“If there is any advantage to not playing in Europe during a season, it is that is decreases the amount of injuries”, as Tuttosport explains in today’s paper edition, following the provocative statements by Maurizio Sarri on the alleged “different sport” practised by Inter without European commitments.
From the Inter’s preseason in Brunei to the present day, there have been three major muscle injuries: Santon in July where he wounded his calf and which resulted in a couple of months rehabilitation, Brozovic on October 6th who suffered a left calf strain resulting in 20 days injury and Matias Vecino on Saturday against Cagliari where he injured his left thigh.
Last season, with the team in Europa League, muscle injuries during the same time span of July to November were totalling at eight. This allows Luciano Spalletti to maintain a similar team each game in order to create consistency, unity and a winning mentality which this Inter has desperately lacked in the last couple seasons.
