Inter - Bayer Leverkusen (10 Aug 20) [2-1]

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"5 reasons Bayer Leverkusen will beat Inter Milan in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals

At least write the source. Found it on Bundesliga official website. Vomit worthy.
 

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It frustrates me that I know we have the team to win but idk which team is gonna show up.

I was totally surprised how we beat Atalanta. How the team played and fought.

We have trouble against fast wingers with our 3 at the back.

The Dortmund loss still haunts me.
 

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Lets not go the the match. Bundesliga knows the result already. Cant wait for a simple 2-0 to bring their havertz down on earth. Fucking havertz at 21 seems better than messi.

Anyway, just buy a defensive midfielder already or bring cambiasso back from retirement. Then play Barella in a vidal role or Brozovic as a box to box and Eriksen as a Sneijder role.

Theeen send gagliardini back to atalanta, valero back to spain, he needs another hobby. The problem is I dont know who is gonna be that defensive midfielder.

We need to defend deep if they have that kind of pace. And dont distribute the ball to gagliardini in defence, brozovic needs to carry it.
 

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In the US, the match is on Galavision @3:00pm Monday.:interflag:
 

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From offical site of Bundesliga - https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bunde...nter-milan-in-the-europa-league-havertz-12359

They look pretty convinced that Bayer will win.

I mean, it's the Bundesliga's official website. Of course they're going to look for an angle that spins German teams in a positive way.

In the US, the match is on Galavision @3:00pm Monday.:interflag:

Noticed this as well. Been way too long since an Inter game was on US television. Think the last one was the away game against Fiorentina, which was about 30 games ago (all comps). ESPN aired a ton of Sassuolo and Bologna games post-restart, but zero Inter games. Literally, zero.

(There's a chance the Getafe game was on television but I didn't look for the right channel at the right time. No real way to verify at this point, and no real reason to bother, either.)
 

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Yes, I thought ESPN owned Bologna their matches were on all the time. All the interesting matches were on ESPN + which have pay for. ESPN will be airing the upcoming season as well. Thank goodness for the Spainish channels for the European tournaments else we would be reduced to watching talking heads discussing sport instead of actually showing them.
 

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we're always unpredictable though, i'm leaning towards a win though, i think the players will be motivated enough to try and win
 

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In the US, the match is on Galavision @3:00pm Monday.:interflag:
With Bam Bam Zamorano as commentator. You can tell he always pulls for Inter we he’s doing our games :D
 

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It frustrates me that I know we have the team to win but idk which team is gonna show up.


Very easy. the team which gonna show up is the one who has got 5 clean sheets in a row.
 

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It’s funny you brought up that we’re 2nd in the league and then bashing Conte as a shit coach. Who the hell you think takes us to that progress? Fucking Spalletti while farming? You hate him as gobbi, yes indeed. But if you hate him as he’s bringing progress to our club then it’s just unfair and overbearing. To be honest, Conte’s hating bandwagon here has become overbearing and irrational day by days.

Now, you can’t really compare the positions in the league in this competition. Within tournament system, it doesn’t give a shit about where you finish in the league. Gobbi just got beaten by Lyon. And what achievements do we have in this competition? Just some years ago, we finished 4th in the group stage and lost against Beer Sheva from trash league. Meanwhile, Man U had won it in recent years and to be honest, Sevilla has better chances of winning the tournament as they’ve always conquered it.

Point is, I dont want Conte or the players underestimate any opponents although it’s 2nd-tier level tournament in Europe (well, perhaps it’s that sense of arrogance and underestimation which makes us almost always fail in the tournament). I still want Conte to approach the game with careful tactical necessary to win each of the games here.


We have the 2nd best squad in Serie A but we perform like the 4th best team, Conte was saved by individuality, he's a shit coach.

You're just contradicting yourself, you imply Conte is a top coach but then make silly excuses for him. Yes Rube got eliminated by Lyon, but everyone knows Sarri is not a top coach that also has a football philosophy that's incompatible with the club, it's something everyone saw coming.

Then you bring up Hapoel Be'er Sheva as a preemptive excuse for Conte, who the fuck cares what we did in the past under other shitty coaches with much worse squads than Conte has. Who the fuck cares that Man U and Sevilla won the EL recently, we have a better squad than them, so what is it, is it the mentality, wasn't that one of Conte's strong points.

