Lazio snatch last-gasp draw to deny Inter first place in Serie A

The title race comes closer to an exciting crescendo, with Simone Inzaghi's side fighting Napoli to retain their status as Italian champions. This delightful expectation prior to the game was somewhat tempered by a lukewarm start of the procedure, because Christos Mandas routinely pushed the free kick from Federico Dimarco away in the first chance of a note after a Cagey opened for 20 minutes.

The men of Inzaghi stepped up a equipment, with Mandas in action again to walk away Dimarco's choking strike after he was seen by Marcus Thuram. The Nerazzurri made the breakthrough in the first half of the stopping time thanks to Yann Bisseck, who responded the fastest to a loose ball in the box with a fine finish in the roof of the net when Lazio did not deal with the corner of Hakan çalhanoğlu.

The side of Marco Baroni had difficulty testing a resolute inter -backline, but the seductive ball of Nuno Tavares from the left just missed Taty Castellanos, while the Argentinian gestured for a penalty after he had gone under the challenge of Dimarco. Castellanos became a provider for Boulaye Dia, who turned on his shot, just wide with Yann Sommer who ran from his goal. But it was Lazio who then struck because replacement Pedro parity recovered with a clinical close-range finish of the cutback of the inter-old boy Matías Vecino. After a number of unusual Scrappy Nerazzurri it came to defend, with the aim that was given after a long VAR assessment.

However, there is an abundance of resilience in this Interquad and Denzel Dumfries flowed back for the front with a powerful header of the cross of Çalhanoğlu. The atmosphere was again jubilant in the San Siro, while the title Pendulum waved back in front of Inzaghi. There was still time for some late drama, where both managers are sent in a late VAR assessment to determine whether Bisseck should be punished for handball. In the end, a spot kick was awarded and Pedro made no mistake of 12 meters to silence the San Siro. Marko Arnautović has rejected a golden opportunity to win the game in a stop time for the hosts, but painfully rejected his strike at the crucial moment before he had excluded a late effort for offside.

Now that Napoli is being kept away in Parma, this is a huge missed opportunity for the Nerazzurri. They go to Como on the last day of the season next Sunday, hoping that Cagliari can do them a favor when they visit the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. In the meantime, this point keeps the men of Baroni in the middle of the race for the European qualification, but their three run will immediately come to an end.

Flash score Man of the match: Pedro (Lazio)

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