After the 4 goals conceded by Juve, the Nerazzurri worked on their defense and the results arrived: 5 Serie A matches without conceding a goal since October
The autumn-winter collection works. Since autumn affected the trees, Inter’s wall has become solid again. After the 4 goals conceded by Juve at the end of October, in fact, the Nerazzurri conceded only three goals between the championship and the Champions League, scoring eight clean sheets.
rediscovered solidity
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Inzaghi set up the defense with his jacket pulled up and in the bitter cold. Sommer took over the reins of the rearguard with authority, especially after a period spent collecting too many balls in the back of the net. In the first nine days of the championship, Inter conceded 13 goals, in the last eight only two (Parma and Napoli). He held the fort’s drawbridge high against Empoli, Venice, Verona, Lazio and Como, not to mention Udinese in the Italian Cup and the two Champions League matches against Arsenal and Leipzig. The average number of shots on target conceded also dropped: 0.90.
rotations
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The secret of a rediscovered wall is also in the management of rotations. In the last two months Inzaghi has faced several withdrawals, above all those of Acerbi and Pavard, but the level has remained high. Bisseck is now a regular starter, so much so that against Udinese he also stood out as a central defensive lineman, while Carlos Augusto rediscovered himself as a goalscorer against Lazio and Como. Bastoni, on the other hand, is the best central defender in Europe in terms of numbers: if we talk about touches in the attacking midfield, big chances, long passes completed and long passes made, he is always among the top three (or even in first place). Against Como he returned to play central defense two and a half years after the last time. He finished with 104 touched balls and 84 positive passes. Nobody like him. It’s no longer new.
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