In the early morning of 2 May, the 35th round of Serie A kicked off, with defending champions Inter Milan narrowly beating Udinese 2-1 away, with Perisic and Lauta Romadinez scoring goals. After this campaign, Inter still clamped down on their city rival AC Milan by two points, who continued to lead the way with a 1-0 win over Fiorentina in the earlier match.
In the middle of last week, Inter lost 2-1 away to Bologna in the 20th round of Serie A, not only ending a four-game winning streak in the league, but also missing the best opportunity to return to the top of the table against Milan. However, this did not affect Inter's morale. Facing 12th-placed Udinese in this round, captain Handanovic returned, and Dzeko, Gagliardini and Damian also rotated the starting lineup.
Inter's start was smooth, and in the 13th minute, Di Marco opened a corner and Perisic rubbed into the near corner to give the team a fantastic start. In the 39th minute, Djenko was brought down inside the penalty area and Inter were awarded a penalty. Lauta Romadinez's shot bounced off the left upright and he headed the ball off the post to end the first half with Inter's 2-0 lead. Although Udinese pulled back a goal in the 72nd minute, Inter won 2-1 and scored all three points.
With 52% of the ball and 5 goals on 12 shooting, Inter's 3 points are still very economical. The return of striker Lautaro has also made fans very happy, in the last 10 games in all competitions, Lautaro has scored nine goals, this season in all competitions for Inter has scored 21 goals, equaling the 2019/20 single-season goal record. Of course, the performance of another Inter member has also been unanimously recognized by the club and fans, and he is indistinguishable Inzaghi Jr., who has only taken office this season.
The defeat of Udinese in this round is the 30th victory won by the Italian young marshal leading Inter, since joining Meazza this season, he has led the team to play a total of 48 games, 30 wins, 11 draws and 7 losses, the win rate reached 62.5%, this win rate is second only to his predecessor Conte after Inter's European Triple Crown era, the iron coach coached Inter for two seasons, with a record of 64 wins, 23 draws and 15 losses, a winning rate of 62.7%. In fact, Inter god Mourinho, in meazza's two seasons, the record is only 68 wins, 25 draws and 15 losses, a winning rate of 62.9%, only 0.4 percentage points higher than Inzaghi Jr.
However, it is needless to say what kind of Inter milan team Mourinho is coaching, and Conte, who leads Inter to win the Serie A title for the second time in 11 years, has obviously a much better card in his hand than the current Inzaghi Jr., and the strength of the top scorer Lukaku and the right wing Ashraf is far from being comparable to Dzeko and Dumfries today. However, even if it was a remnant team, Little Inzaghi still showed his good ability to cook rice. Compared with the "5-8 places" predicted by some celebrities, now that the Serie A is nearing its end, Inter still retains the hope of defending the title. What is more worth mentioning is that the Nerazzurri also reached the knockout stage in the Champions League, although it eventually lost to Liverpool, but it also gave the opponent the only defeat in the Champions League so far this season. You know, in the 12 years since Mourinho left, this is the first time Inter have reached the Champions League knockout stage, and even Conte has not been able to do this.
It is true that Little Inzaghi still has many shortcomings in coaching, but he is only 46 years old after all, and there is still a lot of room for growth. In fact, after the 1-2 defeat to Bologna, Inter CEO Marotta publicly expressed his support for the Italian young marshal, saying that he would continue to coach Inter regardless of whether he defended his title. In fact, this is also a good change in the mentality of Inter's top management.
After the European Treble, the Nerazzurri have welcomed a total of 12 official managers, with the longest-time managers Spalletti and Conte in two seasons, and the shortest being Frank De Boll on February 23. Spalletti and Conte proved to be the best record, with the former leading Inter to the long-lost Champions League, while the latter taking home the Serie A title trophy for Inter after 11 years of absence. So, with such a successful experience, Inter also has more patience and tolerance for little Inzaghi. The benefits to Inter, who still have operational difficulties, are returning to the throne and entering a sustainable development trajectory.