Cagliari - Inter (1 Sep 19) [1-2]

@clwinterfan
Same here, I would love one more game against Udinese before the break, just so we can destroy Milan after the break.

And here comes the expected dog and pony show from Cagliari.

"Cagliari Football firmly rejects what happened Sunday night at the Sardinia Arena during the game vs. Inter Milan.

The Club underlines - once again - its intention to identify, isolated and ban those ignorant individuals whose shameful actions and behavior are completely against those values ​​that Cagliari Football strongly promotes in all their initiatives. Every single day.

Cagliari vs Inter Milan it was our right "Curva Futura" - the first dedicated sector in Italy built to host children - both Inter Milan and Cagliari supporters enjoyed a lovely evening together in the name of their passion for football.

"Full solidarity to Romelu Lukaku and even stronger commitment to annihilating one of the worst plagues that affects football and our world in general. However, we are aware that the technology is not enough, we believe our commitment to real support by the football stakeholders: starting from all the true supporters, to the stewards in the stands, from police and security agents, passing to media and as well through Serie A and FIGC League.

"Cagliari Football is asking everyone to help you win a battle that involves everyone. No one excluded."

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JJM said:

Seeing this makes me feel happy, I hope it lasts till round 38...

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You've got Torino's full support on that front.

We didn't play well, but we managed not to drop points. Which is paramount at the beginning of the season, as it gives you the necessary tranquillity to work and improve. Like last week, we were too stretched, and I had the impression that our players were less reactive than their opponents, especially in the first hour of the game when we often struggled to keep up with them. I suspect it depends on the different physical preparation (usually lighter) carried out by relegation battling teams compared to ours, but it's to early to say whether my assessment is correct. Anyway, unlike Lecce, Cagliari was willing to take the initiative and push forward. All in all, I'd say our defence (better, defensive organisation) worked well, absorbing their attacks and reducing to a bare minimum the number of their chances. In fact, aside from the goal (which was mainly caused by D'Ambrosio letting Joao Pedro jump unchallenged), Cerri's chance (generated by a ricochet) and a couple of wishful shots by Nainggolan that landed directly in Corsica, Cagliari were never able to seriously trouble Handanovic.

Talking about individual performances, I am puzzled by the constant use of a player like Vecino who, in my opinion, offers absolutely nothing defensively (when was the last time you saw him engage in a duel, tackle an opponent, win a ball back, win a header in midfield?) and is also pretty much useless in attack whenever he doesn't manage to either score or assist. I realise Conte wants to complement the midfield with a more physical player, but when physical prowess doesn't translate into anything concrete, what's the point? I hope Barella will be finally given the opportunity to start after the international break. Conte said the Sardinian still hasn't fully understood what he's being asked. Maybe it's true, but the fact remains that yesterday the team looked better when he walked in.

Today's game showcased one of the most important problems of our team, which is the lack of creativity in the final third. Basically, the only players who managed to complete a dribbling (and thus create numerical superiority) were Asamoah and Sensi. It was no coincidence that they ended up being our best players of the evening. The Ghanaian was solid in defence and a constant threat for Cagliari when pushing forward, especially during the first half. Unfortunately, the same could not be said for Candreva, who couldn't repeat his Lecce heroics and ended up losing the duel against Pellegrini. As for Sensi, he transitioned effortlessly from a midtable team like Sassuolo to Inter, which is a sign of ambition and self-esteem. The quality is there as well, he just has to keep it up. Brozovic had a subpar game, which was partially caused by the booking he had to take for the team (memo for Candreva: don't stop running after an opponent just because you think the ball went out of bounds) and the lack of movement around him.

The attack duo didn't have a good game. They showed grit and tried their best to help the team move forward, but ultimately failed to combine or create chances for themselves. They both ended up on the scoresheet, but as I wrote above, we need more creativity in the final third in order to unlock tight defences. Lukaku missed a goal he shouldn't have towards the end, but managed to keep his cool despite the abuse on occasion of the penalty. It is sad that in 2019 we're still talking about racism. It's even sadder that the big boys in Lega Calcio don't give a fuck about it. Politano did well in his cameo, harrassing Cagliari's defence with his speed and freshness.

What else to say? the crowd at the Sardegna Arena was shit yesterday. There's supporting your team, and then there's acting like a bunch of brain-dead animals... Maran was also pathetic in his post-game interviews. I'm a little bit sorry because I used to go on vacation in Sardinia every summer when I was a kid and I know Sardinian people are much better than that. Maybe it's just the herd mentality that gets the worst out of people.

Guz said:

...tranquillity to work and improve.

