MILANO – The only possible criticism of Inter last night is that, against one of the scariest scoring machines in Europe, they played in defense. Objection already weak in itself, which becomes very weak in the light of the result: the Nerazzurri from Bergamo did not score, those from Milan did. And they won the game, keeping the 6 points advantage over Milan (7 at the final count, due to the direct clashes) and confirming themselves as the best attack in Serie A with 63 goals scored. “We bring home a very important victory against a team that could have been annoying for the Scudetto and which now goes to -13: I congratulate them”, Antonio Conte said at the end of the game, noting the distance in the standings with the opponent. of the day, beaten in a direct match as already happened with Lazio and Milan in a second round to be framed so far.
Inter, Conte: “It’s a very important victory, great pressure on us”
08 March 2021-
The nit
Looking at this Inter, than beating Gasperini’s team reaches the seventh victory in a row and the tenth at home, you can not even find a nit. Precious egg in the workmanship and in the technical quality, like a work by Peter Carl Fabergé: except for Vidal, none of the owners and substitutes made practically anything wrong. Solid and practical egg, like the wooden one that grandmother used to mend her socks: Eriksen sweeping the ball in the stands at the end is a sign of an approach that has the North Star in utility. Egg symbol of balance, like the one that hangs from the apsidal basin of the Pala di Brera by Piero della Francesca: despite an evening of siege, the Nerazzurri midfield, compressed on the defense, has preserved proportions and geometries.
Atalanta, Gasperini: “We lost for an episode”
08 March 2021-
The defect that is not there
History repeats itself. When a team works too well, what remains to be criticized is the game. Max Allegri knows something about it, who in the last two years of Juve, with championships won in coaches, felt the fleas of champagne football lovers. His fault: he scored two goals and then killed the games. Even Sarri was exposed to a similar criticism in Juventus, although he had been standard bearer of the good game in Naples, but who arrived at Juventus had become practical, bending his convictions to that motto of Boniperti that everyone knows. Antonio Conte, who grew up in the cult of victory “the only thing that matters”, the ferocious Juventus pragmatism managed to bring him to Inter. With 12 games to go, with 36 points up for grabs, he is + 10 over Juve, which he could shorten to + 7 by winning the match never played with Napoli.
Inter is the victory of humility
by Massimo Mauro
08 March 2021-
Until the end
Inter’s problem at this point is not trying to improve, since it is not easy to do so. If anything, it is not to miss. It will not be easy, perhaps not even possible, something on the street will have to be left: “The pressure will increase more and more”, said the coach after beating Atalanta, and he is right. Asked if he felt half the Scudetto in his pocket, he glissed with a joke: “Now I find 40 euros in my pocket”. Yet he knows that much of the work is done, just don’t collapse. Before the break for the national teams, Inter will have to face Torino away and Sassuolo at home. After the stop, the first match will be in Bologna. By losing to Bologna last season, Inter greeted the dreams of the Scudetto. Since then, more cold showers have come: the final lost in the Europa League, the last place in the Champions group, the elimination from the Italian Cup against Juve. All mistakes that this Inter, seen last night at San Siro, probably would not make again.
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