[Serie A] Leader Inter Milan suffered an upset 1-2 at home and suffered a comeback from Sassuolo and suffered their first defeat of the season.

In the sixth round of the 2023-2024 Serie A season, Inter Milan faced off against Sassuolo in a focus battle today. In the end, Inter Milan was overturned by Sassuolo with a 1-point lead. Inter Milan, the leader of Serie A this season, was upset. They lost 1-2 to a team that ranked in the middle of Serie A last season and suffered their first loss of the season.

In the first half, Inter Milan missed many opportunities and Dumfries helped the home team open the scoring.

In the 14th minute of the first half, Inter Milan 's 33-year-old defender Matteo Damian kicked a long pass from the center line, and 24-year-old defender Alessandro Bastoni received the ball in the air from the left. The cross was passed to 25-year-old defender Federico Dimarco who rushed into the penalty area, but he shot the ball wide of the post and missed the opportunity.

In the 32nd minute, Inter Milan's 27-year-old defender Denzel Dumfries made a wonderful pass before breaking into the penalty area from the right. 26-year-old forward Marcus Thuram jumped up and headed the ball from close range! However, his header shot over the crossbar and missed an excellent scoring opportunity in this game.

Five minutes later, Inter Milan once again forced into the Sassuolo penalty area. The 34-year-old midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan passed straight to defender Dumfries on the left. Then he passed a low pass to forward Thuram, but Thuram Mu missed the mark again and failed to score.

Inter Milan took the lead at the start of the first half and had several half-time chances early on, but it was still not enough to pose a huge threat to Sassuolo 's goal.

Until the 47th minute of stoppage time in the first half, Inter Milan defender Dumfries cut into the penalty area on the right, passed the defender and hit a beautiful shot with his left foot straight into the far corner of the goal! The home team took a 1-0 lead in the first half.

In the second half, Sassuolo turned the game around and Bajrami and Berardi led the home team to take the lead.

But Inter Milan's lead did not last long. In the second half, Sassuolo began to counterattack. In the 52nd minute, 29-year-old forward Domenico Berardi took the kick from the right and passed back from the right. Unmarked 25-year-old defender Martin Elrich He jumped up in front of the goal and headed the ball from close range, but the ball missed the left post and could not equalize the score.

Just 2 minutes later, Sassuolo forward Berardi assisted 24-year-old midfielder Nedim Bajrami from the outside corner of the penalty area and quickly scored with a low shot in the penalty area! Help the visiting team equalize the score. Even Inter Milan's 34-year-old goalkeeper Jan Sommer was unable to resist Bajrami's rapid attack.

In the 63rd minute of the second half, Sassuolo's forward Berardi crossed the defending Inter Milan midfielder Mkhitaryan when trying to break into the penalty area on the right side, and then used his left foot to score the ball from 25 yards away. Shot into the far bottom corner of the goal! Accurate scoring gave Sassuolo a go-ahead lead!

In the second minute of stoppage time in the second half, when 35-year-old defender Francesco Acerbi received a pass in the penalty area and fired a fierce shot into the goal, Inter Milan came close to tying the game. However, Sassuolo's 36-year-old goalkeeper Andrea Consili bravely saved the opponent's powerful shot and successfully prevented Inter Milan from equalizing the score. Sassuolo successfully defeated the leader who has won this season 2-1.

The first defeat of the season also ended Inter Milan's winning streak in the Serie A season. They currently share the top of the standings with their opponent AC Milan with 15 points.

After a poor start, Sassuolo defeated two championship teams in the table.

As for Sassuolo, after a poor start to the season, they defeated Juventus and today's all-conquering Inter Milan 4-2 in two consecutive Serie A games, weakening two of the top five teams in Serie A. The team's momentum rose to 8th place in the Serie A standings with 9 points.