Luciano Spalletti and Stefano Pioli have decided to field the following 22 players in tonights opening fixture of the 2017/2018 Serie A season at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milano’s San Siro district.
Spalletti has chosen to field Borja Valeri and Matias Vecino together with Marcelo Brozovic in midfield whilst opting to go with Yuto Nagatomo instead of Dalbert in the left of defence. The complete line-up:
Inter (4-2-3-1): Handanovic; D’Ambrosio, Skriniar, Miranda, Nagatomo; Vecino, Borja Valero; Candreva, Brozovic, Perisic; Icardi.
Substitutes: Padelli, Gagliardini, Jovetic, Joao Mario, Ranocchia, Ansaldi, Eder, Dalbert, Vanheusden, Gabigol, Pinamonti.
Fiorentina (4-2-3-1): Sportiello; Tomovic, Vitor Hugo, Astori, Maxi Olivera; Sanchez, Veretout; Benassi, Eysseric, Gil Dias; Simeone.
Substitutes: Cerofolini, Dragowski, Biraghi, Milenkovic, Badelj, Zekhnini, Hagi, Cristoforo, Pezzella, Babacar, Hristov, Bruno Gaspar.
If only Mario had Sneijder’s longshot, he’d be a complete midfielder
LOL Sneijder’s long shot is a big ask. I don’t think there are many as good as Wesley was. Recoba maybe
Dejan Stankovic, Steven Gerrard
Stevie G’s nowhere near Sneijder. Deki has scored some amazing goals but again, he wasn’t that consistent in his long shot. Sneijder was so deadly that when you left him opened just outside the box, you’d expect a goal
Dejan has longshot goals more than any other of our midfielder in 20 years
That’s coz he played a decade for us. Let’s not dispute this, Sneijder was clearly superior. They’re both legends!
Naga down…good excuse to haul him out
He will do yoga to cure himself
NOOOO NAGATOMO injured
I’m off. I like to watch this team play without getting distracted by comments here. Here’s to hoping for a great season ahead, filled with wins, goals & great football.
Forza Inter.
Do you miss Kondo ?
I do. Too soon yet, but the way they played, I won’t for long. Also, nice memory.
Joao Mario bossing
Marioo
in my wildest imagination, Naga would have shoot and score from the near post and silence all of us..
Sub Naga pls.
Is Nagatomo slowly regressing to his former self in the second half?
He is done being decent for this season lol
Absolutely no end product from the LB
Nagalol naga is backkkk
Damn son, that would’ve been one heck of a goal.
Nagastupid!
Now is the moment of truth, can we control the midfield without borja
nagaaaaa
just imaging marcos alonso in this situation for example 🙁
Brozo and Naga still on? Hehe
And just as I say that, Mario is introduced.
So much defending worries me. Nothing constructive for us this half. Almost like Spal. has decided to park the bus.
*Thanks Mou for that classic expression.*
And it happened! Except for Valero, not Brozo.
how is the second half going so far??
Gabigol to he subbed on and score 15 goals soon. #GabiLoan
I won’t bashing Our Lord Naga, I’ll give him my energy, my spirit, so He can keep his super saiyan mode…
Ok, Brozo needs to get off soon
I think it would be good time to see JM for Brozo.
Think we will see JM, Eder, and Gagli
Naga forget to yoga in halftime
Need to see Joao Mario and Dalbert soon 🙂
Me too
I believe Spaleti knows best. Lets see
You are a very wise guy mate, hats to you
Haha… we are enjoying the match and all the comments here, aren’t we?
Yup
Lucky to not concede there, that was terrible.
Borja is the regista we so desperately needed. I love how calmly he plays under pressure
He is like Spaleti’s De Rossi at roma..
After 2 goals, icardi lack of determination, he waste lots of chances, better sub him with eder or jovetic
what chances has he missed besides perhaps finish off the ball he won from he defender in the first half…he is hustling for every ball…playing deep…don’t see any reason to take him off other than to give Eder or Jovetic some minutes but that can happen closer to the 75th minute or so…
Maybe you re right
I hope we manage to see Jovetic, Brozovic, Santon & Rano before Sept. It’ll really open up funds for Schick, Keita, Pellegri etc.
