Sassuolo - Inter (2 Oct 21) [1-2]

[wera]

we are either losing this or winning 0-7

 

[SiamoNoi]

Barella need rest, put Brozovic first and then in 2nd half substitite with Barella (for last 15minutes if necessary). Loltaro same, put Correa instead. For god sake Inzaghi

They can rest during the international break,I don't want any of that shit here.

 

[brakbrak]

Not too worried about this, should be an easy win. Correa and Toro up front please.

 

[Jusef]

Problem is not only defense exposure. Ultra-attacking football will drain our players' gas really quick and you always need a deep squad to maintain such form. For a whole long season. Which we don't have, and we will suffer later on.

Many fifers hated Conte-ball, but that effective football has been proven to be the best way to win the league. We don't need a 5-0 win then gas out for the next four matches. We need five 1-0 win. There is a correlation.

Conte-ball was just as unsustainable, ugly to watch, and relied too heavily on a player that is no longer here.

Under Conte when the team conceded first or needed to get a result, real scoring opportunities were few.

Under Insaghi, this inter has been able to come back from a losing position to win twice and almost a third time - Verona, Fiorentina, Atalanta , simply from all the chances created.

Similair to Conte, this team still has a hard time converting the chances it creates.

 

[ADRossi]

That just isn't true. We came from behind to beat Fiorentina, Torino, and Cagliari under Conte. In the second half of the season we hardly ever conceded, so there was no need to come from behind.

Last year's squad was really impressive in Serie A. I don't get why people insist on underplaying their achievements.

 

[Kova10]

That just isn't true. We came from behind to beat Fiorentina, Torino, and Cagliari under Conte. In the second half of the season we hardly ever conceded, so there was no need to come from behind.

Last year's squad was really impressive in Serie A. I don't get why people insist on underplaying their achievements.

Just logged in to say the exact same thing, thank you for this point.

Let us support our team this season guys, and I also want the very best outcome for Inter all the time, but you just cannot compare this season with last season.

We were almost unbeatable with Conte.
Sure, we‘ve lost the plot in CL thanks to very bad luck, and lost the Coppa thanks to two absolute defensive howlers, but collectively we were just on another level.

I hope that Inzaghi can develop the same aura around our squad as Conte did, and he deserves the time to try. Expectations should be lowered comparing to last season.

 

[brehme1989]

Last year's squad was really impressive in Serie A. I don't get why people insist on underplaying their achievements.

The results were good but apart from a few flashes here and there, the team was relatively underwhelming until late January. First 1.5 months were close to a torture actually.

You can attribute that to a number of things like:
- Covid situation (applies to all)
- Rushed pre-season (applies to some competitors as well, but we had it the worst)
- Weird situation with the ownership being absent, the management, Skriniar debacle, Godin leaving etc

 

[ADRossi]

They were absolutely horrible for the first four months of last season, no doubt. But they made the required tactical changes and were dominant for a 15 match stretch. Conte and company deserve credit for that. We reached our ceiling under him. Unfortunately, we replaced him with a coach whose ceiling is probably a step lower.

 

[brehme1989]

They were absolutely horrible for the first four months of last season, no doubt. But they made the required tactical changes and were dominant for a 15 match stretch. Conte and company deserve credit for that. We reached our ceiling under him. Unfortunately, we replaced him with a coach whose ceiling is probably a step lower.

Well, if by tactical changes you mean that he stopped seeing Eriksen as a training cone and Young as a superior player to Perisic, sure. That's a tactical change

 

[Kova10]

Oh man just give the man finally credit for carving us out of Losertown for once
he worked miracles on the whole mentality of the Club and needed time to do so.

 

[PHM1605]

Conte-ball was just as unsustainable, ugly to watch, and relied too heavily on a player that is no longer here.

Under Conte when the team conceded first or needed to get a result, real scoring opportunities were few.

Under Insaghi, this inter has been able to come back from a losing position to win twice and almost a third time - Verona, Fiorentina, Atalanta , simply from all the chances created.

Similaire to Conte, this team still has a hard time converting the chances it creates.

