Milan: Joaquin Correa scored two goals in the second eight minutes to get Inter Milan a comfortable 2-0 victory over Udinese and while lifting the four points in Serie A on Sunday.
The side of Simone Inzaghi was third with 24 points, four behind the leader of Napoli and AC Milan who were in second place, which faced Salernitana each on Sunday.
The hosts struggled to break Udinese’s well-organized defense in the first half even though there was an attempt by midfielder Nicolo Barella, who fired seven shots on the goal before halftime.
But the extraordinary efforts of individuals from Argentina to the front of Correa put Inter ahead after one hour, and he shot in eight minutes later to get the Nerazzurri victory.
Inzaghi turned his team in the middle of busy equipment for Inter, with Stefan de Vrij and Lautaro Martinez among the players resting the Champions League trip Wednesday to Sheriff Tiraspol and Milan Derby from AC Milan.
Pre-match reports suggest that Italy International Barella might have also been given a break, but he began and proved to be more determined than anyone to open the scoring in the first round.
The 24-year-old player sent a narrow dipping shot and forced two good rescue from Marco Silvestri as he produced seven shots before the break, more than any midfielder had changed in a full Serie A match this season.
But it was Korea who finally found the road in the 60th minute, dribbling the ball in from the left wing, skipping through Bram Nuytinck and shot to the bottom corner.
Argentina, who has a quiet afternoon until its destination, immediately added a second when Denzel Dumfries picked him up on the edge of the box with pieces and strikers had time and space to choose the upper corner.
Substitute Udinese Gerard Deulofeu gave a spark of the bench, drawing the fingertips of Samir Handanovic before scoring in a crowded box from the resulting angle, but the goal was not permitted for the previous offside.