Inter refused to rotate in order to avoid the tragedy of Juventus 24 years ago

Inter thrashed Salernitana 4-0 to move 10 points ahead of second-place finish.

However, after the game, almost all reporters put on a posture of "asking the teacher to ask for the guilt", chasing the Inter coach, pointing to the so-called "biggest controversy" - the suspicion that Inter has too little rotation.

There are two major phenomena that make people feel that Inter is surrounded by a kind of domineering power, or in other words, deterrent power, so for the issue of rotation, we should not only consider the "method", but also the "effect". It is a fact that Inter Milan did not carry out a large rotation, but the effect of reducing the burden on the main team is very good.

What are the two major phenomena?

First of all, it was Inter who showed their strongest dominance in 17 years this season.

Inter have won 20 of their first 24 games, the only time in the club's history to achieve a high winning percentage in the same period, the last time being in 2006-07 (21 wins). The 63 points in the first 24 rounds were also the second-highest in the team's history for the same period, and even higher in the 2006-07 season (66 points).

In the 2006-07 season, Juventus was relegated because of "phonegate", AC Milan penalized points, and Serie A became a one-man show for Inter. At that time, there were non-competitive reasons.

Seventeen years later, no verdict or penalty was awarded, Inter showed the same dominance, which is commendable.

Rooted in the dominance of the team (first in goal difference in the top five leagues), the player's record is too numerous to mention.

Lautaro became the first Inter striker to score 20 goals in the first 23 league games of a single season since Vieri.

Thuram became only the second Frenchman after Djokaef to score double-digit league goals in a single season for Inter.

Sommer has kept 15 clean sheets in just 23 league games, equalling his career record for a single-season clean sheet (at Borussia Mönchenchen in 2014-15).

Even Augusto became the first defender in 13 years to provide two assists in a single game for Inter.

Such a performance has also made more and more Italians admire: the level of Inter Milan's performance this season is unique in Serie A, and it is reasonable to lead the second place by double-digit points.

Another phenomenon is also worth paying attention to: Inter Milan does have a smaller rotation than expected, but the opponents who are known as "killing red eyes for relegation" and "changing coaches like changing knives" have far more rotation than expected.

Inter Milan only made 3 adjustments in this game compared to the last round of Roma.

"Donkey No. 1" Acerbi was absent due to injury, "Donkey No. 2" Damian rested the whole game, and "Donkey No. 3" Calhanoglu was replaced after 66 minutes.

Because of a three-goal lead at half-time, Inter replaced Tu Lao and Mkhitaryan in the 60th minute.

Compared with the pre-match prediction of "Milan Sports Newspaper", Inter's rotation is indeed small, but the opponent's rotation is very large and very large - nearly half of the main players did not start.

In terms of physical expenditure alone, the running of the whole team of Inter Milan is only 104 kilometers, what is the concept? Compared with the average running of Inter in the first 22 rounds (112 kilometers), most of the people ran less. The opponent's full-course run is only 100 kilometers, which is much less than Inter Milan, who did not give their all, and a full gap of one person less than their average of 111 kilometers in the first 22 rounds, which can be described as "not working".

This shows what Salernitana have in mind – they don't have any hope of picking up points at the Meazza Stadium, they don't want to risk injury or overdraft, they want to go all out for the next five rounds (against Monza, Udine, Cagliari, Lecce and Bologna), and as for this game, just give up!

This is also the fundamental reason why Inter had 26 shots to 1 and 10 shots on target in the whole game, setting a new record for the most corners (18) in a single game in Serie A this season.

In a word: Inter's strong dominance this season has made the opponent cowardly before fighting, hiding the main force, winning small losses, not working hard, and posing as a gesture of surrendering the gun and asking for light abuse. It is no exaggeration to say that the intensity and intensity of this 4-0 match is not much higher than that of an internal training match, and people are not worried about Inter's excessive consumption, but should worry about whether Sommer will catch a cold.

Speaking after the game, Inter coach Inzaghi explained why he didn't make a big rotation: "We made three changes compared to Roma and it was true that I could have changed more, but it wasn't a problem. We have to have the right focus...... As a player, I've won a Serie A title that I almost lost. We've all been in football for years and we all know that no trophy is 'safe' in football. ”

Inzaghi won only one title as a player: at the turn of the millennium, Juventus led Lazio by nine points with just eight league games remaining, but the Blues were able to win the title after a rainy battle in Perugia.

There is such a precedent, and the more Inzaghi Jr. reaches the moment of "crossing the line" for the championship, the more cautious he becomes, which is understandable.

After the game, many veterans were very unhappy and complained that Inzaghi Jr.'s rotation was too small.

However, the rotation before the Champions League is to achieve two major purposes: first, to reduce the burden on the main team. Second, get the "three points in the plan" without spending too much.

The fact is that because of the strong deterrent shown by Inter in the league, because the opponent surrendered the gun in advance and raised the white flag, Inter Milan perfectly achieved the above two goals without a large rotation.

This is a performance of the champion team's domineering side leakage. Then, don't go up this time, you can't do it!