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By Alasdair Mackenzie
APRIL 3 (Reuters) – Mauro Icardi scored his first Inter Milan appearance in nearly two months to help his team extend their lead to third with a 4-0 Serie A win over Genoa on Wednesday. , with 10 players.
Argentina had not participated in the ceremony since it was dismissed as a captain on February 13 as contract renewal talks were extended.
Icardi first stated that he could not play due to a knee problem, before resuming training last week after negotiations between his lawyer and the club.
Roberto Gagliardini opened the scoring in the first period before Icardi won and converted a penalty kick after Genoa defender Cristian Romero was sent off.
The former captain of Inter then prepared Ivan Perisic for the third time in the second half and Gagliardini scored his second goal of the night to complete the rout. The result leaves Inter four points ahead of AC Milan, fourth, while Genoa remains 12th out of 33 points.
Inter took the advantage 15 minutes later, when Gagliardini came into the box to score the center of Kwadwo Asamoah's center and guide the goal past goalkeeper Ionut Radu.
Icardi then fired a shot from the post. Later in the first period, Romero brought him inside the box as he turned to shoot.
This resulted in a red card for the 20-year-old defender and a penalty for Inter that Icardi sent compound. The 26-year-old then transformed the creator for the third time nine minutes after Inter's restart, slipping a deep ball into the path of Perisic who opened the scoring, before Gagliardini showed up for a corner and to the head in the second part of the night. fourth team.
Other results also boosted Inter's hopes for the Champions League as AS Roma were forced to draw 2-2 at home against Fiorentina and Lazio, beaten by defeat 1- 0 against the SPAL.
The double of Andrea Belotti allowed Turin to beat Sampdoria 2-1, leaving Atalanta, Lazio, Rome and Turin 48 points from fifth to eighth, eight points behind Inter, although Atalanta and Lazio have one game less.
At the other end of the table, the second, Frosinone, scored a penalty in the 103rd minute to secure a 3-2 win over Parma, placing them within eight points of safety, while SPAL moved them five points away from the drop zone.
Empoli shocked Napoli with a 2-1 victory early in the game to leave the relegation zone at the expense of Bologna, but Sinisa Mihajlovic's team could return to 17th place with a win over Atalanta on Thursday. (Report by Alasdair Mackenzie edited by Toby Davis)
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