Inter coach Luciano Spalletti and his Cagliari counterpart Diego Lopez have decided to field the following 22 players in tonight’s Serie A fixture between the two sides at the Sardegna Arena, kick-off scheduled for 20.45 CET.
The Nerazzurri coach has decided to keep the same 11 that got the job done against an in-form Atalanta at the San Siro on Sunday. Santon retains his place keeping Yuto Nagatomo on the bench. Joao Miranda and Roberto Gagliardini start and are just one booking away from missing the next game at home against Chievo
Inter (4-2-3-1): Samir Handanovic; Danilo D’Ambrosio, Joao Miranda, Milan Skriniar, Davide Santon; Roberto Gagliardini, Matias Vecino; Antonio Candreva, Borja Valero, Ivan Perisic; Mauro Icardi.
Substitutes: Danielle Padelli, Tommasso Berni, Joa Cancelo, Joao Mario, Andrea Ranocchia, Yann Karamoh, Eder, Dalbert, Yuto Nagatomo, Marcelo Brozovic and Andrea Pinamonti.
Cagliari (3-5-2): Rafael; Romagna, Andreolli, Pisacane; Faragò, Ionite, Cigarini, Barella, Padoin; Joao Pedro, Pavoletti
Substitutes: Crosta, Capuano, Ceppitelli, Van der Wiel, Miangue, Dessena, Cossu, Farias, Giannetti, Melchiorri.
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The only one that can shoot
With candreva
If I ever get a death sentence I want Joao Mario to do the shooting
Hell yeah, great to see Brozo score.
Hahahahahahah this is football
Well that is an impact sub!!!!
I hope Brozo shoots some of dem fine long shoot.
Lol, happens right away.
Epic Brozo is epic.
Epic brozo
EPIC BROZO! What a fucking pass by Škriniar to Candreva.
WHAT AN IMPACT.
Brozo AM.
Borja has gone back
Makes sense. Aside from that cross, Vecino was absent.
Hopefully nothing serious with Vecino.
Get Vecino and/or Gag off the field, preferably Gag
wtf that Pericis.
Honestly better than losing it to a counter. XD
Effing ref no foul
How is that a foul? Lol
Gays. I think RM not going to sign Icardi, his image is bad (controversies with CN, and also Maxi and Wanda stuff).
Err..he doesn’t want to leave, it doesn’t matter if they want him or not.
Doubt they care. Won’t happen either way.
I think nobody cares about the wanda nara -Lopez stuff anymore
It is still talked about by some people.
I trust Vecino and Valero will up their performance level in 2nd.
Or..it would be soon time for a change.
2nd Half cagliari will be pressing hard early on before they run out of steam. JM needs to come over to calm things down for vecino or Gagliardini and Brozo for borja to balance the physicallity.
We need a dribbler to take them on imo, Karamoh would be the only one but it’s too risky
Karamoh <3
YEAH and also I think Candreva still got a few of those crosses left for Icardi to finish in this game before he’s subbed.
If Icardi asks for 8 m how can we say no and let him go?
When Bonucci and Higuaín make 7,5?
I doubt he asks that much, 7 or 7,5 mio i think, in line with Dyabala.
Yes
He’ll accept something around 6.5m ( bonuses included )
bonuses must be there ..he has lots of bonuses even now.
And bonuses are healthy to push his performance
No ,they ill ask for much more and wil get AT LEAST 7.
With many bonuses not included.
( Bonuses are good)
Madrid would probably offer him 9+ bonuses at least so we need to at least come close.
4-3-3 ,Valero back in the middle and maybe JM in to hold the ball for Gaglia ?
,Jm more than Brozo on this one
Games like these make me think that JM quality in the middle could be helpful today.
Maybe.
Or even better…Pastore.
I thought the same during the match. Someone physical and skillful enough to leave his marker. Isnt that J.Mario?
Yes on this one yes..the closest thing we have is JM
FFS Gagliardini is so shit, Torreira is needed in winter.
He is Athletico bound. if not then he will cost 45-50m for sure but he is next big thing. hope we get him.
His release clause is 25m
Didnt know that. At 25 he is a steal!!!
He was never ever anything more than best averege I give him that
Inter midfield is the weakest not only in this game but in recent others as well. Other teams have figured out, bully Borja and Inter creativity from the center is dead. vecino and gaglia are left behind in training ground…
Borha is our brain afterall.
The two midfielder are not supporting him enough. Wish to see more freedom in his creativity in 2nd half.
