The final moments of Inter's serie A top clash with Napoli staged a farce that once shocked Inter fans, but finally cried and laughed.
5 minutes of stoppage time. At the 1-1 score, in the last minute, Perisic violated Onas behind him to send a set-piece.
Napoli opened up and posed as the last to seek an all-out attack, which also made Inter fans worried - Inter has staged several good plays this season (Italian Super Cup, Italian Cup 1/8 finals), naturally worried that "sooner or later they will have to pay back".
However, in the second-reading moment, Napoli chose to organize this last attack with a back pass, a lateral pass, and another cross, so the referee took the whistle, looked at the watch, and blew the end whistle at the right time.
After the game, the Napoli general himself also had a dispute over this, which was confusing.
Italian tv pointed out that since the home team (Napoli) has no intention of winning, and the away team (Inter Milan) is satisfied with the draw, it makes little sense for the game to continue.
Inter are understandably content with a draw.
There have been two consecutive vicious games (Milan derby, Playing Roma in the Cup), and then there is a Champions League showdown (Liverpool), this one is away, playing better (four consecutive league wins before), better physical fitness (a week of recuperation), Inter also folded the manager (suspension), naturally able to accept the results of the draw.
In fact, long after the derby loss, the Nerazzurri plan to "do its best in February" has been shattered. With the advantage of one game in the fewer matches (opponent Bologna), Inter's choice of a steady and steady posture at this time is also a kind of correction - before the Milan derby, Inter was tragically reversed, which is not unrelated to being too eager to succeed, underestimating the opponent too much, and being too aggressive in the second half.
This Warring States Mi suffered a nightmare start, came up because of the penalty points lost, in the second half of the draw, the Nerazzurri deliberately chose to reduce risk, control the rhythm, reduce the consumption of the way of play, the basic policy is: strive to be undefeated, win by the sky.
If Inter's choice to be conservative is expected, it is somewhat surprising that Napoli is more unambitious than Inter.
Napoli performed well in the first half, harvesting penalties and hitting the goal frame, with a clear advantage.
At the end of the half, the home fans were full of confidence, and all the experts on Western social networking sites believed that Inter would lose tonight - because Inter was already a physically inferior party, and the more in the second half, the more prominent the physical problems would be, and Napoli's advantage would be greater.
Some Inter fans fired in anger because they were too disappointed: slamming Dzeko for playing like an eighty-year-old lady, slamming Dumfries for a rough brother, and attacking Inzaghi Jr. for being overrated while singing a "thousand ancient injustices to Spalletti".
But what is surprising is that Inter, who fell behind in the first half, without substitution and no obvious change in tactics, actually stabilized in the second half, equalized the score, and successfully "controlled the field".
This is thanks to Spalletti's "assist".
Spalletti, who has many advantages, chose to be extremely conservative - cutting the strength of the attack when leading, and did not dare to let go to rebuild the advantage after being equalized, and when Inter's physical fitness was unable to support at the end of the game, Napoli chose to sacrifice the attack, fully retreat, and make a draw.
The Italian TV guests cried and laughed: "It seems that Napoli is like a team with a few points ahead of them, and they can't understand why they don't want to win than Inter!" ”
There is a detail: Inter milan in the 75th minute is ready to replace Sanchez, because the Nerazzurri has been in the midfield to stabilize the foot, there is no dead ball in the whole 7 minutes of the game, in the process of the Nerazzurri fell, Napoli did not actively rush to the pressure.
After forming a dead ball so easily, Napoli changed three people in one go, changing 4231 to 352 - Spalletti played at home, the league points were backward, he had the advantage of physical fitness, but at this moment he chose to abandon the main formation, the usual way of playing, because of the fear of being killed and strengthen the defense, at the expense of complete sacrifice of the attack (Napoli failed to shoot after the change), his personality, his coaching style, was reflected in this moment.
To be sure, since entering 2021, Inter's form has declined compared to last December, and the wins are mostly stumbling and narrow wins, although winning the Italian Super Cup, but also losing the equally important derby, exposing many problems in the process.
Especially under the premise of today's three-tier vicious battles and high-intensity competitions, Inter once fell into a very delicate and dangerous moment of morale, points situation and public opinion wind after the derby.
At such times, Inter met a coach like Spalletti who held a large advantage in the "six-point battle for the title" but "did not dare to let go of the victory", far better than to meet a fierce character who "took advantage of your illness to kill you".
If Inter can really hold their ground and take advantage of the opportunity to grab a wave of points against the middle and lower teams to consolidate the situation, then looking back after the season, Spalletti may also be an "assister".
It also proves that Inter's practice of firing Spalletti at any cost made sense.