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Crotone dent Inter Milan’s Euro hopes

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MILAN: Diego Falcinelli hit a dramatic first-half brace to dent Inter Milan’s hopes of European football as Crotone launched their Serie A survival bid with a gutsy 2-1 home win on Sunday. A week after a 2-1 home defeat to Sampdoria extinguished any realistic hopes of qualifying for the Champions League, Inter’s chances of even qualifying for Europe are now hanging by a thread. Falcinelli beat Samir Handanovic from the penalty spot on 19 minutes and the on-loan Sassuolo striker completed his brace three minutes later to leave Inter stunned as they headed in for the half-time interval.


Inter defender Danilo D’Ambrosio reduced arrears in the 65th minute, but after a string of late misses Stefano Pioli’s men had to settle for a 10th league loss that, coupled with AC Milan’s 4-0 win over Palermo, could cause considerable damage to their European hopes.


Pioli claims he is looking ahead positively to next week’s city derby at home to Milan, but told Sky Sport: “It’s a heavy defeat, thankfully we have the derby next week. “It would be too easy to apologise to the fans. We now have to go out and show that today was just a blip. We made far too many mistakes. Our first half infuriated me, although I also take responsibility.” — AFP


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