Inter Milan beat Parma 2-0 in Serie A, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan scoring the second goal in the second half to settle the contest. Lautaro Martínez supplied the assist for Mkhitaryan's left-footed finish from very close range into the bottom left corner.
Parma had already been forced to defend one of the game's sharper moments when Zion Suzuki saved a Davide Frattesi shot from the centre of the box, and the Parma goalkeeper later stopped a left-footed effort from Martínez from the right side of the area. In the closing stages, the fourth official announced 3 minutes of added time, and Parma won a late corner after Carlos Augusto conceded it, but the match ended with Inter Milan 2, Parma 0.
The result matters in the standings context attached to the fixture, because it gives Inter a clean win and leaves Parma with nothing from a match in which Suzuki still had to work to keep the scoreline respectable. The report on Inter Milan vs Parma in Serie A also underlines how quickly the match moved beyond reach once Inter found the second goal.
For Parma, the late corner and the added time offered one last chance to change the shape of the result, but Inter saw it out without giving away the two-goal lead. That was the difference: Inter finished the chances that counted, and Parma did not.
