In the early morning of January 17, the 22nd round of the Serie A continued to play, the leader Inter Milan away to challenge the real blue and black Atalanta, 90 minutes of the game, the two sides will become the most beautiful boy on the field, with a number of brave saves to save the goal without losing, and finally joined forces to achieve a 0-0 score. This result brought Inter's eight consecutive league wins to an abrupt end, of course, five consecutive away clean sheets still set a record in team history since the 3-point system, and still led the table with a two-point advantage.
In the middle of last week, Inter and Juve fought for 120 minutes in the Italian Super Cup, and the physical strength of the players was greatly affected, but against the attacking Atalanta, Inzaghi Jr. only made three adjustments in the starting lineup, with Sanchez, Damian and D'Ambrosio rotating. The veteran of the last start, Dzeko, continued to start this campaign, pairing with Sanchez as a double striker.
After the match began, the two sides began to attack, and in the 16th minute, Dzeko received a cross from Brozovic's side and the header was slightly off the goal. In the 26th minute, Char khanoglu crossed diagonally and Sanchez's powerful shot from the undefended area was saved by Atlanta goalkeeper Musso. In the 34th minute, Dzeko fired a long-range shot high from outside the penalty area, and in the 59th minute, his small angled shot was again blocked by the goalkeeper.
Inter attacked fiercely, and Atalanta, playing at home, was not to be outdone, With Pesina's close-range push and header and Muriel's half-knife shot all within easy reach of the goal, but they were deflected by Handanovic. In this game, Atalanta shot 6 of 12 shots on goal, Inter milan is 11 shots on goal and 3 shots on target, both sides have performed well on both ends of the attack and defense, and it is very regrettable that they did not score goals.
In this campaign, Dzeko played 82 minutes before being replaced by Lauta Romandinez, who had the highest five shots on goal, but only 1 of them hit the goal. After the game, he scored only a barely passing score of 6.0. In fact, in last week's match against Juve, Dzeko, who played 75 minutes in the opening game, was average in 3 shots and 0. Therefore, inzaghi Jr.'s practice of letting him play 82 minutes in this game before replacing Lautaro is still debatable.
However, the young coach of the blue and black is actually out of helplessness, because Dzeko is the only player in the Inter team who can play the role of the frontcourt fulcrum, and the backcourt ball issued by Handanovic and others is the safest catch point. However, from a few shots in the game, it can be seen that the 35-year-old is too tired to ensure the accuracy of the shot.
After joining Inter on his own last summer, Dzeko performed quite well, scoring 11 goals in 27 games and providing 4 assists, including 8 goals and 3 assists in 20 Serie A games, filling the gap left by Romelu Lukaku's departure. He and Chalkhan Oulu, who also joined on his own, are seen as surprises in inter's transfer market. However, due to age, Dzeko certainly cannot become the team's forward future, and at the latest this summer, Inter will have to make early plans in the center position, and if Vlahović is too expensive, Sassolo's Scamaka is not bad.