INTER starting XI (3-5-2): Sommer, Pavard, De Vrij, Bastoni (subbed for Bisseck), Dumfries, Barella (subbed for Calhanoglu), Zielinski (subbed for Frattesi), Mkhitaryan, Dimarco (subbed for Darmian), Thuram, Lautaro Martinez (subbed for Taremi)
Bench: Martinez, Di Gennaro, Buchanan, Acerbi, Palacios, Arnautovic, Correa
Goals: Martinez 65’
VENEZIA starting XI (3-5-2): Stankovic, Altare (subbed for Sverko), Svoboda, Idzes, Zampano (subbed for Ellertsson), Nicolussi Caviglia (subbed for Yeboah), Andersen (subbed for Duncan), Crnigoj (subbed for Busio), Haps, Pohjanpalo, Oristanio
Bench: Grandi, Joronen, Schingtienne, Sagrato, Carboni, Doumbia, El Haddad, Candela, Raimondo, Gytkjaer
Lautaro Martínez scored the only goal of the match to help Inter to a 1-0 win over lowly Venezia on Sunday, shortly after Napoli were stunned 3-0 at home by Atalanta.
Napoli coach Antonio Conte, who led Inter to the Serie A title in 2021, takes his team to San Siro next Sunday.
Inter have another tough match before that as they host Arsenal in the Champions League on Wednesday.
It was an entertaining match at San Siro on Sunday and Inter, who knew they could cut the gap to Napoli to a solitary point, had plenty of chances.
However, Nerazzurri goalkeeper Yann Sommer was also kept busy.
Inter thought they had taken the lead seven minutes into the second half when Federico Dimarco rolled the ball across from the left for Henrikh Mkhitaryan to blast into the roof of the net, but it was ruled out for offside.
The home side did break the deadlock in the 65th minute in almost identical fashion as Dimarco whipped in another cross for Lautaro to head into the far bottom corner.
Venezia thought they had levelled in the seventh minute of stoppage time when Marin Sverko bundled in a cross but it was ruled out by VAR for handball.
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