Inter Milan can finish the year at the most sensible time in Serie A after winning 2-1 at Hellas Verona to beat AC Milan on Wednesday.
Lautaro Martínez and Milan Okriniar scored for Inter, from a draw presented to Ivan Ilio through the defense nerazzurri.
Inter moved two questions about Milan, which will receive Lazio later in one of the remaining seven matches of the last round of matches before the winter break.
Inter were the team in league form, with six wins in a row, and had lost a Serie A match to Verona since 1992.
Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic and his Verona counterpart, Marco Silvestri, made some stops in the first half and the nerazzurri resumed a clumsy start.
Inter broke the impasse seven minutes from the moment with an impressive volley of Martinez to the post of the moment of central Achraf Hakimi.
But a series of errors at Inter led Verona to the draw in the 63rd minute. Ashley Young allowed Davide Faraoni to set up a center that Handanovic seemed to have at his fingertips, but lost it and the ball ended up between the legs of an Okriniar. , who gave the impression of freezing, while Ilic beat him.
He issued his mistake six minutes later when he headed a marcelo Brozovic center.
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