Your first sentence is simply wrong. "Unsustainable" but we won the league with 91 points? Inzaghi-ball is more of that. We can score twice and still isn't sure of 3 points in our pocket. That is unsustainable.

Inter's Conte relied heavily on Lukaku and Hakimi, true. But you also forget how he won Scudetto with freaking Matri and Vucinic. With Lichtsteiner on the wing. So he doesn't base his tactics solely on speedy players.

Inzaghi-ball with Inter is a more expensive version of his old Lazio. Fun to watch, but below-par results.

 

[Strale]

For me it's way too soon to give up or be extatic about Inzaghi's Inter, with only crumbs to judge from.

Just like last season Conte was judged too soon. If fans were allowed at the stadium after CL exit we would not have won the title imo

 

[Jusef]

That just isn't true. We came from behind to beat Fiorentina, Torino, and Cagliari under Conte. In the second half of the season we hardly ever conceded, so there was no need to come from behind.

Last year's squad was really impressive in Serie A. I don't get why people insist on underplaying their achievements.

So we’re not going to consider Conte’s first season, Coppa Italia performances, CL/EL performances?

I challenge anyone to tell me one time, just one match, where Conte’s Inter won a match that on paper they WERE NOT the favorites for winning. Think back to the CL matches-Barca,Dortmund, Real Madrid, even Sevilla EL final.

Don’t anyone say the Inter-Juve match last season to be one of them.

Conte almost never delivered when it mattered and his Inter grinded their way to the title last season by being the most consistently “above average” team.

 

[SiamoNoi]

Sure, we‘ve lost the plot in CL thanks to very bad luck...

It was not a bad luck.

 

[PHM1605]

So we’re not going to consider Conte’s first season, Coppa Italia performances, CL/EL performances?

I challenge anyone to tell me one time, just one match, where Conte’s Inter won a match that on paper they WERE NOT the favorites for winning. Think back to the CL matches-Barca,Dortmund, Real Madrid, even Sevilla EL final.

Don’t anyone say the Inter-Juve match last season to be one of them.

Conte almost never delivered when it mattered and his Inter grinded their way to the title last season by being the most consistently “above average” team.

By your logic, excluding EVERY matches but big teams in Europe, sorry, it's safe to say that Inzaghi would not win shit either. He just lost a weak Real Madrid at our home.

We all know from day 1 that Conte-ball 3-5-2 would never work in CL. But at least he won Serie A. With Inzaghi...praying that he will not choke top4 for once.

Sorry, I fail to understand the logic that "come back from a losing position to draw vs Verona, Fiorentina, Atalanta" is more praiseworthy than "kicking their asses with ease".

 

[Ethor]

Good lord! Conte, Lukaku and Hakimi are gone and there's nothing we can do about it.
Inter needs to beat Sassuolo tommorow. Then without Lautaro and Correa, not to mention the injuries probably sustained by Sanchez and Vidal following the international break, gets points from Lazio. Then a do or die effort vs Sheriff.
We got to cheer them on and that means everyone who is starting and going to sub regardless of past history. IMHO the inquest on this season shouldn't happen till after the winter window.
FORZA INTER

 

[NimAraya]

Next time you guys want to compare two coaches make sure your comparisons reach a certain level of sanity, cause comparing Simone Inzaghi's 8 matches to Conte's 2 full seasons is the true definition of insanity!

I waited for at least a full season to make a certain level of judgment about Conte, but yeah Inzaghi is gonna fail at Inter because 8 matches gave some of you a great level of certainty that he fails and he HAS to play shit ass football because that's the only way to succeed at Inter.

 

[Universe]

Dzeko set to start again

 

[Il Drago]

Dzeko set to start again

It makes you wonder why the hell we spent 30m on Correa when Inzaghi is dead set on Dzeko-Lautaro. Instead we should have got a no. 9 to rest Dzeko.

Spending 30m on a backup option in our current financial situation is plain ridiculous.

 

[SiamoNoi]

I believe Correa is not fully healthy yet unfortunately.