In the early morning of Beijing time today (28th), the 20th round of the 2021-22 Serie A season, Inter milan was reversed by Bologna 1-2 away. After losing this match, Inter once again lost the initiative to compete for the league title.
"There are 12 points left, the league is still long, and the 2-point gap can be recovered." Inzaghi said this after the game, not knowing what he thought in his heart. After losing the make-up match against Bologna, Inter Milan once again lost the initiative to compete for the league title, and although the distance between the two teams was the same at the end of the game, Milan had already taken a step ahead.
Looking back at today's results a month later, perhaps Andre Ladou's oolong assist is fatal and can directly affect the final championship. The disastrous scene took place in the 81st minute, when Perisic sent a sideline ball at the back and threw it directly in the direction of the goalkeeper, and Defrey judged the speed of the ball and the tightness of the opponent, choosing to let the ball pass and let the goalkeeper handle it. As a result, Radu hesitated, made a big mistake, and kicked the ball directly into his own goal, and Sansone easily pushed the empty goal to score.
Perhaps DeFrei subconsciously thought that standing in front of the goal was captain Handanovic, and although the Slovenian goalkeeper was not superior in terms of foot skills, he was experienced and mentally strong. On the other hand, Radu, a very simple handling ball, panicked enough to not be able to look at the foot, hurriedly processed, resulting in bitter fruit.
Radu, the goalkeeper, dressed at a level far beyond the level of goalkeeping, and Kordaz, who was the main player in Crotone the previous season, gave him a three-goal supple. The peak of Radu's career was in the 2018-19 season, Genoa captain Perrin left Juventus, the general was pulled out of the box, Radu took the position, conceded 46 goals in 33 league games, had 6 clean sheets, and could only be said to be decent. After playing for another half a season, As soon as Palin returned, he immediately gave up the main position.
Ironically, Radou, who was later loaned to Parma, did not compete with Sepe, and in the case of Sepe's injury, the pick was not as good as the perennial two-goal Colombo. The main reason is that Radu's basic skills are relatively poor, the play is too up and down, and the psychological quality is not too strong, which is finally reflected in the field.
This season is also, as the team's youth training, Radu has been reduced to a tool for fans. Just recently, he cooperated with the club's short video platform to shoot a video showing the difference between Chinese and Western languages, and was jokingly called a social media goalkeeper by fans, and his agent complained about the lack of opportunities five times. But it gave him a chance, and he failed to seize it (Handanovic's back discomfort), and after this battle, I am afraid that no team will give him the main position in the future.
However, the responsibility for the loss of this game is not Radu alone, Inter Milan as a whole is subject to the fatigue of a week of double matches, and the performance of the first half in the 30 minutes and after is almost like that of both teams. Inter had a perfect start, with just three minutes into the opening, when Perisic used his superior personal prowess to first go through the crotch and then shoot hard with his left foot into the net. At the same time, Inter players are also a variety of interludes, back-running, straight plugs, Bologna defenders are overwhelmed.
However, in the second half, Inter's players' physical strength dropped sharply, the attack could only rely on simple side-ups, and the Bologna defender was much better defensive, and it was impossible to play a subtle combination. This is due to the intensive schedule, on the other hand, Inter Milan is also subject to the rotation level of Inzaghi Jr. Since the schedule is not something that can be decided by oneself, it can only be hoped that the personnel will be adjusted.
Before coaching Inter, Inzaghi Jr. had no experience in dealing with multi-front combat and was accustomed to Lazio's one-line lineup. But Inter's squad depth is not comparable to Lazio's, and in the era of "five substitutions", Inter's advantage in the league should be amplified. Especially in the second half, not to mention the play beyond the ability of the players, if used properly, there should be different people who can stand up and help the team share the pressure, but Inzaghi Jr. failed to do so. In terms of rotational players, only D'Ambrosio, Damien and Alexis Sanchez met expectations. Di Marco has no continuity, Vidal and Besino are basically useless, let alone idle people like Radu.
So during the intense schedules of February and March, the team began to stand still for a long time, and now it has dropped the chain in the final moments of the championship. In this game, Di Marco even volunteered to go off, and he told Inzaghi that he could not run, and it was a strange phenomenon that the game had not yet reached 70 minutes. In stark contrast, when Medel, who returned from early release through appeal, was asked by the coach if he could still insist, the reply was: "I'm okay!" "The time was 88 minutes.
Inzaghi was more mindful of the first goal conceded than Radu's mistake. DiMarco's height naturally can not prevent Arnautovic, Inter defenders temporarily made a mistake in the change of defense, DeFrey first let Di Marco go with Soriano when commanding the defense, and then changed to Arnautovic, but he only went to block the passing route, and Arnautovic should have been his eye. Bologna didn't actually create any decent opportunities throughout the game, with both goals being scored by Inter.
Of course, a loss in a game is not the end, but Inter's fault tolerance rate is already very small. If Radu hadn't made a big mistake, or if Defrey had kept an eye on Arnau, Inter would have had to wait for Milan to draw 1 game in the next four wins to force their opponents to win the title. But now Inter need to expect Milan to lose at least one game (or two draws) while guaranteeing that they will get the full points. Despite this, Italian commentator Marcorin still insists that blue and black are more dominant than red and black, with the probability of winning the title by 52% and 48% respectively, because Inter still have a relatively better schedule and Milan have a points advantage. In any case, the struggle for the Serie A title this season is destined to last until the last minute.
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