At home, Inter lost 2-0 to Liverpool.
A number of players tried their best, Inter once did not lose, but in terms of score, this season's Champions League journey, the probability of stopping.
Where did Inter lose?
Italian TV is talking about "Inter's best 15 minutes in the Champions League this season", pointing out that the period from the beginning of the second half to the 60th minute is the best 15 minutes of Inter's Champions League this season, and even Inter's champions league in recent years - but Inter's problem now is that this strength can only last for a short time, as long as it can not score continuously during the strong period, it is difficult to escape defeat.
Inter fine-tuned their formation positions at halftime, changing their passivity in the first half, taking a big advantage and starting to create some chances.
In the process, the role of some strong points is fully exerted.
Take Shkrinjar, for example.
Take Perisic, for example.
Under their leadership, Vidal, Dumfries and other pre-match people were worried about the link, but also played beyond expectations. Inter kept punching into the box and creating opportunities, the whole Meazza stadium boiled over, and Klopp was getting more and more anxious on the sidelines.
Considering the strength and level of the opponent, these 15 minutes, Inter can be said to have played for a long time, a rare "Champions League performance". However, with Inter's strength today, this strong period is destined not to last long, and if you can't seize the opportunity, you will be tragic. Playing Real Madrid is like this, playing derby is like this, this battle is also like this.
Inter's collapse began with two legendary players.
One is Dzeko.
In the first 60 minutes, Zheke can run, carry and comb, and can complete the action in running.
After 60 minutes, Dzeko ran out of fuel and began to undergo a series of changes.
In the first step, I can barely run, but I can't adjust my body to complete the action during the run.
The second step is that I can't run. Reflected in the scene, Inter more points crazy running, Dzeko walking and kicking, the picture is hot eyes. Reflected in the data, The frequency of Zheke's touch of the ball has been greatly reduced.
In the third step, the action is completely deformed, even if the ball is simply handled, it is repeatedly wrong, and the attitude and role of the game are criticized.
For example, when Inter conceded the first goal - Liverpool set-piece, Dzeko was actually the player closest to the drop point, but he stood still, but It was Bastoni who was farther away from the drop point to compete for the top...
The picture in the 70th minute is very representative: Inzaghi Jr. adjusted the front line, Sanchez came off the bench, but it was Lautaro who was replaced.
Lautaro was depressed when he left the field, and Inzaghi Jr. had the heart to give encouragement, but was ignored by the players.
This has happened countless times this season. Ming Mingzheke ran out of fuel, the effect was greatly reduced, Lautaro still had physical strength to fight, but he was always replaced in advance, and it was also common for people to have emotions.
Hopefully, such a thing would give little Inzaghi a reminder to abandon his dependence on Dzeko, or rather, fantasy.
The other is Handanovich.
Liverpool scored all 2 shots, although it can not all blame the goalkeeper, but this kind of game with a weak opponent, the weak team goalkeeper is powerless to save the risk, and it is undoubtedly too difficult to be upset. The customary saying in football is that "the goalkeeper saves a dangerous goal, comparable to a goal from the striker", so this season, many strong conversations, Inter captains have "goal shortage" problems.
The first ball was conceded, Handa moved incorrectly, realized the danger and tried to bounce backwards on the ground, but once again showed that his physical function was more than a notch worse than his own youth!
The second goal, although the goalkeeper's vision was obstructed, but the subconscious action of extending his legs could not be made, which can also be described as "old dragon clock".
In this battle, the average age of Inter's players is as high as 29.93 years old, which is 3 years older than Liverpool (26.97 years old), and the 37-and-a-half-year-old Handa and the 36-year-old Dzeko will greatly increase the age of Inter. At this age, they can still play the main force of the defending champions in Serie A, which is considered a "legend", but many big scenes this season have confirmed that they are not the "long board" of this team, but the "short board" of good use and big hidden dangers. Competitive sports, metabolism is an iron law, Inter sooner or later have to face.
After the game, there was a lot of criticism of little Inzaghi on Western social networking sites.
Some of the criticisms are more plausible, such as his lack of a second option to replace Dzeko.
But some of the criticisms are unreasonable, such as his complete defeat to Klopp in terms of substitution adjustments.
Do a simple arithmetic problem: the five players who came off the bench for Liverpool were valued in the Transfer Market, namely Díaz (40 million), Firmino (38 million), Naby Keita (30 million), Henderson + Milner (20 million), with a total price of 128 million euros. Inter's five players who came off the bench, Sanchez 3.5 million, Gagliardini 12 million, DiMarco 16 million, Ranocchio 1 million, Damian 7 million, a total price of 0.39 billion euros, this three-fold gap proves that the thickness of the two sides' squads and bench reserves are not at one level at all, can not be compared.
The value of Liverpool's substitutions is not just a number, but the team spent real money to buy (such as Naby Keita is 60 million to buy), Inter these substitutes, or loan recovery, or visa waivers, or many years ago spent to buy, there is this gap, it is normal.
This season Inter's goal is to keep the lower limit and rush to the upper limit. In the process of hitting the ceiling, the team exposed a lot of problems.
For example, the lack of top strikers, the lack of qualified rotation, the lack of speed, the lack of explosive points... Wait a minute
The problem can be attributed to one point: the need to throw money, but the team has no money.
The problem of the team's financial difficulties is difficult to improve in the short term. Therefore, Inter does not need to be too sad - today's Inter really does not have the hard power to compete with Europe's top chaebols. Instead of complaining that the miracle did not happen, it is better to focus on playing the league and cup games, surviving the severe winter of the epidemic, keeping the lifeline, and waiting for the turnaround, which is a rational and pragmatic approach.