Looking to finally bring the winless streak to a halt, the Nerazzurri head off to face Serie A minnows SPAL. Match on Sunday at 12:30 CET.
Yet again we speak of a match where Inter needs to put the winless streak to bed. However, unike the previous three matches, this match against SPAL will against considerably weaker opposition and the Nerazzurri will expected to come out as comprehensive winners.
Whether Luciano Spaletti starts the match with newcomer Rafinha or Marcelo Brozovic in midfield or with Davide Santon or Dalbert at left back will not change much from the formation or tactics employed. SPAL will sit deep and suffocate their third of the pitch and it will be up to the more experiened Inter players to find a way through.
As always, the flanks will be fundamentally important for the visitors, especially when playing against a tight defensive unit. However, Spaletti gas quickly had to learn that unless there is some genuine variety in attack and build-up, it will he like banging one’s head against a brick wall.
Team News
The arrival of Rafinha Alcantara, the departure of Joao Mario, the potential arrival and departure of Javier Pastore and Eder respectively have all dominated the headlines regarding team news. Despite him being part of our probable line-up below, there is a sizeable opinion that Spaletti will not start Rafinha, allowing the new player the chance to grow into the squad rather than being thrust into it. Otherwise, there are no suspensions or injuries for Spaletti to have to contend with when making the team selection.
Probable Inter line-up (subject to change): (4-2-3-1) Handanovic; Santon, Miranda, Skriniar, Cancelo; Vecino, Valero; Perisic, Rafinha, Candreva; Icardi (C)
Stats
Last Season: Not played, SPAL in B
Last 10 Head to Head: Since this is SPAL’s first stint in the Serie A since the 1960s it is a bit irrelevant to talk about last ten head to head matches, Inter won the two side’s first leg encounter 2-0.
Keep an Eye on:
Mauro Icardi: Maurito’s penalty was what broke the deadlock in the first leg of the season, and it isn’t beyond the realm of imagination to see him scoring first here.
Officials
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
Assistants: Liberi, La Rocca
Fourth Official: Illuzzi
Additional Assistants: Fabbri, Abbattista
Prediction & Authors Note
Prediction & scorers: SPAL 0-3 Inter with Icardi, Rafinha and Perisic scoring.
Author’s Note: The explosive start to matches that characterized Inter’s first half of the season will be critical in picking up all points here. Spaletti must find a way to re-instill that sense of senza tregua on which so much of the first half of the season’s success was built.
Funny
we gained 1 point on both Roma and Lazio.
I hope this encourage the lads, keeping our hope of UCL alive
Roma 0 Samp 1 at 85th min.
If it ends this way we would have gained on both Lazio and Roma today , after all.
We can’t beat SPAL let that sink in.
And Lazio -Spal 0-0
And Lazio cannot tie with Milan and Roma cannot even tie at home with Samp.
And we cannot lose a game against any of the big teams , all season , juve included.
It all means nothing,…
it’ s the name of the game , any game is different and we are still very much in play to qualify in Champions League which was our objective for this season, so it can still be a very positive season.
This would mean zero progress since the 15/16 season. We finished 4th then too after topping the tables at Christmas. My issue is how listless we look.
For the first time I m cheering Milan. 2-1 Milan is leading on the first half
Approved. They could continue suck again after Lazio game..
And they may beat Roma once and continue suck after that
Milan 2 – 1 Lazio (FT)
I will be more happy if roma losses against sampdoria
Roma already played Samp
I guess roma condition is as bad as we are 🙂
Noticed we did not pass to icardi why?
Coz he couldn’t hold on the ball.. what he can only do is get to score with a golden pass from his team mate.. but now his finishing abililty in a poor level..
Icardi, Candreva, Perisic need to be benched next match. and if I could beg, please stop this 4-2-3-1 thing ffs. we can easily use 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 but spalleti choice was suck..!! where is his tactical assistant???
.. with Pinamonti , Karamoh and Dalbert scudetto guaranteed…
10 feet X 10 feet sarcasm sign.
This year 4 team qualify to CL.. so no problem because Roma are worse
We will see BBilan passing us
Sorry , not even close.
15 points behind , easily.
We were 1 point ahead of Napoli and now we’re 13 points behind.. 14 points lost in few weeks.. you were saying?
So?
I was saying what I said.
Milan 15 points behind us , easily.
Sorry.
