Inter, with Barça you play it if Inzaghi … Vernazza’s comment

It is too early to say if Inter has recovered, but the victory in the Czech Republic confirms that the recovery is underway. Winning is not easy at all, let alone in the Champions League, and Viktoria Plzen is not worth putting down. There is a rich case history on trips to the East, easy in appearance and closed with inauspicious results. The small and full stadium, the people on them, the opponents running like damned. Inter have relied on superior technical caliber and a physicality that can withstand many shocks. The 0-0 goal was scored by Edin Dzeko, from the height of his 36 years and 26 goals in the Champions League. A precise, cold shot, the result of experience. A gesture memorized over time. It is relevant that for the second time in a row no goals were collected, 1-0 against Toro and 2-0 yesterday, with alternating goalkeepers: Saturday Handanovic, the best of the match; yesterday Onana, almost inactive.

PROMOTED

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The reviled Acerbi passed the first exam, his performance was without uncertainty. More tests will be needed, but in the immediate future the Acerbi solution is confirmed as logical and functional. The central defender has replaced De Vrij and has been in the game more than anyone, reports indicate him as the Inter player who has touched the most balls (126) and who has made more passes (110). In the first half he was close to scoring with a shot in the Czech area. These are the numbers and the traces of a sudden acclimatization. Acerbi has played 135 games in Simone Inzaghi’s Lazio and a lot of commonality can become a value, if we stay in the present and do not go into the distant future. Plzen’s evening lends itself to a single critical note, Inter took too long to score the safety goal. He dominated far and wide, he enjoyed numerical superiority starting from the quarter of an hour of the second half due to the expulsion of Bucha, and in eleven against ten for a few minutes he gave Viktoria a couple of opportunities. A drop in tension, then Dumfries reactivated the current with the 2-0 on an assist from Dzeko and everything ended there, but in a more difficult context the momentary mentality deficit would have been paid for. In any case, the two victories in a row, against Turin and Viktoria Plzen, without conceding a goal, are the right answer to a wrong start. On Sunday in Udine the test of the three, against an opponent who is indigestible because he is muscular and fast.

THE SCENERY

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Late in the evening, another good news, Bayern’s clear victory over Barcelona, ​​a result that propels the Germans towards a very early qualification. Better that way, Bayern are unapproachable. Inter have grabbed Barcelona in second place in the group and the access to the second round of the Champions League will be played in the two face-to-face, on 4 October at San Siro and 12 at Camp Nou. Barça is a beautiful and imperfect team, not yet fully immersed in the ideas of their coach Xavi. It is difficult to establish today whether Inter can manage to beat them at least once, a binding condition for the passage of the round. The impression is that Barça are a floor above, but perhaps we underestimate the return of Lukaku, who disappeared from the radar due to the injury. We removed the Belgian striker a bit, as if his return to Milan had been a summer hallucination. We cheer because Inzaghi with Barcelona dares the inosable, yields to the imaginative. For example he could attempt a Lautaro, Dzeko and Lukaku trident. With the usual 3-5-2 he would rely on the ordinary, but in the Champions League you always need something extraordinary. Asides, we think that Inzaghi will play as usual and maybe he will be right.