It's pretty simple any competent coach would win this EL easily with the squad we have right now given the opponents we have to face. We shouldn't even struggle against anyone except maybe Man U that we should still defeat without too much complication if we had a good coach, which we don't, which is why you all are terribly afraid of every team we face.
 

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Conte is obviously a shit coach, anyone who cant see this is blind or stupid or both.

The problem is non shit coaches out there like Klopp, Gasperini or Sarri either needed a long time to implement their system or failed miserably at bigger clubs or both. Im not convinced that we can replace Conte, who is a shit coach btw, effectively and reliably.

To think more about it, do non shit coaches even exist in this world? Pep who's spent billions and still can't find success in Europe or Zindane who lost to Pep with an equally expensive squad?

So no thanks, I'm sticking with the shit coach we have, unless he goes out and shit on the whole team, again.
 

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From offical site of Bundesliga - https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bunde...nter-milan-in-the-europa-league-havertz-12359

They look pretty convinced that Bayer will win.

Yawn :work:

It's pretty easy to do the same for us.

5 reasons Inter will win:

1. Big Rom... scored x goals, cost €80m, fast/strong/good finisher
2. Barella and Co... Barella, Brozo, DeVrij, Handa, Lautaro
3. "Away advantage"... Inter have performed well away from home this season, anyway no fans will be there
4. League position yardstick... Inter 2nd in Serie A, Leverkusen 5th in Bundesliga
5. Don Antonio... has won x, y, z, lights a fire under the players etc.

Now as for what will actually happen... no idea.
 

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Those kind of 'articles' are just for clicks. The lack of content makes you write stuff like that.
 

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Those kind of 'articles' are just for clicks. The lack of content makes you write stuff like that.
Well, as some who knows nothing about Leverkusen I found it informative.
 

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We have the 2nd best squad in Serie A but we perform like the 4th best team, Conte was saved by individuality, he's a shit coach.

You're just contradicting yourself, you imply Conte is a top coach but then make silly excuses for him. Yes Rube got eliminated by Lyon, but everyone knows Sarri is not a top coach that also has a football philosophy that's incompatible with the club, it's something everyone saw coming.

Then you bring up Hapoel Be'er Sheva as a preemptive excuse for Conte, who the fuck cares what we did in the past under other shitty coaches with much worse squads than Conte has. Who the fuck cares that Man U and Sevilla won the EL recently, we have a better squad than them, so what is it, is it the mentality, wasn't that one of Conte's strong points.

It's pretty simple any competent coach would win this EL easily with the squad we have right now given the opponents we have to face. We shouldn't even struggle against anyone except maybe Man U that we should still defeat without too much complication if we had a good coach, which we don't, which is why you all are terribly afraid of every team we face.

Individuality? What individuality? We're no longer that team which relies on fucking Icardi and certainly not Barca relying on Messi nor Jube relying on CR7 this season. This is non-sense to even think about the progress Inter achieved this season in the leagues based on individuality. Stat-wise, you can see Bluenine post on the other thread where every players contribute almost fairly for Inter progress. While our style of play isn't linear relying on one person in scoring? Again, what individuality? Care to elaborate?

Silly excuses? The very fact that we always struggle in Europa League in recent years is silly excuse for us to advance in EL? I said it, the arrogance and underestimation are overbearing. I hope we win this one though but I'm sure as hell we will not win it easi-fucking-ly even without Conte in the helmet.

Another funny thing about your post though is when we do show progress it is because our players individuality but when we suck it's because our incompetent and shitty coach. Yeah right...

Conte is obviously a shit coach, anyone who cant see this is blind or stupid or both.

The problem is non shit coaches out there like Klopp, Gasperini or Sarri either needed a long time to implement their system or failed miserably at bigger clubs or both. Im not convinced that we can replace Conte, who is a shit coach btw, effectively and reliably.

To think more about it, do non shit coaches even exist in this world? Pep who's spent billions and still can't find success in Europe or Zindane who lost to Pep with an equally expensive squad?

So no thanks, I'm sticking with the shit coach we have, unless he goes out and shit on the whole team, again.

I truly hope this is a sarcasm.
 

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We have the 2nd best squad in Serie A but we perform like the 4th best team, Conte was saved by individuality, he's a shit coach.

We are having our best season since the treble. Just chill and enjoy it dude. Live a little.
 

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We have too many Conte thread
 
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