I think we need Mario, his strenght and intelligence will be crucial.
Remember those days when we used to almost got heart attack in the last 10-15 minutes of the match? Seems it has changed into the first 10-15 minutes of the match.. Pfffh
Gag and Vecino have been terrible so far, 1 out of 10 rating. And the 1 is because they’re actually in the game and breathing, lol.
Vecino …the midfield in general ..meh
Mistakes happen.
yes but today the midfield ,out of the 3 sections of the team is the one obvioulsy missing.
Defense ok after all and attack killer after all..midf….bad so far.
I think it’s because they keep Borja marked tight, the other two cant function properly without Grandpa.
they played with more players in the midfield then we did. We couldn’t get the passes we wanted
First half was all over the place, but we finished it ahead. With Cagliari pressing hard, I think we can take advantage of them being tired and secure the win.
Hope so,but it is far from over.
Forza Inter
Naisu attemptu Santon.
Man I’m glad we shaked off that Cagliari pressure
Imagine any other coach from the past 5 years in that situation in the beginning.
Would be conceding left and right.
Smart move by Spaletti,changing to three at the back aftwr that continues pressure
ahhahahahaahah OMG Handa even catches that shot after wistle like baby kicked it
That Farago guy is Interista.
Yes I read it too ,a crazy total Inter fan ,with Inter channel season ticket… pic of Ronaldo in the room and all that
Icardi really missed that one..well ..forgiven
Guys Rano won’t start, Dumbo will be CB and Santon will be moved to the right. LB is left for Naga or Dalbert.
Yes ,Spallo is also testing often Santon in the middle in training,you can see it in many training videos,he doesn’t trust Rano
May this is why Spalleti plays Santon for us to be in safe side when comes injuries or suspension in our defense
Unfortunately he should start, as much as it pains me to say. He needs to get playing time incase he’s forced to start again down the road.
I hope we make it till January without needing to us him. Then buy a CB.
No D’ambro or Santon wold play for him in an important game, I bet.
Almost another goal. Icardi thought the keeper got that one.
Nice attempt.
Unlucky.
perisic in the goal play was a genius
I don’t even want to Imagine Rano gonna play next match.
Well better against Chievo than Lazio or Juve. But yeah, it’s going to be horrifying.
Skriniar will kick his ass 😀
Playing at home is an advantage for us next week so he would probably play well…Hopefully though.
4 Italians in ,more than juve Napoli roma lazio
Not important
Well, a statement to counter opinion against us for not playing italians.
Well that’s true
Agreed ,but they were always criticing us and only us for being “the non Italian team”…
Didn’t think about that, so it’s a good counter point for us
next week will be 5 if Rano in for the suspended Miranda
Icardi is half Italian, that makes it 4,5 lol.
finally icardi scored in an away game
bravo candy
ICARDI!!!!!
The MF and Dumbo need to wake up, they continue to be god aweful. Everyone else has settled down except them.
One well made play.
Starting from Skriniar ,playing it well from the defense finally.
The man has many critics but the man keeps scoring hehe
INCREDIBLE!
Candreva to Peresic to Icardi!
What a trio! 😀
The man, can’t be stopped….
Hahahahahha maurito !!!
ICARDI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ICardi!!!!
GOOOOAAAALLLLL!!
ICARDI!!!
Handa is keeping us alive
just like smaller teams before this, they’re high-pressing us but will be tired in 2nd half.
Yeah but Torino and bologna made us lose 4 points cuz we struggled like this. Hopefully this is not the same scenario tonight
Hope so, we squandreled many chances against Toro.
No shoot on target till now
Crappy Inter + Crappy ref.
Bad combo.
Have we managed 3 passes in a row ?
Midfield is so bad right now, legit doing everything wrong
Why is Vecino so invisible? Strange…
I think J.Mario would be good for matches like this to hold the midfield instead of Borja
Borja playing like shit so far
Whole team except Handa is playing like shit so far.
Except skriniar. Still flawless
Handa is the best keeper of this season in Europe so far.
Handanovic has been God-Like. Even though that was offside.
Seriously, can we start playing now…
Midfield is the issue right now
Batmanovic !!
Dumbo has been a mess.
We gonna concede soon
Save of the season
Handa is only motivated when all others are pure shit haha
What. A. Save!
Tha hand ball call was not right,
Mirandinho suspended next match. Welcome, Rano.