So like last season they will finish on top of us.. they are better equipped.. easily
I’d rather see Dalbert, Karamoh, and Rafinha play then losing, than watch uninspiring D’ambro, Perisic, and Gagliardini only to get a draw
And we always had a great primavera team, winning alot more than the 1st team and we never really got the benifit of it
Spalletti’s starting XI with Crossdreva was pure shit again. But I still wonder why he couldn’t fuking realize to sub Valero and Brozo before literally getting outplayed in the midfield battle by Spal!
We would’ve been lucky if we didn’t concede at least one goal the way we were playing.
Spal tied AFTER he subbed brozo.
Should he have done it earlier and put who , Gaglia in at the 60 min ?
To give Spal time enough to win ?
Spal were just unlucky not to score until 89th, they had the ball and created so many, because our mid was actually out of the game. Poor Valero wasn’t able to do anything against their players.
And then Gagliardini came in to save our midfield…
Not.
candreva and perisic have been shiit for 2 months now.. even gabigol would have offer something different to the team
i don’t know about gabigol, but karamoh deserve to play.
now Karamoh maybe wants to leave.. even Rafinha will start doubting his decision already…he got 20 mins in last Barca’s game..now he only got 3,5 minute
cancelo – skriniar – miranda – dalbert
rafinha – brozo – vecino – karamoah
pinamonti – Icardi
cancelo – skriniar – miranda – dalbert
brozo – vecino
karamoah – pastore – deulofeu
pinamonti
whats the use of buying players like Dalbert, Rafinha or Karamoah if we don’t play them?
Because we are inter!!!
Destroying young talents then kick their ass,, but then crying like a bitch
It takes some effort or maybe a great sense of humour to call Dalbert ” a talent”
Every one of us was asking the same fu..k..g quetion
the same use as of gabi.
#Simeoneplz
I think icardi need to be benched. I dont mind seeing eder upfront. Just look at how he played in this couple of months? Okay he sometimes running to press, but only sometimes. Most of the time, he lost the balls, just stand still not to fight the ball, complaining, and then when his chance arises, he fucked it. Always.
i would rather see Pinamonti ahead of Icardi.
i prefer sell him..110M we already gained so much with that price..
What world class striker would we get for 110M in this market? Curious
we can get Belotti or Werner both of them have potential for World Class.
Also they do sacrifice more than Icardi
Lol nope…when teams(especially serie A teams) see that we got 110m to spend on a striker THEY WILL milk us…because they would know we need a striker to replace Icardi…I doubt we’d get a proper replacement without basically spending the same money on another striker.
Every team will milk any team now this days. Icardi is going to leave an Belotti or Werner are top prospects so yeah I’ll sell him and get any of those too. The f foreigners are actually the ones that will milk us more.
I doubt it. Honestly. Icardi’s style of play isnt suited to any big teams at the moment. There’s no place for icardi in modern fast football. Not if he improve his first touch, ball control, and passing.
yeah that worry me, i think no team will buy him over 100M and we try to raise the clause..that means he’ll stay with us forever 🙁
I never was his fan..but he always scored..
if they do come with 100 mil+ just sell him..go chase Milinkovic-Savic, Chiesa and play Pinamonti…
For this match we need players with more direct running that will make SPAL busy…but our coach knows best…
can we reach ucl ? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d6a2faabdef98ada6ba1c1d726d62a5d6b5f0fdf0914c1285fbddda7323cef2b.jpg
no way
No way with this useless clown on the field
Argh shit, Im getting lose my top four, even 7 dream but 17 will do good for me as long as we play our younglads
I hope this is the last time we see Éder and Brozovic in an inter shirt
eder already rejected all the offer for him..LOL
Shit!!! He is nowhere around for the second half, cant believe it!!!
Yes please!…I hope this is the last time I see everyone but Icardi and the def(including keeper) in an inter shirt…but sadly everyone’s getting extensions 😀
Unless you try something new, i think it’s time to pack-up your suitcase and leave coach, before Milan skip past us too. Even Rafinha seems to be unhappy under you already. Starting to believe it was only luck that brought us all those points in the beginning of the season. Disgraceful football for over 2 months, yet the same formation keeps being fielded. Perisic, Icardi, and Candreva is simply not woking upfront whilst the midfield is currently an eye sore to watch. Unless the 4-2-3-1 is changed, we can expect the same results for the rest of the season, Because guess what… All the other 19 teams are used to our same style of play over and over again.
Someone need to shout in front of Spalla face in 70min of the game : ‘Get RAFINHA on to the field NOW!!’
It is clear that our midfield is run out of idea to breakthru SPAL defense.. the team need someone creative.. we have RAFINHA, and why don’t we try??? Instead, he get in when SPAL equalize, what he can do in injury time????
