Inter, the cautions in the Champions League: 4 at risk of disqualification, in addition to Inzaghi

Reach the goal to take the ninth semi-final of the Champions League and, possibly, keep your nerve to avoid nasty surprises. The Nerazzurri’s mission at San Siro tonight will be twofold and it will be twofold in particular for four of the eleven who, in all likelihood, will take the field from the start against Benfica to defend the 2-0 victory won in the first leg. The evocative European derby, the third in history after those of 2003 and 2005, is one step away, but there are those who risk losing it due to a yellow card which would result in a sure disqualification. The risk concerns the distrusted Bastoni, Dimarco, Lautaro and Dzeko, to which is also added the coach Simone Inzaghi. The imperative for everyone is to avoid what happened last season with Barella, who was forced to miss the two-legged round of 16 match against Liverpool due to his expulsion in the last match of the group stage against Real Madrid (moreover in qualifying already acquired). Because no one would want to miss out on any European derby, even if it were simply the first act (as it will be up to the Rossoneri Tonali by virtue of the yellow card received in Naples).

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It’s a question of managing nerves and emotions for 90′ and a little more, because – as per the regulation – the cards will be reset for everyone starting from the semi-finals. But, beyond the unpredictable dynamics of the game, the imperative for all the cautioned players in question (including Inzaghi) will be to not repeat the mistakes and ingenuity that cost almost half of the bookings remedied this year in Europe. The speech applies to all of tonight’s special observers, without exception. It applies first of all to the coach, who arrives at the San Siro match against Benfica with the weight of the cards remedied in the double match in the group stage against Barcelona, ​​with the avoidable expulsion from the Camp Nou for protesting when time has practically expired.

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The protests and gestures of nervousness are what helped to bring even Bastoni, Dimarco, Lautaro and Dzeko into distrust. The defender was the first to remedy a naive yellow card that still drags on today, the one waved to him by referee Scharer in the 60th minute of the first match against Viktoria Plzen (the second of the group stage). Then it was also Lautaro’s turn, booked in both the first leg and the second leg against Barça for futile reasons (especially the yellow card remedied at the Camp Nou on the momentary 1-1 for a ball thrown away, moreover just before signing the double). Dzeko, on the other hand, could pay dearly for the naive booking he received at Da Luz, again for protests, just a minute after the final 2-0 signed by Lukaku. As for Dimarco, more than the booking in the final minutes of the first match against Porto weighs the one Turpin gave him in the 89th minute of the first European outing of the season against Bayern, the result of a useless foul a quarter of an hour later entry into the field. All mistakes or frivolities to be absolutely avoided tonight in order not to miss one of the most awaited and important derbies in history.