stadio Franchi, as Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove collapsed on the pitch, with an ambulance ultimately arriving to rush the 22-year-old to hospital.


Fortunately, Bove was soon breathing autonomously and then regained consciousness while in intensive care, but the incident left both teams shaken and they chose not to continue.


Inter had gone into the game level on points with their high-flying hosts near the top of Serie A - following a 5-0 thrashing of Hellas Verona, in which Marcus Thuram bagged a brace - though they have now slipped four behind leaders Napoli with one game in hand.


Also in good shape to progress in Europe, the Nerazzurri beat RB Leipzig last week to boost their quest for a top-eight finish in the Champions League table - only Premier League front-runners Liverpool sit above them.


Added to successive 1-0 wins on the continent, Simone Inzaghi's side have kept clean sheets in four of their last six league games - after failing to do so in any of the previous four - and the Scudetto holders seem to be recovering their familiar steel.


Partly thanks to the input of Thuram, Inter have scored for 29 consecutive home games in Serie A and could now reach 30 for just the fourth time to date; however, their next opponents have recently proved tough to beat in Milan.


Despite winning the teams' most recent meeting in Parma, the Nerazzurri have not won at home to their Emilian counterparts since 2013: with four draws and one defeat during that period, it is their longest ongoing winless streak against any opponent at San Siro.


Parma will make their latest trip to Italy's second city on the back of a morale-boosting victory over another one of at least six teams vying for the title this season.


Kicking off their December schedule with an overdue home win, the Gialloblu took an early lead against Lazio at Stadio Tardini, as Dennis Man put them in front after six minutes, and a superb strike from rising star Anas Haj Mohamed later extended their advantage.


After surviving a few scares and then conceding late on, defender Enrico Del Prato raised the roof by scoring his third goal of the season to seal a 3-1 win that lifted Parma up to within a point of the top half.


The Serie B champions had struggled to hold onto leads since winning promotion, but they have now won two of their last three matches - doubling their tally of successes from the previous 11.


While Parma came out on top against Venezia in their last away fixture - after a streak of 19 road trips without a win in Serie A - Fabio Pecchia's side must now take a significant step-up in class.


Inter Milan possible starting lineup:

Sommer; Bisseck, De Vrij, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Thuram, Martinez

Parma possible starting lineup:

Suzuki; Coulibaly, Del Prato, Balogh, Valeri; Keita, Sohm; Man, Haj Mohamed, Cancellieri; Bonny

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