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Denzel Dumfries struck twice inside 13 second-half minutes as Inter Milan ended Atalanta’s 16-match unbeaten run in opposition to Italian opponents to achieve the 2024 Supercoppa Italiana last at Riyadh’s Al-Awwal Park.
After Dumfries’ acrobatic close-range volley opened the scoring within the forty ninth minute on the dwelling of six-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr, the wideman added a spectacular second by curling a first-time strike in off the crossbar from the sting of the penalty space.
What a candy strike that’s! 💥
Denzel Dumfries on the double for Inter! 🔵⚫ pic.twitter.com/yq4sdeR1S2
— Premier Sports activities (@PremSportsTV) January 2, 2025
Atalanta thought they’d pulled one again via Ederson’s end 18 minutes from time, just for a prolonged Video Assistant Referee verify to disallow the objective for what gave the impression to be an offside determination in opposition to Charles De Ketelaere.
Inter will face Juventus or Milan, who meet within the second semi-final on the similar stadium on Friday (7pm GMT), in Monday’s last on the Kingdom Area within the Saudi Arabian capital.
Denzel Dumfries delivers with an acrobatic effort from shut vary! 🙌
Inter take the lead in opposition to Atalanta within the Supercoppa Semi-Ultimate 🔵⚫ pic.twitter.com/lv3EgirJtY
— Premier Sports activities (@PremSportsTV) January 2, 2025
Inter vs Atalanta
A exceptional stretch of 12 straight home wins had taken Atalanta to the highest of Serie A and the Coppa Italia quarter-finals earlier than they secured a late draw at Lazio within the league on Saturday. and supervisor Gian Piero Gasperini might need had motive to worry their run had ended on the unsuitable time when
La Dea had not overwhelmed Inter in additional than six years and had misplaced the earlier six encounters between the groups, making it maybe unsurprising when the reigning Italian champions had the higher of the possibilities in the course of the first half.
✈️🇳🇱🖤💙#ForzaInter #InterAtalanta pic.twitter.com/1b8OyOrG9p
— Inter ⭐⭐ (@Inter) January 2, 2025
Goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi rescued them with two splendid early saves from Lautaro Martinez, one in every of which might have resulted in a Federico Dimarco objective from a rebound had Carnesecchi not produced one other cease.
Inter’s first objective got here after a nook was questionably adjudged to have been deflected behind, and there was much less doubt about their second when Dumfries drilled in a scorching strike within the fruits of a counter-attack.
A particular clear sheet for Yann 🤩🧤#ForzaInter #InterAtalanta pic.twitter.com/bK5NktxrA1
— Inter ⭐⭐ (@Inter_en) January 2, 2025
Carnesecchi once more thwarted Martinez in a one-on-one with the rating at 2-0, though Atalanta went tantalisingly near replying with a minute remaining when Yann Sommer parried headers by Berat Djimsiti and Ademola Lookman in fast succession.
Each gamers seemed poised to attain from the second rebound however conspired to ship the ball over the crossbar and all-but finish Atalanta’s slim hopes of a comeback throughout added time.
MVP 🏅🖤💙#ForzaInter #InterAtalanta pic.twitter.com/nfpt29GRil
— Inter ⭐⭐ (@Inter_en) January 2, 2025
Supercoppa last
Eight-time champions Inter have gained the final three editions of the Supercoppa and can enter the ultimate with 5 consecutive clear sheets behind them.
They’re but to beat both of their potential opponents within the last this season, dropping 2-1 to Milan in September and drawing 4-4 with Juve in October.
