A day ago, AC Milan drew with the league "vice president". But with Inter's 2-0 loss to Sassuolo, the Nerazzurri turned sad into joy – a draw also extended the lead!
The Italian TV director frequently cut the picture to Marotta and Zhang Kangyang in the stands, and the commentator pointed out: Many things that happened before, during and after the game can be briefly described as some of Inter's sluggish players, using their performance to increase the next cost of the Nerazzurri.
Let's start with pre-match.
Everyone knows that Inter regards Sassuolo's three-star (Skamaca, Ras padori, Vratesi) as an important target for reinforcements, Di Marzio and others described the battle as "skamaca and others fiercely fighting the future owner", and the Milan Sports newspaper revealed that after the game, Marotta and Sassuolo CEO Canevalli made an appointment to talk about the transfer.
Canevali also did not hide, admitting that Inter was interested in the players, and he and Marotta had a personal relationship, welcoming Inter to talk: "Take the opportunity to discuss the game? I've been, always available to find me. ”
The attitude is clear: the better the player performs, the higher the selling price. Inter want to buy? Let's talk about it, mainly the price! Sassuolo's total asking price for the three youngsters is close to 100 million euros, a figure that makes Inter very upset.
At the same time, everyone polished their eyes to see how Inter coped with Brozovic's suspension.
Ronaldo's contract expired at the end of the season, and teams such as Barca and the Premier League contacted the players. B Ronaldo emotionally wants to stay in the team, but is eager to get a fat contract, Inter has the heart to control the cost, and the two sides have been bargaining, which is the key reason why the renewal of the contract has not been finalized until today.
It was suggested that Inter purged Ronaldo, and that his positions Barrera and Char Khanoglu could also be played anyway. But there is no basis for verbal arguments, football, only actual combat can test.
In such a situation, in the first and second half of the game, some of Inter's sluggish players used the "peer foil" method to prove that Brozovic asked for a high salary and Sasolo asked for a high price.
The Milano Sport used two words to describe Inter's first and second halves: "annichiliti" (annihilated) in the first half and "sfortunati" in the second half (no goalscoring).
These two words reveal the reason for Inter's defeat: in the first half, there was no one to play for B Ronaldo, and the midfield was useless and almost slaughtered. After some adjustments in the second half, he ventured back, with a lot of opportunities, but his grasping ability was very poor, and the opponent goalkeeper was far braver than Handanovic, so he cried out in vain.
After the game, the media scored, except for a few people such as Shkrinjaer and Dumfries, most Inter players failed to score. The most criticism in the public opinion circles has focused on Barrera and Lautaro.
Barrera proved with real combat that he could not play Brozovic's position, and he could not be "a father and a mother" like B Ronaldo - both to protect the front of the center-back and to take care of the team's backcourt.
Inter's overall loss of strength in the first half is because the defenders are basically undefended in front of them, and the opponent's goals are all instigated in the "front waist position", and even steal Char KhanOglu, break through Barrera and play an offensive, the Nerazzurri almost suffered a massacre in the first half, if it were not for the goal frame rescue, they may lose a bigger score.
Barrera is a B2B midfielder after all, full of hard work and aggressive steals, but defensively inefficient. Moreover, the single defense ability is poor, and the "knife mountain ball" is occasionally passed. Kicking the mid-back, grabbing the top, passing the ball makes it difficult for teammates to pick up, there is still room for turning, kicking and dragging the midfield, the situation is different.
The first goal conceded was that Barrera did not divide the side, and had to pass directly to the middle teammate who was trapped in the bag, causing Inter to be snatched and counterattacked.
The second goal conceded, Barrera was even more positively breached.
Another example is his single defense of Kiryakopolos this time. It's hard not to miss Ronaldo.
In the second half, Dzeko, Dunfer and others appeared, Inter became a strong attack, 2 goals behind, can only fight for the risk of losing a bigger score, in the front of the crazy accumulation of attackers, trying to set off a counterattack.
The team created a lot of scoring opportunities, but they just couldn't grasp it.
A turning point, in the 72nd minute, Lautaro made up for it 1 metre in front of goal, but the kick was deflected.
The television camera switched to Inzaghi Jr., Perisic and Mea, and at that moment, it seemed that everyone had lost the belief in reversing, even taking points.
If, such an opportunity can not be hit. If, now Inter want to score a goal always have to use dozens of shots... This is indeed pouring out the confidence of the whole team.
Italian media sighed: the more Inter can not make up for the impact of Brozovic's absence, the lower the possibility of reducing the cost of contract renewal. Watching Lautaro and others miss opportunities in front of goal, watching the efficiency of Kamaka, Raspadori and others in front of the goal, Inter's difficulty in trying to reduce the cost of acquiring them has greatly increased. The biggest losers in this battle are Marotta and Zhang Kangyang.
There is a detail: after Skamaka broke the goal, there was no crazy celebration at the first time, which made the North Stand look good. Because, since Sassuolo arrived in Milan, there have been a large number of Inter fans shouting "Come here" in front of Skamaca. Scamaka was asked by reporters: "Is it not celebrated because it will join Inter next season?" No, I wasn't sure if I was offside..."
Over the years, many players who have faced Inter's goals (such as Eriksen, Ashraf, Dzeko, Gesens, etc.) have been under Inter's command, will Skamaka be the next? Looking forward to this, becoming a meazza fan of this night's bitter disappointment seeks a way to comfort.
Hopefully, this will give some of Inter's popular youngsters who are regarded as dependent on them mentally stimulated, and their recent performances are far below the level they should be.
The Nerazzurri have no room to make mistakes (after the game, the coach said that the last 13 rounds were the final), and the core backbone is no longer strong, and may regret it for many years in the future.