Maybe Spalletti is playing Santon so that he is match fit to play as CB instead of Ranocchia haha
spalleti hinted that already hahaha, Santon is a complete player he said XD
Is he really suspended??
yes.
Fuck.
A good news TBH… He will be ready for rube match.. Better to get the yellow today and suspended against chievo
It has been the plan so as to be ready against Rube
I think also gaglia will get a yellow card
What a torture so far
What a dumbass candreva. And stupid ref how is this yellow
Is this one of those games where we have to concede to get our shit together? If so, concede early and then score 2!
Santon literally the only one looking good so far
i sense that calgiari coach has figured us out
I have faith Spaletti can change the tactics easily and get out of it
Playing like cr. p and Icardi completely missing so far.
Who was Candreva dummying for, lol
Spalletti must’ve said to him: “I’ll be with you guys on the pitch” and Candreva took it too seriously 😀
candreva wasted a nrealy open goal chance vs sweden 🙁
CANDREVA AHAHAHAHHAHA WTF WAS THAT
Quite a disorganized start from us. Hopefully it’s just the initial minutes.
Our players have not woken up yet.
every fucking move is so wrong. FOCUS
our players are still warming
Shit
wtf is this
Icardi out?
drama king 😉
This looks bad. Icardi is limping and defence seems shaky.
Cagliari is no Barcelona ,some players are very mediocre,but Joao Mario is an excellent quality player and Barella an amazing quantity player ( “the young Italian Naingollan)
It’s gonna BE hard here
Second start for Santon, interesting. I’d like to see Dalbert play but I trust Spalletti. We need to grab another 3 points here. Forza Inter!
link guys?
first raw sports
live2all dot tv
Good luck to the boys… let’s take 3 points home.
Forza INTER!!!!!!!!
As always (but never happened), I’m hoping for a big lead and then Karamoh & other newcomers… Cagliari could be tough, but let’s win big for a change.
I know this lineup works And its been winning games,but I dont know why he isnt using dalbert,or even more strange karamoh. Karamoh is better then eder and played really well in his first game,assisted a goal practically and got 2 guys sent off. yet no game action.This is one thing that pisses me off about inter is we always bench our younger players.We lost coutinho that way. Dalbert should be starting and gaining game experience,In no way nagatomo and santon are good enough to be hogging game time like that.And again cancelo is better then dumbo,Even though dumbo has been decent like I said earlier in know way is he that good to be hogging game time like that.also joao mario is somebody that should be involved more same with brozovic.I love the results but im getting sick of seeing the same players on the pitch.I have to work anyway so I wont be able to watch the game.he is definitely favoring italian players
Eder J.Mario and brozo are being used as subs almost every game biggest disappointment so far is J.Mario he is simply not delivering.
Gabriel case is weird . As for Coutinho at that time we had a Benetiz as coach who messed the whole team also at that time physically he didn’t fit in Serie A though we all know Inter is not patient on developing young promising players in first team,
I like to see all the players you mentioned esp PINAAAA
This fans insistence on Dalbert reminds me of the whole ” why doesn’t the coach play Gabigol ?” period.
Santon fit is better for us than Dalbert , at least for now.
I think so ,but most of all Spallo has already clearly decided so.
he has taken that decision already over and over again in the last month and a half.
And he has taken that decision AFTER playing Dalbert FIVE times.
Three as a starter.
agree, we dont get to see the player during training session, coach knows best
Spalletti is so dumb ,he really doesn’t know how to do his coaching job, unlike you.
Winning is the only thing that matters, I don’t give a fuck about the starting line-up as long as we win.
Exactly .
And ,generally speaking, WINNING we are ..so ..it’s time be humble and intelligent enough to say :
“Spalletti knows his job more than I ” and support this WINNING team and Spalletti decisions .
By the way:
Santon 100% fit would clearly be our best quality full back.
I’m not yet convinced by Santon but i trust Spalletti’s judgment because he has proven it till date.
Exactly and look:
Cancelo, Karamoh etc. will necessarily get many more chances soon.
Necessarily
In the case of Dalbert thou:
If he is behind both Santon and Naga…well ..he is no Brehme – Roberto Carlos.
We know that much by now.
Very true
good evening everyoone
Winning this one would be big , next round is Napoli Juve too…
Spalletti clearly favours tall and fysically strong players.
I think that’s largely true for his ballwinners in midfield and center backs but for wingbacks and wingers he likes technical players with pace who are well-honed with his defensive schemes.
might true,but santon seems not suit perisic style of play