Andrea pinamonti

Inter Milan: Inter Milan started their new year with a slender victory, as Lautaro Martinez's opener and Davide Frattesi's winner boosted them to a 2-1 win over Hellas Verona.

Inter entered the game with two points ahead of second-placed Juventus and had Lautaro, Benjamin Pavard and Denzel Dumfries back into the starting line-up, while new arrival Tajon Buchanan showed up on the stand, Xinhua reports.

Lautaro proved his value as he gave the home side an early lead in the 13th minute when Marcus Thuram laid it off for Henrik Mkhitaryan who charged forward and assisted for Lautaro to poke it into the net.