Wasn't some shithead critizing me for being negative after I predicted this match almost exactly?
- have some great chances but Lmaotaro, Dzeko and co. are too impotent to convert
- fail to capitalize on our strong periods
- eventually concede around the 70th minute from a set piece
- lack of response as players heads start to droop and create no good chances to get a goal back
- eventually lose the game without scoring a goal
This shit isn't remotely difficult to predict nor surprising when it happens. Why? Because it happens every time we play a big team.
The positive is that in every single big match, we've shown periods of dominance. I'd say we had about 30 really strong minutes today. We had about 45 minutes against Madrid, 45 against juve and about 60 minutes against Milan for example. The problems are that, obviously, we lack both the quality, but far, far more infuriatingly, the personality to ever hold our nerve until the end.
It's a collective failure:
- from ownership for absolutely gutting this squad
- from management, for bringing in the likes of Gosens to play 2nd fiddle to our standout performer this season in Perisic, instead of prioritizing a midfielder after Sensi's departure
- from Inzaghi, for not having the tactical nous nor the mentality to push this team just that little bit further over the finish line
- and from the players themselves, for not seizing their chances
2W, 5D, 4L against big teams. Pathetic. Limetti is looking less like a Conte and more like a Spalletti with every passing big match.