Inter: the 4 reasons of the crisis after 3 ko in a row without networks

A dream season that risks turning into a nightmare. This is what he is experiencing (and probably thinking) Inter in the last week. First the Ko of Bologna which allowed the hooking of Napoli at the top of the ranking, then the scorching elimination from the Italian Cup at the hands of Milan, finally another defeat that cost the Napoli of Conte, now at +3 on Inzaghi’s team. The world turned upside down in 7 days. And it has been for more than 13 years that Inter did not lose three consecutive races without scoring: we have to return to February 2012, when Claudio Ranieri sat on the Nerazzurri bench. Today it is precisely the Roma coach who condemns Inzaghi’s team to other difficult days. Because in a week, Inter dilapidated the advantage in the championship, greeted a competition to which the environment held and Wednesday in Barcelona the first leg of the Champions League semifinals will be played at the least appropriate moment of the season. In this April, it is clear that something in the Inter machine has jammed.

tiredness

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In evident oxygen debt, sprouted in front, distracted behind. And unable to react to difficulties. Today’s Inter is so. The splendid victory of the Allianz Arena against Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League quarters had perhaps deluded that the team had managed to get a very dense calendar and all the labors it entails on. The goal, listening to Lautaro a few weeks ago, but also Inzaghi and all the other Nerazzurri players, was to “aim to win everything”. Instead, today everything is different. Because the monstrous amount of close commitments packed the team’s legs and head. Against Rome, Inter has constantly tried to maneuver through possession. But a sterile, slow, legible possession that has never led to great opportunities to reach at least the draw. The result of great physical and mental tiredness. And the feeling that when Inter does not go to the maximum collapses a little everything is confirmed again. Inzaghi, after the derby, had spoken of physical fatigue “but above all mental”. The problem is not solved because after Bologna and Milan the third defeat came in the last three without however being able to score even a goal.

without thuram …

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Thuram’s absence weighed a lot in the team’s offensive game economy, but Lautaro was unable to load the team on his shoulders: he appeared nervous, frustrated, never dangerous. Zero goals in the last three is a number that undoubtedly alarms Inzaghi. The Inter of Inter remains the best offensive department of Italy with 72 goals in 34 games. More than 2 race centers. But the problem concerns the last few weeks, especially this April which should have launched the ambitions of Nerazzurri Triplete and instead reduced them to a sort of survival. The team, until a week ago, pushed to the maximum. But the continuous close commitments have also reduced the offensive fire. It is equally clear, then, that the second lines are not up to the first: neither Correa nor Arnautovic, nor Taremi have shown (on various occasions) to be able to adequately replace Thuram. And without Tikus there is also Lautaro.

you dance

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Today’s Inter, however, has no problems only in front. Because the car that until last year never granted goals crashed against a wall: the goals collected in April are already 12 (22 in the whole last championship) and the one marked today by Soulé photographed all the current difficulties. Potentially “dead” ball, general inattention of all the defenders – none excluded -, double rebound and the Roma striker slips between Bisseck and Dimarco who observe the Argentine score the decisive goal. No, a few months ago – but even a few weeks – it would never have happened.

Zero reactions

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Tiredness (both physical and mental) did not allow Inter to find the strength to react: against Roma little game and almost no clear opportunity; In the Cup derby, the first two goals conceded at the end of the first half and in the start of recovery cut their legs in a stretcher and partners; In Bologna it is true that Orsolini’s goal has come practically expired in time, but often Inzaghi’s team has skidded without ever giving the feeling of being able to put the muzzle in front. The only real reactions, Inter had them both had against Bayern, both on the outward and return, returning to Monaco after the equal of Müller and overturning (momentarily) the Kane’s scratch in San Siro. First, between Parma and the way of the semifinal against Milan, Inzaghi has never managed to reverse the negative trend of a game in his favor. But with Barcelona Wednesday, it would be better to bring out everything not to really pass from the dream to the nightmare.