Inter, Bastoni on the bench with Cagliari?

Another one has been added to Chivu’s missions: saving soldier Bastoni. The Italian returned to Appiano with yet another dull match behind him, especially guilty in the second of the three goals from the Fabregas gang. After the simulation in Inter-Juve, Ale is no longer the same. Individual performances and errors say it. The last one came in the comeback success at Sinigaglia.

sticks in como: out in the 45th minute

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In fact, on Valle’s first goal, Bastoni remained trapped in the Como action developed on the right. Diao’s unmarked heel caught him unprepared in marking Paz, who slipped away towards the goal. Translated: Bastoni, late, left the hole filled by the Argentine. A contribution of guilt, but in the second goal he put most of his effort into it. Butez did well to immediately trigger Paz with a precise long throw – nothing new for Fabregas – thus surprising Bastoni and the entire Nerazzurri rearguard. The rest was history: Nico took the ball and chained it, aimed at the undecided Acerbi (not without fault) and mocked Sommer at the far post (also bad). At the end of the first half, Chivu replaced the Italian with Carlos Augusto. All this after the usual boos received by Sinigaglia, less loud than in the Coppa Italia semi-final but still tough to bear.

the negative post-juve spiral

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Since February 14, the day of the Inter-Juve simulation, Bastoni entered a negative loop. He exited the Champions League playoffs, endured boos from the away fans of Lecce, Como and Fiorentina, lost the second derby of the season, received a decisive red card in Bosnia-Italy and was substituted on five occasions. All in two months. The same as the whole season. One wonders whether against Cagliari it is right to start him from the beginning or not, even if Chivu has always shown that he believes in his men with all their might, despite the bad moments. At San Siro it’s another thing, he has the fans on his side – see the banner displayed in Appiano before the match against Roma – but he’s not in top form. Furthermore, the blow to the tibia received by Rabiot also undermined his physical condition. “We have always put our face forward and I’m talking about Bastoni, who left Appiano on crutches and then played for Italy three days later”. These are Chivu’s words before Roma. At Inter they have always defended him. All this while in the background, on the horizon, the Catalan flag waves. Flick already sees him alongside Cubarsi for the defense of the future. But first there is the 21st championship to bring home.