Inter traveled to the Marassi-stadium to play Sampdoria away and started the game in a strange way. The team looked tired and disorganized, Sampdoria were dangerous up front but missed out on their occasions. Slowly Inter started to grow into the game and gain confidence. The team created chances and Palacio forced a great save from Viviano with a shot from inside the box. Telles looked lively on his wing and mixed this with a good defensive display, I really like the Brazilian wing back and I hope he can continue growing for us.
A crucial moment of the first half was when Guarin got a great opportunity after good play from Kondogbia. The French served the Colombian who was all alone in the box, yet Guarin managed to miss both the target and the goal. If he had scored there, Sampdoria would’ve been forced to hit on the break for the whole game. Instead Guarin continued to play as he has done the last few games, sloppy passing and without any quality whatsoever. How he manages to start every game for Inter and how he is never subbed is beyond my knowledge but I’m hoping for Mancini to change this soon.
After this chance for Inter, Sampdoria player Correa probably made the miss of the season. After shooting at Handanovic the ball bounced luckily for Correa who just had to bury the shot into an open goal, instead he missed and Inter got away to the break with a draw. The second half started just as the first half with Samp creating chances whilst Inter had problems in doing something dangerous. Samp took the lead and this is when Inter started to do what they should’ve done for the while game. Seeing as Perisic is an offensive winger he needs to be fed on the wing and try to find Icardi with crosses in the box. Samp came close to score 2-0 a couple of times but didn’t manage to do so and when Mancini finally decided to get some new players on the pitch, Inter built up pressure.
Biabiany and Manaj came on and with the French winger on one side and Perisic on the other side, Inter did what they should’ve done the whole game and also the whole season. Use the wings to create chances for and activate Icardi. As soon as Inter did this Sampdoria struggled and Icardi brilliantly set Perisic up for the 1-1 goal. You could see how important it was for Perisic to get the goal and when playing in his real position, the winger both delivered good crosses and came on to good scoring positions where he was dangerous.
Mancini kept Ljajic on the bench for about 88 minutes which noone understood. It’s clear that something must’ve gone wrong for the Serbian striker because when a youngster like Manaj goes in front of Ljajic, Mancini wants to send a signal. I’d love for Ljajic to get more playing time and I hope he can react in the best of ways to Mancini’s decisions and to prove the coach wrong because otherwise we’re risking another Shaqiri-case.
In the end of the game referee Rocchi missed out on what was a clear penalty call. If a referee doesn’t see a penalty like that there’s no reason to have a penalty rule or to even award penalties for players who’re slaughtered in the penalty area. And for those who are ready to claim that Inter played badly and didn’t deserve a penalty, football isn’t about deserving things it’s about winning games. If a penalty should be given, it should be given no matter if it’s deserved or not. At this moment Rocchi took a decision that showed his incompetence yet he’s seen as one of Italy’s best refereees. Pure shame really.
At the end of the day a draw away against Sampdoria is no bad result and another positive note was that Perisic got a goal. I think that the goal will be crucial for the Crotian winger and that he will now be more relaxed during his game. Another positive note was that Icardi showed what he’s good at after a quiet first half. When the delivery started to reach him in the opponents box he was an absolute beast and it needs to be clear for everyone that Inter needs to play activating Icardi more. I know that Icardi isn’t Lewandowski, but they have some similiarities. There’s nothing strange that Lewandowsik has exploded since Bayern has started to play with wingers that feed him more than Robben/Ribery who might score more themselves. Inter needs to think in the same way activating the young striker with passes and crosses.
Entering the national break Inter has 16 points in 6 games which is good and now lets hope for our players to return without injury problems. In the game against Juve it will be crucial to have Jovetic back and one problem for the team is that we’re depending on Jovetic to much. A player like Jovetic is signed to make the difference when he plays but this does not mean that Inter can’t play without him. From this game we take some good and some bad but mostly the sensations are positive and as always, Forza Inter.
