After yet another Inter victory in the Serie A, this time over Hellas Verona at the Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi, Gazzetta Dello Sport broke down some statistics following the match in today’s paper edition of the newpaper.
“Inter has held the ball most of the time (meaning 62.7% possession in the first half, the number dropped to 55 in the second) but almost never got to any dangerous areas, mainly because of the slow movement of the ball. Borja, who was always shining in the distribution of the ball but later in the “all around” role of helping everyone in the final third, had also switched off. With Borja’s “expiration”, Icardi was unable to give a helping hand, not even a touch in the penalty area for Maurito” Gazzetta reports.
“Inter’s number 9 can play well, see the derby hat-trick and brace against Sampdoria, as wel as other games as well. The jump in quality will come even without scoring, he will need to make more of a contribution than the 26 touches last night (the player with the least amount of touches bar Verona’s Kean on 14). The overall quality of possession was affected so much that Inter seemed to lose control of the game” Gazzetta dello Sport concludes.