Keita is Juve bound.
So I keep reading, but I keep *hoping* we’ll snag him.
Don’t think we are getting wingers. I’m expecting Schick and Cancelo and then we wrap it up.
We need centre backs + Karamoh to back up Candreva, should he stay. Otherwise, we’ll need to replace him too.
We are FFP restrained. Expect Gabigol to stay as a backup, I really don’t think we are chasing any wingers now. One centre back should arrive though, you are right. Mangala with a loan deal if I’m not wrong?
it’s time for #JM10
Jovetic for Brozo would be refreshing
very impressed with Vecino – he reminds me of Thiago Motta, always doing the right thing with the ball and technically superb!
Perisic shows nagatomo when to move while defending, but he’s too dumb
Icardi on fire
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masterclass
Basically all new three players (Skriniar, V&V) plays brilliant
Not convinced by Vecino so far. He isn’t doing anything wrong it’s just that he is.. so basic. He has that Kuzmanović vibe all over him. Hope he proves me wrong.
not at all
Damn, dude. Inter is playing Monsters Ball & you’re fretting over Vecino. He just got here. Give him time to get used to the tactics, the teammates etc. We’re playing absolutely fantastic.
exactly give time to rate.. we are playing vs pioli managed side we actually took their whole midfield and he is playing vs his ex team with pioli who cant play vs big teams as we know 😉
chill. we will have to see if this was really a fitting signing. in one way or another its not possible to call him good or bad so far^^
More like motta rather than kuz
He is low key recovering balls and covering for Borja an Brozo.
I’ll take someone who’s basic and doesn’t make mistake and covers for everyone. Dont want another Kondo…Let Valero do the playmaking and put his stamp on the game.
Fair enough but we kinda had Medel who was actually great at doing just that and most people here wanted him gone.
wrong asessment mate
Pioli has stolen Valero’s beard
My thought too
Looks like a hipster barber with that vest on
Nagatomo is in Samurai mode again. Perisic is so surprised that he doesnt want to pass ball to Yogatomo. Candreva is great. Miranda too. We can all see how important is two have wingers who can play on the both ends of the pitch.
candreva always good. he not brilliant player but his performance always stable. in fact he was the most creating chance for inter last season. dont understand the hate on him and calling to selling him to chelsea is ridicules when the transfer markt about to close soon.
Yeah I don’t understand the bashing on Candreva either. Yes he tends to cross a lot instead of cutting in, but that’s just playing style and can’t say one is better than the other.
He barely scores that’s the biggest issue… Icardi shouldn’t be the only one scoring.
that should say the same to perisic? but nobody bashing perisic. perisic never score 15 goal a season in his career i think.
No one is asking for 15goals from a wingers, that’s practically stats for a striker.
lel? candreva score 7 goals last season perisic 11 goals. so you asking candreva 4 more goals this season and u wont complaint his lacking of goals. amirite?
It’s because he’s brain dead
lol that braindead creating chance even most than perisic. not to mention he always tracking back to defend. you are welcome to replace candreva on inter team anytime
Last season, the man had to waste at least 5 chances a match. No need to pretend he wasn’t.
agree
hope to see Frog i 2nd….
Lol
Mario for brozo in 2nd half
Any stream that’s not late?
/watch?v=e0ovu6t2EAM on YT
this is the “best” i could find that works on my TV without constantly causing me epilepsy by pop-ups
Thanks!
this VAR is really good. we lost so many point because ref didnt give us penalty or ref give penalty againts us. rubentus already feels the impact. if not because buffon save they already concede 1 goal from penalty that they never got from last season
yap rube didnt have a penalty against them for 31 games , and after 30 min boom
Doesn’t the ref get to decide when to use VAR though? So the room for cheating isn’t zero. Good step forward though.
true true but its really just ridicules the ref if he dont give penalty when the VAR played on the screen. and the ref never officiate the match ever again xD
its still up to the ref
A shame it didn’t catch Dybala’s handball before his goal but still yes it is good. Just needs to be faster like in Rugby. Have an official watching it ready not this BS where the ref either runs off or they need to prepare the clip. Also would be good if we can hear the refs (again like rugby) that way we know wtf is happening
Glad for this season finally to be started!!