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To everyone wondering why Ljajic and Brozovic never play is due to Mancini not being happy with how they perform on training. Makes sense to me. If you dont train well you dont get to play. Source: http://www.fcinternews.it/rassegna-stampa/cds-ora-c-e-un-caso-ljajic-ecco-i-motivi-197442
I would really like to see us play a 4-4-2 system again like we played in the second half! If one looks at our squad it seems made up for a 4-4-2! Jojo and Icardi are box-strikers, and Jojo isn’t a winger suited for a 4-3-3, so therefore; two on the top! Perisic was insane when playing on the left wing in second half yesterday and Biabiany played really well, despite the fact he has been away from football for a hole year – both are true, old fashin wingers! Ljajic isn’t a true winger, but more a number ten-type of player, but could easily play on the wing as well, and our full backs would love to have someone on the wing helping them out in attack (not like in the 4-3-1-2 where the fullbacks are mend to provide the crosses by them selfs) and in defense.
We have true psycical monsters to take care of the two demanding central midfield roles; Melo, Medel, Kondogbia, Brozzo, and Gnou – all of them are made for the defensive midfielder roles with the 4-4-2 recaries but are still really good at passing the ball to the wings as well!
The only transfer well need in January – if playing 4-4-2 would be another box-striker because if “glass-leg” gets injuried again we’ll only have Icardi on top!
Next game Mancio should play Brozovic and Ljajic instead of Palacio and Guarin.
it’s should be:
Plan A: Handa – Murillo-Medel-Telles-Santon- Kondogbia-Melo-BROZOVIC- LJAJIC-Perisic-Icardi
or
PLAN B: : Handa- Murillo-JUANJESUS-Telles-Santon – Kondogbia-Melo-MEDEL- LJAJIC-Perisic-Icardi
I agree
I agree with this.same thing in my mind about ljacic and brozo
The negatives are that we are too slow offensively,and Icardi was like a garden figurine for most of the game but I have seen quite a few positives:
Perisic,Telles,the two center backs,the beginning of Kondo before he got a muscle problem,the reaction to the goal ,also the 5 minutes of Ljalic made me think that he should play more.
Even Biabiany who has not played for one year,may be hopefully on his way to his Parma 2013-14 form .
Finally,for an 18 years old Manaj is not bad,not bad at all.
i dont understand what is in Mancini’s brain right now
Why do we play like shit? I felt like we should have scored many more and why does Palacio start? Why is Melo getting another yellow, you aint playing Milan, Napoli, Roma or Juventus. Save your anger for those teams. Ljajic, wtf is going on there? Why is Guarin a starter? What happend to Brozovic, I actually liked him last season, maybe he aint that good as I thought.
I do not understand why we always have to concede to finally get out of the dressing room and start playing football. The last 20 minutes of the match were amazing, we should play like that all the time!
I think the only satisfying aspect of the match was the jerseys. What a nice kit it is! Too bad the neck part is not like the home jersey. Definitely purchasing this one.
About the game itself Im either disappointed or positive. We can do much better then this and Mancini should be more brave with his tactics exactly because we don’t play in Europe. Guarin has been to much conservative since the derby and maybe he should be replaced. The front line its not clicking at all.
Today we took a step in the right direction -mancini actually played with wingers and we dominated the match! Mancini shouldn’t be so scared to start like this! We aren’t playing in europe so we should go all out every match from the first minute. If we play like we did in the second half with Jojo and miranda then we have one heck of a chance against jube
I am only worried about slowness of our midfield against Jube.. other than that i think we can stop them and actually get a positive result from them..
Plus we have a double agent in Hernanes
LOL
Hope Mancio play Medel, Melo and Kondog in midfield to stop their midfield
I couldn’t watch the game so i trust author’s judgement about the match.There must be something wrong in Mancini’s head when Manaj is ahead of Ljajic in his choices.Lets hope he uses our players effectively from now on.A draw in Marassi is always a good result.Now lets focus on the derby d’Italia.
FORZA INTER!