Inter came away with all 3 points in their outing at the Stadio Alberto Braglia in Modena after having beaten Carpi 1-2 following a brace from Stevan Jovetic.
Samir Handanovic – 6.5: Had quite abit to do today. Showed safe hands, was cool, calm & collected. Can’t be blaimed for Carpi’s goal.
Davide Santon – 6: Reliable, composed & solid. Worked his socks off up & down that right flank helping out in defense & attack.
Joao Miranda – 6,5: Exactly the leader in defense that Inter have been lacking since Walter Samuel’s glory days. Plays intellgently all the time.
Jeison Murilla – 6: The comparisons with Cordoba are quite understandable as he’s just as mean, tough, quick & good in the aie as his compatriot.
Juan Jesus – 6: Is turning out to be a great player out on his left full-back role. Secure in defensively & improving offensively. Almost scored in the end.
Fredy Guarin – 6,5: This game defines Fredy Guarin: makes loads of simple mistakes but still manages to get an assist & win the penalty to win the game.
Gary Medel – 6: Does what he does best: chases the life out of the opposing midfielders & wins the ball. Doesn’t fuss about with the ball.
Geoffrey Kondogbia – 5,5: Didn’t have a great game but in all honesty neither did Inter as a team. Won a lot of balls defensively but needs to improve offensively.
Marcelo Brozovic – 6: Likes playing as a trequartista since he loves running up & down the pitch. A bit wasteful at times in his passing but has right attitude.
Rodrigo Palacio – 5,5: Had a poor game. Looked slow, sluggish & tired. Positioning and timing were off today & his finishing was disastrous. Icardi needs to get fit quick.
Stevan Jovetic – 8: Gave another man of the match performance by scoring a brace, setting up his team-mates & generally looking like a real number 10.
Yuto Nagatomo – 2: Came on in 80th minute for Santon. His positioning is beyond shameful & why he was chosen over Montoya is beyond a mistery.
Hernanes – : Brought on in 85th minute for Brozovic. Didn’t play long enough to be able to be graded.
Andrea Ranocchia – : Brought on for some reason in 90th minute for Jovetic. Didn’t play long enough to be able to be graded.
Roberto Mancini – 5: Got the tactics wrong tonight & made matters worse with his substitutions that almost cost Inter the game.
Inter’s performance – 6: Winning against against a newly promoted Carpi that are playing at home away at Modena by scoring the winning goal in the 89th minute can’t warrant a high mark. In fact Inter’s performance in the second half was poor. However, this match was won as opposed to last season when these matches would have been lost and the points are all that matter at the end of the day.
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