Where is the guy who said Eder should be started instead of Icardi?
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We should give Icardi+10mil for Schick :))))
we should give icardi+wanda for dontulios to play as inter ST
icardi have 100m released clause mate.. it’s impossible.. LOL
where branca was after rube lost the cl again
I’m watching a minute late stream. It’s kinda pissing me off lol
where is the guy who question icardi and hope eder started inplace of him on another threads. hope s/he watched this game.
he already said that he glad icardi prove him wrong earlier in the comment.. so don’t need to call him again.. ^^
no need to speak in third person ;D
e: joking mate 😉
what do you mean?
ahh nevermind…. was just trying to be funny saying u were the guy and now u saying “he” instead of “I”
when somebody calls himself in third person 😉
lol.. this guy who i’m speaking about.. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5c230050acca710726730a9b1b5f919117a01c2fabe3fa08edb187136a879c62.jpg
Hi ezekiel
hi milito..
Naga is playing like Marcelo, bye dalbert
Haha, not so fast mate. Although I like that those who constantly bash Nagatomo are all quiet during the first half.
Lol
Are you for real ??
I wonder what spaletti do to him in the training ground
hired a professional sushi roller for him?
hahaha, Marcelo makes wrong back passes and take on nutmegs? :)))
yes, what u think he is god?
brother you are clueless.. when you actually think people change at the age of 30
mentality can be changed
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this guy look so clumsy but is fu… beast
its like samuel
87… 87… 87… launched a cross…. to…. Miranda…….
87… 87… 87… launched a cross…. to…. Borjan Valero…..
Perisic be like, “this is how to cross, Candreva”
That was a good first half
despite spending 30 mins out of 45 looking for a reliable stream without 872 pop-up windows… i liked what i saw
ivesport 24 .net without the space man
and sportcategory .com
Had missed seeing a team with a game plan on the pitch!
Thank you Spalleti <3
borja valero really so good
I cannot imagine what inter gonna be if he’s injured
Great first half boys, could’ve been even better with the chances but I’ll take 2-0. I’d like to see some stability and focus in the second half, so we can cleanly close it up.
Icardis first touch is….
Come on icardi you are already a good finisher learn another skill set it’ll make you become a complete striker
Miranda is calmer…nice to saw that…he believes in his defensive partners…
Even D’ambrosio. As we saw in the first half, he stood in excellent positions to receive the ball, because he believes Skriniar is going to win a duel. instead of trying to cover medel/rano leaving a big gap in the process
2-0 up at half-time. Surely Spal has got to give Dalbert a go
why? that literally makes no sense. being up 2-0 is the exact reason he shouldnt play lol
cuz nobody want to watch yoga and dumb anymore..
Agreed but there is no need to rush Dalbert when we dont need to.
We’re in control, so it’s easier to give someone his debut. Nagatomo is arguably the ‘worst’ inter player in the first half, although generally everyone’s playing well.
nagatomo actually played a decent half
yo son get away with that ;D
ofcourse he has some decent matches vs not working teams… but its the matches vs good teams where he totally phucks up!!! 😉
He certainly doesn’t inspire confidence in the team. I know the bar is set really low when we’re on abt nagatomo XD as long as he’s not misplacing passes in dangerous positions, conceding own goals and conceding penalties, it’s a win for us
if he comes on and has a bad game, he will be crucified, ppl were on here almost doing that already because of friendly he played a day after joining us.
he’s not ready, the coach will play him when he is
Well, spal knows best!
Managed to take a leak on the VAR break without missing a thing..good technology!
Ahhh Icardi a better touch would give you a hattrick, shame.
Love Valero’s passes
Ref really wants them to check a million times xD Juve paid f*ck.
Miranda having none it it, love it!
Are we Slowing down????
Yes, indeed
It’s OK, so long as we go to the halftime 2-0.
Maybe spaletti wants to know how we organize the defence
The VAR from other games that I’ve seen so far, were quick and correct
No cursing around….f…..g good!
