THE ANALYSIS
Having eliminated all the defects of last season, the Nerazzurri team is a practically perfect machine that has learned to manage even extreme situations
03 dic 2023
Another victory, another great team performance. Inter responded with a show of strength to Juve’s warnings version short muzzle. Another direct clash, that of Maradona, played with the awareness of one’s own superiority and with the serenity of someone who knows they can win on any field. An almost perfect first part of the championship, beyond the advantage over the pursuers.
According to some coaches (for example Fabio Capello), the scudetto is won when you have it
the least beaten defense. Inter have it. According to others (see Arrigo Sacchi) instead it triumphed
when you score more than others. Inter also has this record. Among the so-called “gamers” and the so-called “resultists” there are gods
contact points which the current Inter embodies in an almost surprising way. If it is true that in Maradona’s sweet night there was
some initial pain (initial cross by Politano and various saves by Sommer) it is equally true that from Calhanoglu’s goal onwards, the Nerazzurri became
masters of the match, they never gave the impression of being in trouble. A perfect combination of
cleanliness of phrasing in the possession phase and perfect positioning in the non-possession phase. With total team participation.
Simone Inzaghi, who exactly one year ago was
questioned as inevitably happens to all coaches who do not guarantee
continuity of performance to his team, today he managed to build a perfect car. Without the possibility of denial, today’s is
the best Inter since the Treblemaybe even a little more
refined from the point of view of the choral game and the
combinations, although less rich in terms of individuality. A team that, barring sensational unforeseen events, is abundantly good
candidate to win the title and the long-awaited second star.
Football is made of emotions and not of numbers, but
a dash of arithmetic can help and introduce heavier and more decisive themes:
6 wins in 7 away games season in Italy with only two goals scored,
9 overall matches without conceding a goal, 10 goals scored by midfielders. Then there are the
Serie A top scorer and a French boy capable of participating and 11 goals (5 goals and 6 assists) is almost a secondary detail. All this to say that Inzaghi’s work
it canceled out the defects highlighted on many occasions last season, defects that
they limitedat least in the championship, the chances of
counter Napoli by Spalletti.
Let’s start with
direct clashes, given that the one in Naples was. Serious limitation of Inzaghi’s team in the first half of last season, what time
it has become a strong point. In this first part of the championship, the victories arrived
against Milan, Rome and Naplesplus the away draw on the field of
Juve. In the second round, Inter will have to face
Napoli and Juventus at home. Not a small advantage. The other big one
metamorphosis concerns the relationship between the championship matches and the Champions League matches. A year ago, Inter
he threw away a lot of points in matches preceding or following a European match. This year, thanks also to a
less congested calendar and to a simpler group (last year there were
Barcelona and Bayern), the Champions League factor was almost painless for the Nerazzurri.
But up to this point the discussion has ranged
on the highest systemsthere is an Inter that gives on the pitch
a glittering image of itself. To begin with, she learned to
manage the emergency perfectly. In the summer it was said: Inzaghi has two teams available. True, but also in this case
you may find yourself in difficulty. Concomitant injuries to Pavard, Bastoni and De Vrij pulled out
the inventiveness of the coachwho countered an extraordinary trident by “inventing”
Carlos Augusto central defendera task carried out with great reliability.
The dessert obviously comes at the end of everything, and it is
the very high technical figure which is expressed by Inzaghi’s team. Surely there is the work done during the week that pays off
the possession phase is fluidwhich is expressed in
mnemonic combinations almost impossible to contain with classic countermeasures. But beyond this, there are the
individual qualities of some players, i.e. the main or perhaps only reason why
people are passionate about it I’ve been playing this game for a century and a half. Calhanoglu’s shot that made it 1-0, Barella’s dribbles for the 2-0, Lautaro Martinez’s assists in
“pure ten”, Sommer’s saves: these are the hilites that you dream of as children and in many cases even as adults. These are the extra weapons of the strongest Inter since the Treble.
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