Inter are simply in a state of grace, Atalanta are unable to oppose the excessive power of Inzaghi’s team.
The game to be recovered goes away, the asterisk goes away, the leaders also go away. On the evening in which the lead over second-placed Juventus reached double figures, Inter crowned a perfect match which saw them overwhelm Atalanta with a resounding 4-0. And not because the Goddess didn’t try, especially at the beginning of the first half. But the match ended the moment Inter decided to up the pace: considering the ease with which they managed to get rid of such a strong and organized opponent, it’s easy to say that tonight’s match was the best Inter of the season. 2024, maybe for the whole season. Atalanta is left with the small consolation that there is very little they can do against a team in a state of grace.
Yet nothing in the first 15 minutes gave any indication such a clear outcome of the race. Indeed, De Ketelaere’s goal (later cancelled) seemed to seal an intense and aggressive start to the match for Atalanta, who were seriously putting Inter in difficulty in the defensive phase as it was under construction. Even after being hit coldly by Darmian’s goal, the Bergamo players still remain in the match but after Lautaro’s second goal the times are quite ripe to pull the oars in the boat. It’s difficult to say what could have happened if Atalanta had taken the field in the second half with a different attitude but the fact is that Gasperini decides that ultimately it’s better to think about winning against Bologna. In the last half hour the main objective of the Goddess thus becomes that of playing as much as possible the young Tourit is, in what can in all respects be considered a training match in view of the difficult match against the Bolognese.
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The match changes, as mentioned, when Inter decides to raise the engine speed. The Nerazzurri actually suffer from Atalanta’s offensive pressure but when they decide to go vertical and manage to overcome the first line of orobian pressure it’s a completely different music. Fundamental in this sense is the work of Arnautovic, who does not score but plays an extremely positive game, combining excellent use of physical play with the skills of a refined offensive director. If Lautaro then scores a senseless goal that puts the game on ice, the hosts are also quite lucky in the dynamics that lead to the penalty (missed) by Martinez and reiterated by Dimarco. The former Verona player’s cross finds a whole trajectory his but remains on the pitch just long enough to allow the action to continue and Dumfries’ counter cross deflected by Hateboer’s arm. Fortune favors the brave but this Inter certainly doesn’t seem to need it. Sometimes things just go in the right direction.
There is little to say about the rest of the race, also considering how this is already practically over at halftime. In the second half Gasperini experiments and Inter plays on the velvet, also to delight the unshakable 80,000 at San Siro. If it is impossible to find insufficient in the ranks of Inter (excellent performance in particular by Bastoni and Pavard) Carnesecchi’s poor choices and the absence of the equalizer certainly weighed heavily on Atalanta’s first half De Roonas well as a Hateboer in obvious difficulty against that torrent in flood which is the left lane of Inzaghi’s team.
Inter also managed to break the nightmare (more than the fans to be honest) of the asterisk. The famous defeat at Bologna went down in history for Radu’s duck: the truth is that Inter had played badly and deserved to lose the decisive match. This evening the show of strength offered in the recovery is such as to sweep away everything ghost of the past and any doubts about the real firepower of the Nerazzurri. Inter are no longer crazy, Bologna is a distant memory. Inter is strong, even stronger than his old mental limits.
2024-02-28 22:20:28
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