The season was just beginning but some people were already thinking about its ending. “We need to get to safety,” said the Monza manager Raffaele Palladino. “Even if it’s on the last day of the season that would still be worth celebrating.”
His team had not even played that badly, losing 2-0 away to an Inter team who ended last season in a Champions League final. The Nerazzurri were superior throughout, yet the result was not settled until Lautaro Martínez bagged his second goal in the 75th minute. If Monza had reacted more sharply to Yann Sommer wafting a cross into the middle of his area just after half-time, it could have been a different story.