Okay VAR took a really long time this time, a bit too long for my liking. But I encourage the usage of it.
Rube fans be like: “It’s long, stupid, not needed and kills the game!”
Damn That’s a loong check of VAR
That VAR thing is stressful, damn
I like it. So many bullshit calls changing the outcomes until now.
for rube is stressful not for us
I like simeone, he works so hard on the pitch.
It takes 3 guys to mark simeone
he is lighting fast, cholito
skriniar again one of best…he is beast…dumbo and naga the worst as ususal…
can anyone please send me a link for the match?
http://www .wal14.com/F12/I/
remove the space
Not loosing Perisic in this mercato is priceless..
only with 55m and martial loan with option to buy
D’Ambrosio has been pretty useful…making it easy for Cancelo to step in the right-back role
Keep pushing guy, no need to slowdown
Perisic’s defensive contribution is incredible. No wonder Mourinho wants him so badly.
lol it would be like mourinhos wet dream of a player
New Etoo
The only reason for playing Naga over Dalbert – besides the fact that Naga has more experience than the Brasilian – must be that Spalletti wants to give Naga the first half and Dalbert the 2nd…
Given how Nagatomo is playing in this game, starting was more than justified. I don’t think Dalbert will play the whole 2nd half.
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Agree.. he did well
Dalbert should conquer the pressure otherwise he will have the same fate as Dodo, Telles, etc..
True.. No one should be allowed to play – you earn your position (hint hint Gabi).
Besides Naga did okay today
he shouldnt play at all until he’s trained with the rest of the squad for a few weeks.
And really – Naga did okay today….
It’s witchery… that’s it
Bilan leading 3-0 :/
againts 10 players of crotone.. ^^
Cannot wait for inter vs bilan and inter vs jube
Milan will do well in the first half of the season I´m sure, because they started their season before everyone else and had to play 3 official games before the 1th one in Serie A to come into the EP. That will help them in the first part of the season as I said, but make them tired in the second part also because they have to travel a lot on thursdays… unlike US!!
Those Nagatomo headers hahaha, almost needed 3 times to clear it.
Hahaha
Thats the Nagatomo we know and hate
Legend
we need those gifs! ;D
Pikachu volleyball
Where is Ming at?
Ming watching Milan beat a 10 man relegation team. He’s probably thinking they’ve won the scudetto already
My god did… did I really just see Brozovic busting a gut to track back and defend?
Who is that guy who tries to do Kondogbia?
Brozo 😀
Good intentions Perišić, horrible execution. Would’ve been better to just finish it there.
Yeah not sure why he chose to pass.
He’s being kind..
ANd what did I say? “Bad Perišić”? I just said his intentions were good.
yeaa trying to get icardi a hatrick
Valero is SUCH an intellligent player!!
Cholo junior is good!
We should buy him, not schick
and for a split second I thought Naga would score an own goal, Man how prejudice I am…
Damn, our midfield…such enjoyment to watch…well linked
Wow handa really good
Handanović still got it.
Haters will say Nagatomo didn’t cover his zone.
that play should have been a one -two between brozo and icardi. thats where Mario is better.
its was a decent effort…that’s where Brozovic is better 🙂
it shouldnt have been an effort at all. He shouldve passed right back
Stingy Brozo. Hate him
That Hairstyle from Nagatomo though…
Where’s our friend who hoped Eder wild start over icardi???
Will still say Icardi sucks even if he gets 50 goals
hehehehe
i already made a comment on that….
but yeah he made me eat my words… as long as he keeps doing that ,i am happy.
Anyway Forza Inter
Forza Inter Always!
I am loving this!
My stream just stopped, please help me someone, if you one.
What’s that pass to Handanovic? I thought Kondogbia isn’t called up.
Rather see Naga than Ansaldi tho 😉
mhh herpes or aids.. what will i choose….
still cant believe after all those headaches coz of fullbacks in last season(s) we are actually starting with the same guys.. no instant FB starter so far just one who might adapt^^ dont get it anymore -.-
Inter is a team that would sell Kova to get Kondo. Brain dead sporting directors