Inzaghi now has to give the Nerazzurri certainties and convince them that his ideas are right. Milan model: the Rossoneri overcame wrongs and troubles last season
The teams – the big ones, but not only – come out of difficult moments with compactness, unity, courage, collaboration. If the goal is high, and it cannot be achieved exclusively with technical and physical qualities, the thrust must come from different components. Let’s take Milan from the Scudetto. He almost never had the Ibra headlight, he lost the defensive leader Kjaer for half the season, he also suffered evident referee wrongs: situations that could have slowed his race, and certainly conditioned him. One obstacle after another: adverse fate, adverse whistles. But all this was not enough to prevent Pioli and his players from believing that the feat – the miracle, perhaps – was possible. They have always left the problems behind, even if they were serious, and have started again. Indeed, it was precisely in the hardest moments, when (almost) everyone thought they were finished, that they raised their heads. They gathered around the coach and the managers, they believed in it, they took every fork in the right direction, even when they had to enter a bottleneck. They were team, yes.
Doubts and dust
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Today, while the first derby of the season is looming (in the past there were four), it is Inter who are in difficulty. It’s true, only three games have been played in the league, but the defeat against Lazio was enough to raise doubts and to raise dust around the Nerazzurri world. The disappointing performance of too many players, Inzaghi’s wrong choices: the controversy came immediately. In compliance with Murphy’s law – if something can go wrong, it will – the troubles didn’t end with Rome’s bad match. On the contrary. When Lukaku, the most important reinforcement of the summer, would have been really needed to take Inter by the hand and drag them away from criticism, Romelu broke up. Nothing so serious, fortunately: a muscular distraction whose extent will need to be re-evaluated, but which still risks keeping him out until the first stop, scheduled for the second half of September. A small disaster, on the eve of three already fundamental matches. Tonight Cremonese, decidedly inferior opponent but to be beaten without hesitation, because any uncertainty could trigger the groans of San Siro; the derby on Saturday, and there is no need to explain what the meaning of this challenge is; Bayern on Wednesday for a thrilling Champions League debut.
It’s up to Simone
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Will Inter be able to be a team? Will he be able to overcome the insecurity caused by the blow from Rome and fill the void created by Lukaku’s injury? It is also a test for Inzaghi, who faces his second Inter season with the obligation to continue to achieve success. He has known the big squares since he was a coach, because Rome undoubtedly is; he is not as used to clubs that have to win. Now it’s up to Simone to give certainties to the players: to unite them, to reassure them, to convince them that his ideas are right. Inter continue to have an ambitious project, but the next eight days already represent a watershed (anticipated, no doubt) in the Nerazzurri season. Pioli’s Milan is an example, a source of inspiration, in addition to the opponent in the derby. A derby that can be terrible but also wonderful. Because Murphy’s law can be violated.
August 30, 2022 (change August 30, 2022 | 09:28)
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