Inzaghi’s team is the only Italian team that plays European football. An important test with Simeone
From head to head for the championship to escape. From +1 for Allegri to +9 for Inzaghi. In a month it seems like we’ve ended up in another championship. At the twenty-first minute Juve had 52 points and Inter 51. The feeling dominated that the couple would not be separated anytime soon. In four days the situation has been reversed, Inter leads 63-54 with the prospect of flying to +12 because Atalanta (who runs just as fast) must recover. Was it a midwinter illusion?
juve shadows
—
It may be that the one less match loaded Juve’s rankings with exaggerated values, but at the time Vlahovic and Yildiz were going at full speed, the successes were seven in eight games, the goals as if it were raining. There was the concrete impression that Allegri had achieved a balance between his word, first of all, don’t take them, and a more aggressive offensive attitude. Nobody talked about “short muzzle” anymore. Suddenly the unfortunate draw with Empoli, the psychological transformation before the tactical one, and the darkness beyond the hedge of the virtual overtaking: the Bianconeri unable to react to Gatti’s own goal at San Siro, then forced to chase Udinese (in vain) and Verona ( with luck). Two miserable points along a streak that, in theory, could have extended that lead. The gaming problems, the tactical misunderstandings, the mental limits all resurfaced together. It’s better to wait before eliminating Juve from the championship fight, but Allegri’s worries are now different: the possible overtaking of Milan in Monza, Atalanta approaching without missing a beat, the urgency of fourth place.
splendid isolation
—
Another championship, another Juve. Another championship, the same Inter. Reading the new ranking from the Juventus perspective would mean doing an injustice to those who are on the run. Inter goes regardless. It’s as if he were impervious to Juve’s pressure and everything else that revolves around it, the Super Cup to be won in Arabia, the unexpected defeat in the Italian Cup, the Champions League crowding out an already suffocating calendar. A year ago the Napoli of wonders had 65 points and that run-up seemed unrepeatable. Now Inter in theory can do better. Napoli had arrived a little long at the end: the gap in the championship was unbridgeable, but Lobotka, Kvara and the others were no longer the same in the Champions League. Atletico will give the first answers on the Nerazzurri’s strength, the feeling is that the defeat against City has turned into a victory. For Inter and for Inzaghi.
inter monolithic
—
Today Inter is perhaps the only Italian team that plays European football in terms of attitude, technique, solidity, character, maturity and management. Milan is getting closer, but without the same continuity. Atalanta amazes. But Inter is monolithic. In the 90′ one player can fail, not four or five. Just two total defeats like only Real Madrid. Lautaro-Thuram is an unrivaled pairing, Calhanoglu plays that perhaps doesn’t exist elsewhere, unsurpassed defence, offensive and enveloping maneuver or restarting depending on the situation. The fact that the pace is increasing, when the approaching Champions League would have suggested slowing down, can only mean one thing: Inter have also physically planned the key moment. Inzaghi’s vision has become long-range: from today’s tactics to the strategy for tomorrow (and the day after). A sensational leap. Even corporate. Inzaghi has assembled a group “created” to play 3-5-2. If the market rumors that Juve are interested in Felipe Anderson and Zaccagni are true, when the wingers (Chiesa, Iling Junior) don’t play or play out of role, some questions arise spontaneously.
from Italy to Europe
—
Inter can only lose the Scudetto: it happened to them with Inzaghi two years ago, but the codes have changed. The Champions League offers fewer certainties, the tournament of details that direct a season for better or for worse. Of course, Real Madrid without Bellingham didn’t seem invincible in Leipzig, Bayern is in a total crisis, let’s see the others. Simeone is a key test because Inter, from the top of first place (and City), are favourites. But, if it goes beyond that, the story starts to get interesting.
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED