Victory because of, and despite Sanchez

This new Inter is unstoppable. The team imposed a 1-3 win over Sampdoria at the Luigi Ferraris stadium in the first game where Alexis Sanchez has started.

The Chilean was decisive and was involved in Inter's first two goals, but he was then sent off after faking a penalty in the Genoese area.

However, Inter, who will face Barcelona this week in the Champions League, played a very serious first half. Conte's team endured the initial onslaught of Sampdoria and were gradually taking control of the game.

Thus came the first goal, with a distant whiplash of Sensi to which Audero could not do anything about. And he could not do anything because of the dry kick played in by Alexis Sánchez and misled Sampdoria's goalkeeper.

Just two minutes later, Alexis scored the second goal. Sensi shot again, deflected, and Sanchez kicked it into the back os the net. The goal, which was reviewed by the VAR, went up to the scoreboard and allowed Conte to continue in his winning ways.

Between the onslaught of Lautaro towards the end of the first half, Inter went into the break in the lead and it was not until the beginning of the second half when Sampdoria got into the match with a goal from Jankto.

It was at this point when Alexis Sanchez saw his second yellow card, after pretending to go down in the box, complicating his own team's triumph, which Gagliardini sealed by hunting a loose ball in the area.

The last moments, with Sampdoria trying again to get into the game, were in vain, because Inter defended well to continue with full in the head of the table.

Alexis, who will not play in the next game, could be an option against Barcelona, but forced an overexertion of his own that he had avoided in the first act.