Dissapointed!
Going for the 1-0 against mighty spal
I hope fuckoing Spaletti realizes he needs to bench some of his favorites.
I’ve told you guys, spaletti is a mediocre coach! and this game shows everything. If the next game he still doing the same stupidness Ill say he must go out
i’ve never hope he would win us any trophies. but i see him as a coach to bring us to UCL. same goes to mancini.
Mancini for me is a shitty coach he won trophies thx to Calciopoli.
Teves saved his season at City after he block him.
who is marconi though!? LMAO
Dam phone I meant Mancini
i see.. at least we were top 4 in his last season with us, remember with players who’s more shitty than we have today. and 4th place is what we desperately want for now.
Mancini is better than spaletti, but unfortunately he sack himself
It wasn’t the case, he didn’t win trophy because of calciopoli not the other way around. If there’s no calciopoli we wouldn’t wait until 2006 to win scudetto
There wasn’t any competition during that period and it was Mark as the Calciopoli period in Italy. So yes he won the trophy thx to the Calciopoli scandal if it wasn’t for that Mancini would have never won 2 stray scudettos in the field.
he won trophy with almost bankrupt lazio and viola, with us he also won coppa in his first year. But for serie A, it’s totally different BECAUSE there is cheater who DID calciopoli.
Wow he won the lega cup wow just wow, then let’s name him President of the world.
You forgot that he left Fiorentina in the reletagatiin zone an a beaten squad.
It was more normal that mid level teams will go for the lega cup.
Juventus cheated but that doesn’t hide the fact that he won 2 stray scudettos without any competition.
It doesn’t hide the fact that Teves saved his season when they won the premiere league with all the big spending M.City was doing!!!!
You are drunk .
He is demonstrating to you that he always won something ,even before calciopoli and even in difficult conditions and you go off with “president of the world ” B.S.
Rube and BBila forums are that way
Why I’m drunk because I don’t like a mediocre coach as Mancini.
Winning a domestic cup is a consolation price for team that don’t have a big budget or big players.
He never demonstrate anything to me he fail in Europe the thing that he was here for!!!
EXACTLY BROTHER !
That’s a typical juventino viewpoint.
And it is not even true , we won because we were the strongest at the time, not just because of calciopoli.
lol juventino please yeah the strongest without competition
Lmao Juventino… Why because I don’t bite my tongue to say who things are… I have supported Internazionale for many decades.
One of the best in Italy, but this squad is shite.
Tell me what trophy he had until now?
He did win in Russia with Putin´s team, haha. He did make Roma overachieve and was the one who started the false nine-thigh in modern era etc. He´s a good coach, but has a habit of not winning trophies, that´s true. This team and it´s attack is just shit, every coach from De Boer to Spalletti has to rely on crosses, because it´s all our limited attackers can really do. Limited squad in my opinion, no coach will fix this unless you buy better players
Sell Icardi, get fresh money, and buy better player
I would like Baggio at Inter he say at one point that he wsnted to coach Inter. Prandelli can be another option.
Letś hire Zenga and get relegated while we´re at it. Our guys could start pulling their pants down during free kicks like he had them doing at Catania. At least we would have some fun.
Zenga is also mediocre
He sucks big time as a coach. it was a joke.
I know, but what can I say
I think Zenga with the right can do something good. He has never had the right player’s
Maybe, but after he had his players pulling their pants down I’ve always considered him more as a joke manager.
Zenga is a good coach , he has almost always done well ,
A couple of times he did great.
Even when he was fired by Sampdoria ,then they employed Montella but Montella ended up making less points than Zenga
That’s my point with better players or in a better team he could have shown something else.
Is the same as Baggio been a coach for me he can do reat that is giving the opportunity.
Baggio?? hmmm he doesnt have reputation as a coach. Prandelli is also mediocre
Neither did Guardiola or Zidane.
I would rather try him I have always liked him more than Spalletti.
Also besides coaching Italy he never had top players, He did good at Florentina with the roaster he had.
inter also dont have top players except 3-4. spalletti is better.
we can’t compare Baggio to Spalletti or say that Spalletti is better.
My point was that both Guardiola an ZZ a coaching background.
Also next season will be new signings!!!
If there is someone that can pull something that is Baggio.
and baggio will be a better coach because?
Anyway, bad Sunday for us. I am going back to playing PES2018 game with my Sampdoria.
See you guys in Milan vs Lazio toningt 😀 . Hoping for draw for them.
hope milan win..
i would rather see our youth squad playing. how nuch worse can they perform? finishing 5th and finishing 17th is the same. so let the youngsters play and develop. this present team is complete disgrace.
