The Argentine in Germany took over in the second half but also had no impact, like Arnautovic, the Iranian is becoming a case. And in Leverkusen the Nerazzurri never had a shot on target
The data is alarming: zero shots on target for Leverkusen. This hasn’t happened at Inter for almost three years. To go back to the last match in which Inzaghi’s team never hit the opponent’s goal, we need to go back to February 2022, more precisely to the match – also in the Champions League – on the Liverpool pitch. But this season the data could be more alarming, because among the Nerazzurri attackers the only truly decisive one so far has been Marcus Thuram, even though he too appeared to be in difficulty against Leverkusen. At the Bayarena, the one who confirmed that he was a disappointment was Mehdi Taremi: a starter in 6 out of 6 matches in the Champions League, the former Porto player never found the net from open play (only one goal, from a penalty kick, in easy challenge to Red Star at San Siro) and this evening he probably provided his worst performance since wearing the Nerazzurri. A trend also confirmed in the league, because the Iranian – although used less – is also without a goal in Serie A (only one assist in August against Lecce).
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If the situation linked to Arnautovic is almost no longer surprising, despite the Austrian having only had 5 minutes or so with Bayer, the situation involving Lautaro Martinez is surprising. Against Xabi Alonso’s team, Toro replaced Thuram with just under half an hour to go but once again he had no impact. Negative signals had already arrived in the championship match against Parma last Friday, in which the Argentine devoured three apparently very simple scoring opportunities, but remaining on the Nerazzurri captain the negative trend can be extended to the entire season: only 1 goal in the Champions League, only 5 in a now advanced Serie A. Of course, Taurus’ summer was quite eventful in terms of travel, he didn’t carry out the preparation he would have liked, but once we reach 2025 we would expect more from him. Yet, even tonight it is postponed. He scored his last goal more than a month ago in the championship match against Venezia. Little, too little. For Lautaro, but also for the various Taremi, Arnautovic and Correa. There, in front of Inzaghi, goals from Thuram alone cannot be enough.
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