Inter held to 1-1 draw at Fiorentina as title race comes alive

Soccer Football - Serie A - Fiorentina v Inter Milan - Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy - March 22, 2026 Fiorentina's Cher Ndour celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab Item 1 of 3 Soccer Football - Serie A - Fiorentina v Inter Milan - Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy - March 22, 2026 Fiorentina's Cher Ndour celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane FLORENCE, Italy, March 22 (Reuters) - Inter Milan were held to a 1-1 draw at ​Fiorentina on Sunday, as the ‌hosts' Cher Ndour scored a second-half equaliser to cancel out Francesco Pio Esposito’s first-minute ​opener and dent the visitors' ​Serie A title charge. Following AC Milan’s ⁠3-2 victory over Torino on ​Saturday, the result in Florence trims Inter’s ​lead at the summit to six points, leaving the leaders on 69 with eight ​matches remaining and offering fresh hope ​to their city rivals. Inter needed 39 seconds to ‌make ⁠their intent clear, capitalising on a botched clearance that allowed Nicolo Barella to whip in a cross from ​the byline ​for ⁠Esposito to head home from close range. Fiorentina’s second-half persistence ​finally told 13 minutes from ​time ⁠when Inter keeper Yann Sommer could only parry Albert Gudmundsson’s low drive ⁠into ​the path of an ​unmarked Ndour, who tapped home the equaliser. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab