A few hours before the start of the reporting match, Juventus stumbled in a duel with Sampdoria, so Inter had the opportunity to go on a clean second place. Atalanta does not shine in this season, but a simple rival wards Gian Piero Gasperini called difficult.
From the first minutes the teams did not show high speeds. Atalanta, you might say, looked preferable - Inter rarely spent standing attacks. Handanovich even had to come into play after hitting Khatibur from the penalty area. The answer was understood by the hosts right up to the middle of the half - Mauro Ikardi fell out on a date with Berisha, but could not beat the vis-a-vis.
In the future, the teams alternately owned the initiative, but it did not reach the dangerous moments, so the rivals left for the break with a "dry" score on the scoreboard. But the second half of the game started quite quickly. Ikardi already in the 47th minute punched his head from an excellent position - right into the hands of Berisha. And after a few episodes, the Argentine received congratulations. Ikardi struck his head sent the ball into the net after an excellent canopy Candry. Why defenders of Atalanta lose the most dangerous enemy in the raffle of the standard - secret.
A similar trick the captain of the hosts repeated at the end of an hour of play. Icardi found a free space and hit the far corner of the gate after the hinged transfer of D'Ambrosio. It became clear - Atalante does not have a lot of shine in this match, so Gian Piero Gasperini sat on the bench Gomez and Ilici - the performers who determine the team's game in the attack. Recall that among the week Atalanta will meet with Everton in the Europa League. Petanha, who appeared from the bench, looked good, trying his anthropometry to find the opponent's defense by surprise, but lacked support for the ramming attacker.
Guests and could not organize the final assault, so the whistle of Michael Fabbri recorded the victory of "Nerazzurri".
In the next round, Inter will go on a visit to Cagliari, and Atalanta will take the "formidable" Benevento, but before this wards Gian Piero Gasperini awaits confrontation with Everton in the European League.
Inter - Atalanta 2: 0 Goals: Ikardi, 51, 60 Inter: Handanovich - D'Ambrosio, Shkriniar, Miranda, Santon - Vecino, Gallardini - Kandreeva (Brozovich, 73), Valero (Joao Mariou 83), Perisic - Ikardi Eder, 89) Atalanta: Berisha - Tolaya (Haas, 77), Maziello, Palomino - Castanier, de Roon, Kristante, Chatebourg - Kurtich, Ilicich (Petagna, 55) - Gomez (Orsolini, 67) Warnings: Palomino, Curtic.