awesome
an average match..
not that great nor bad at all
keypoints:
wingers were rock solid.
1st half stats:
shot on goals: Inter 8 - chievo 0
cruz - average match for him, could've convert 1 goal at least if he move a bit faster.
Recoba - could've scored at least 2. jimmy fontana played good to block his shots. (perhaps he knew recoba's curling style during practice hehe)
wingers/midfield
figo - solid. although he could've done better. personally i dont mind at all that he dribble passing 1-2 players on the wing. his crosses were also good and he just need to improve his physical level now to be able to annihiliate other teams left flank
stankovic - almost good from average performance. he also has 2 great chances. perhaps he also very effective on the left last night. yet, he too, can stil improve as figo.
pizzaro - almost invincible last night. perhaps due to our superiority on both wings, he can only watch the crosses from left and right
cristiano - he too, can only little support on the defensive end. his tackle is still rockin, but offensively, he is in the same phase as pizzaro
defense
favalli - his game level is improving along the way, most likely he will be the regular left back for mancini as he can convince the boss that he can secure the area. although chievo's winger wasn't that threathening, he too, can also help to support stan to do some overlapping manouvers upfront
matrix - an ok performance, he did his job regularly, no major blunder that caused a goal though..
samuel - can't really judge him based on 1 game only. although he created several heading chances from corners and crossings, finally he scored his first goal with Inter. his defensive skill is still tested with the formation with matrix in the middle. he too, sometimes going a bit too far from his post and luckily he can stop the ball. (can't do that against sneaky players like ibra or kaka)
cordoba - as usual, much better job done in right back than ze maria. his speed and heading was pretty much secured inter's right back. although, he tried to do some wing back job with figo, that didn't succeed very well.
cesars - wasn't tested that much. thanks to the defensive wall and too, chievo's didn't cause that much problems last night
==================================
overall. defensive look a bit better with samuel on the mid and cordoba in right. can't wait until javier is back from his rest.
on wings, we're pretty much covered now, midfield, pizzaro and veron definitely can't be played in the same time.
attack: cruz and recoba are getting used to be a true subs players. they seem not very comfort to start from the beginning
. vice versa, adriano played for almost 35 minutes. he seems just doing some conditioning works replacing cruz. hope he can roars against fiorentina, rest against rangers, and annihiliate juve with no mercy
forza Inter