Inter beat Juventus, while AC Milan was forced to draw by Bologna, making the title race in Serie A change again.
Although Inter still have no initiative to compete for the title – four points behind the top of the table in one less game (4.5 points considering the disadvantage in the match), AC Milan is still the closest to winning the bid – but Inter is always slightly better than before the derby.
After the Juve Arena victory, two things happened: Zhang Kangyang postponed his return to China, which could help Inter storm the championship. At the same time, the news that Inter must make a profit of 50 million+ this summer has been confirmed, which also means that Inter may be as painful this summer as last summer.
According to the Milan Sports Newspaper, after the victory of the Italian derby, Zhang Kangyang led a large number of managers to the dressing room to congratulate the team.
At that time, the team was celebrating in the locker room, the players were hi, and after seeing Zhang Kangyang, they also did something "disrespectful".
Media introduction: "Handanovic's celebration is the wildest, and so is Ranocchio, D'Ambrosio, Bastoni, Charhanolu... Everyone hugged Zhang Kangyang, grabbed his clothes, and forced him to jump with the team. Zhang was obviously a little shocked, but he wasn't shy enough to run away. He also embraced little Inzaghi – a coach he's always admired, and the two have a lot of consensus on football. ”
Pink newspapers pointed out that after Zhang Kangyang initially returned to Milan City, the scheduled time for leaving the team to return to China was after Inter finished playing Liverpool at home.
Later, due to changes in the situation, the return time was postponed three times.
The first postponement came after playing Liverpool away.
The second postponement was until after completing Brozovic's contract extension.
The third postponement was until after the Italian derby.
Now, with the derby winning, and with the party making Zhang Kangyang feel passionate and happy, inter may postpone his return to China again, this time after the end of the season.
Is this decision a blessing or a curse for Inter?
Italian media believe that there are positive factors.
There are three reasons, first of all, the boss is sitting, saving the managers the trouble of "asking for instructions across the ocean", which helps Inter complete some key contract extensions, such as the renewal of Shkrinjar that has not yet been signed.
Moreover, some time ago, there was some instability in the dressing room, and in the last few rounds of Inter did not have half room for fault, there were bosses pressing the Overseers, regardless of tactics and status, at least the players will work harder.
The important third point is that some time ago, Inzaghi Jr. had some mistakes, mainly because of poor results, too much pressure and a change in mentality, thus tying his hands and feet, after winning Juventus and harvesting Zhang Kangyang's face-to-face compliments, Little Inzaghi no longer has to worry so much, and his mentality may change dramatically. He can stabilize his mind, which is of course beneficial to Inter.
However, at the same time, a number of authoritative Italian journalists, such as the "Milan Sports Newspaper" with the team, such as Biasin, Romano and others have pointed out that as Inter's financial situation this season is becoming clearer, as the season is nearing the end, Inter's budget for next season has been called out, and Inter's transfer budget this summer may be: negative 50 million euros.
A negative 50 million means that the team needs to achieve a profit of 50 million euros on the summer ball market.
That is to say, if the income from the sale is 50 million, then the reinforcement budget is zero. If the seller earns 100 million, then the reinforcement budget is 50 million, and so on.
In the words of various names, this summer's Inter will be "painful", "torturous" and "sacrificial", just as they did last year when they lost Lukaku and Ashraf.
Faced with the task of 50 million profits, what will Inter plan?
Romano pointed out that Marotta is not considering taking the initiative to sell an absolute main force such as Lautaro for the time being, hoping to sell out-of-staff players to make up this number (such as Pinamonti, Dalbert, Esposito, Sensi, and some talented teenagers on loan, etc.). If they can achieve their goals, coupled with the removal of some overpaid veterans, Inter will not have to worry about losing its absolute backbone.
But anything can happen in the ball market, if in the context of Inter's urgent need for profits, there are local chaebols who offer good prices for Inter's core players, then in the current situation, Inter is of course not qualified to talk about what "non-selling".
Some people will say: This should not be the concept of a giant. But there is a problem with this statement: in the Food Chain of European market transfers, Inter still regards themselves as "giants", which is itself a wrong assessment.
Selling promising gifted teenagers could create a new Zagnolo tragedy. Selling the key absolute main force may cause a new Ashraf tragedy, so whether it wins the championship or not, this summer's Inter may be painful, and the monarchs may wish to make psychological preparations first.
People are poor and short-minded, and there is nothing they can do. Faced with a deficit of 245 million euros last season and a deficit of 100-110 million euros this season, Inter actually did not have many options.