From all the games we have, we always make the opponents’ goalkeeper coming from Mars. Even now that Meret kid…man. Pathetic attacking plan!
meret is one of the best prospects. at the start of the season Napoli tried to buy him.
well, only Brozo tested him this time.
Meret is great goalkeeper, one of the most talented hes 20 I would like to him at Inter.
Owned by rube .
Probably going to take Buffon slot next season , in the bench behind Sceszny .
Owned by rube just like Spinazzola , Caldara..
some of the best young Italian talents..it’s what it is..
That deal never went through his still owned by Udinese. Also he say that he wanted a moved to Juventus or Milan, if play smart Ausilio or Sabatini.
Handanovic is reaching the age where his either sell or they let him go.
There’s a pattern with our Goalkeeper in the last couples of the decades with Inter When they reach they are 32-34 years old
Zenga his last season with Inter he was 34 years old.
Pagliuca In his last season he was 32
I don’t add Frey in this least cause he wasn’t much with us and when he have the chance wasn’t that good.
Toldo retire with us he was 30 when we got him an was our #1 choice until he was 34.
J.Cesar Was 33 when he play last season with us.
Handanovic is currently 33.
On the other Hand besides Zenga that was a youth product Usually Inter Goalkeepers as their #1 pick when they are between 25 – 28.
As I see it getting Perin now he is 25 and securing Meret 20, we are cover for a while in that area with real good goalkeepers.
I’m really happy for this draw as I already knew this would happen how can dambrosio just come in and be a starter candreva all these games never had a good game but still plays eder can’t just come in and do something extraordinary he’s been on the bench for 6 months,karamoh if he had chances when perisic is clearly tired he would proof something but spalletti is bald.
Spalletti would never complain about transfer on press conf or media interview. He would obviously show to the company his desire in “certain way” on the pitch. Yes indeed, he’s “genius” tactically.
If spaletti says we’re unlucky, we are doomed. It means he couldn’t see this team have big problem
valero at this age can’t last more than 60 mins. we should hv subatitutes him earlier.
Valero had should been bench a long time ago. He should come as a sub an not star every game.
GIVE US SIMEONE OR SARRI NEXT SEASON !!!
vote for sarri
Agree for Sarri. I don’t want simeone at Inter.
And buy players for them that is not suitable for them. Dont forget Spalleti finished second with Roma.
and with the useless players we have, they will become useless too
The funny thing us taht all the players are useless but cancelo
you forget skriniar and handanovic.
and also karamoah, pinamonti, rafinha all need trust to start from beginning
Cant wait to see them playing
I dont. I like’em much but not for todays game..
I dunno what to say anymore seeing those fuuking lazy lads playing
you can’t judge a player just for one game.
Oy sure. I said for this game’only’ bcose I need a win, dont you?
we all need a win. but you can say we can’t say that only cancelo is worth to stay. we have several good player in this team.^^
yeah but bald spall prefer dumbro over him ..really sad
Get someone that available, like don carlo
Carlo wont come he is the #1 pick to coach Italy, also he did say that he will never coach Inter.
Just give an example of coach that available
I know I’m just saying.
that’s the last straw. I’m out. I’m not gonna watch any of Spaletti’s game anymore.
Your business man!
We are inter not spaleti.. stop being kid
And who should we hire next?
Maybe Morontella to make us qualify for Europa BBilan style hehe
I wont expect anything from spaletti, My only hope is roma
2 last subs in 86 and 90 min.. Did something hits spalletti in the head?
Pfff they should ALL have perfomance related salary not a bonus but salary. Then maybe they will fight.. Spoiled fuckers!!
Our players seems tired since 70th minute but Spalletti couldn’t see this until minute 86th.. that’s way beyond my imagination
Even d’ambro looked not fit, tired, slow, lazy, out of position during 2nd half. Without candreva on his side, he was absolutely uselesss. I hope he is going back to his good form tho
icardi is really sicken me..we like ten men with him on the field..release him to rm asap at any price
Agree, no contribution at all
not just icardi to be blame. our attacking trio, perisic and candreva has been bad for a while now.. and to make it worse we seems to not have plan b..
we won’t get anywhere with him, in football 10+1 players isn’t same as 11 players
1000% agree.. Icardi can’t hold on the ball!! Even he now can’t shoot on target!! What we expect from him?? Off load him to RM asap and get us KANE..
Just sell icardi, inter rely on wrong man.
I dont mind play pinamonti for the rest of this season.