Juve-Inter 1-0: Calhanoglu on a penalty, decided at the Var and repeated

Inter responds to Napoli and remains clinging to the championship train going to the Allianz Stadium to close the positive streak of Juventus after sixteen games, which sees the third place of the Nerazzurri (with one game less) move away to 4 points. To decide the Derby d’Italia, at the end of the first half, the penalty converted by Calhanoglu: Irrati had decided the maximum punishment after a video check for a contact by Morata at the edge of the area on Dumfries.

THE DECISIVE MOMENT

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Minute 43 of the first half, Dumfries on the right of the Juventus area tries to make space between Morata and Alex Sandro and ends up in the sandwich: contact (stomp by the Spaniard). Not strong enough to whistle a penalty from Irrati live, but recalled to the video he changes the decision and decides the penalty. From the spot Calhanoglu sent to his left and Szczesny saved the penalty for the fourth consecutive championship. Calhanoglu sling on the rebound, in a sprint with De Ligt, Chiellini and Danilo the carom ball on a pair of legs and ends up in the net. Canceled due to a foul by Calhanoglu on Szczesny. But we go to review and decide something else: De Ligt had entered the area early and having played the ball participates in the action, so the penalty is thrown again. Calhanoglu does not change sides, always on the left of him, but more angled and stronger: Szczesny does not get there, 0-1 Inter.

RHYTHM AND SPACES

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The message that Allegri wanted to launch by putting Juve on the field with 4-2-3-1 translates loud and clear with an aggressive approach to the game, while on the other hand Inzaghi with Brozovic’s return calmly against the Juventus high pressure looks for spaces in which to prick. The rest is done by the competitive spirit that, declined on unusual rhythms for the big matches of A normally more plastered and cerebral, also translates into tough interventions, with high studs and a vigor photographed only in part by the six yellow cards of a first time that, thanks to the super-penalty case in the final, will last even 55 minutes. The first admonition, after a minute and a half, is a kick from Lautaro in the face of Locatelli who half an hour later will surrender in tears to go out (inside Zakaria), symbolically closing that phase of the competition marked more by a burst of electric shocks than by the reciprocal tactical study.

BRAND JUVENTINA

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Skriniar’s corner after 8 minutes with Szczesny saving at the near post is, before the penalty, the only Inter goal ball of a first half in reality of the Juventus brand: a minute later Chiellini on a carom in the area takes the cross on an uncertain Handanovic, put to the test from outside also by Dybala and Cuadrado. Morata finds himself unsuccessfully on a couple of occasions as a finalizer (in the 16 ‘he headed from a cross by Vlahovic, in the half-hour set by Cuadrado on the inattention of Bastoni) but – after Locatelli’s exit and Inter’s penalty change the game – between veils, heels and final passes the Spaniard is the best of his especially as a prompter: he tries to score Vlahovic who after 8 minutes of injury time at the end of the first half sends the left-handed off a little, then at 52 ‘turns on Dybala after a mess Skriniar-Handanovic (wide) and in the 58th minute combines again with Joya in front of goal before Perisic saves on Vlahovic.

THE CORRIDA

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Another possible turning point could have come in the 55th minute, a naive contact of Bastoni on Zakaria at the limit is considered outside the area and it is a matter of millimeters: even in the video there is no evidence that would lead to overturning the decision taken on the pitch. The game loses its roundness and the battle of nerves remains, even with the fresh forces from the bench of Correa, Darmian, Kean, De Sciglio and then all the others, without tactical changes. Vlahovic invented a goal ball in the 63rd minute by circling Skriniar and then firing a shot with a narrow right turn. Ten minutes later Zakaria starts box to box and from the edge of the area he starts a right that, touched by Handanovic, hits the post. The bullfight of the last quarter of an hour enhances the resistance of Inter and Juve does not go further a couple of falls in the area by Vlahovic and De Ligt not from a penalty. For the first time in 13 years, Inter ends the direct seasonal clashes with the lady undefeated, now perhaps decisively detached with 4 points away and a match that the Nerazzurri must recover. And if Inzaghi looks up he sees the summit still there, at 3 points, but now he has restarted the car.