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That’s some hardcore Zanetti shit.

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Now this is the quality content i was hoping for.
Just need to make it into 20 minutes video and we are set the track into 2M subs just like Liverpool.


And watch Sgt. Pintus torture those players at the end of the video.

You can see how bad out shape Sanchez is at the end... Lazaro is just running like nothing.
Hopefully he catches up in this next two weeks.

Wow conte is really putting all his emotions into this job. The expression at the penalty tells hows he’s really feeling it as if he was an interista.

it's funny how he everytime makes the header movement when someone on field is receiving a cross... it's likes he's on the field too

ElDuccio said:

it's funny how he everytime makes the header movement when someone on field is receiving a cross... it's likes he's on the field too

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Both coaches mimicking their respective team's movements

Eddie said:

You can see how bad out shape Sanchez is at the end... Lazaro is just running like nothing.
Hopefully he catches up in this next two weeks.

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I came in the thread to write this exact thing, Lazaro running like he has no legs on him. Wonder if it's intentional as he is coming back from an injury, but if not...

Quick conditional training session after the match sends an impressive message, especially when done on away territory, I like it.

Apologies if this has been mentioned before/ lateness of this but when Matrinez goal was being reviewed and the camera swung to conte did anyone else see that massive fat guy behind him???!!!

He was on at least 2 seats, took like 5 seconds for him with the camera moving left for him to go off screen!

William said:

Apologies if this has been mentioned before/ lateness of this but when Matrinez goal was being reviewed and the camera swung to conte did anyone else see that massive fat guy behind him???!!!

He was on at least 2 seats, took like 5 seconds for him with the camera moving left for him to go off screen!

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Yeah, noticed him too.

While we're neck-deep in this shit, dug up some articles from only the first few instances off the top of my head:

2 May 2017: Muntari walks off the pitch playing for Pescara after being racially abused by Cagliari.
-Muntari receives a second yellow for walking off the pitch (of course he was already booked) and FIGC does not sanction Cagliari, saying "only approximately 10 supporters were involved".
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39786264

9 January 2018: Matuidi claims he was racially abused by Cagliari fans.
- FIGC takes no action against Cagliari because the referee and match observers did not hear anything.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42595501

14 May 2019: Moise Kean is racially abused by Cagliari fans
- FIGC chooses not to punish Cagliari saying that while the chants were reprehensible, they had an "objectively limited relevance to race." lol
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48271222

I'm not going to contribute to the debate raging in the Curva Nord thread about the statement they released regarding the Lukaku incident. All I want to say is an absolute, venomous fuck you from the bottom of my heart to the inept and blatantly corrupt FIGC, who will hand us a fine and a 3 match stadium ban, while doing nothing to punish Cagliari for their repeated and continuous offenses.

The FIGC has "launched a preliminary investigation"... I'm not sure what are those cunts "investigating" since it's all on fucking video.

Wobblz said:

The FIGC has "launched a preliminary investigation"... I'm not sure what are those cunts "investigating" since it's all on fucking video.

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They are looking for legalities to close the case

By the way, THIS is the way you battle racism.

Trying to see the positive part of this game i would say that compared to a lot of "close wins" (specialy from last season) we did not suffer that much. Cagliari had good chances yes but they did not have a lot of controll like for example Empoli against Inter in the last game of the season. And the reaction of Inter was really fast when they scored the 1-1, we had already a good chance to make the 1-2 and generelly wanted not to give up that fast.

Of course i pretend more with the time. But it seems like the team is really hungry and don't falls appart when our opponent scores. This is what is missing in this years, the mentality. It will be important to continue on this way till May and not Christmas like every year. I think Conte is the perfect coach for this because he will make he's best to motivate the team and pretending always to improve instead of going back.

ElDuccio said:

Trying to see the positive part of this game i would say that compared to a lot of "close wins" (specialy from last season) we did not suffer that much. Cagliari had good chances yes but they did not have a lot of controll like for example Empoli against Inter in the last game of the season. And the reaction of Inter was really fast when they scored the 1-1, we had already a good chance to make the 1-2 and generelly wanted not to give up that fast.

Of course i pretend more with the time. But it seems like the team is really hungry and don't falls appart when our opponent scores. This is what is missing in this years, the mentality. It will be important to continue on this way till May and not Christmas like every year. I think Conte is the perfect coach for this because he will make he's best to motivate the team and pretending always to improve instead of going back.

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Here you go: http://forzainterforums.com/showthread.php?14006-Roma-Inter-(26-Aug-17)/page45

Spallo's 3rd game with us?