Gazzetta dello Sport also gives their opinion on Mauro Icardi’s evening. Icardi is a goal machine but even he has missed an open goal now. This will surely help him mature as long as he can put these mistakes behind him. It’s unlikely he’ll be negatively affected, for at the age of only 25 he’s already got tested shoulders and his feet firmly on the ground as the Captain.
Unfortunately, in the duel against the referees after his goal was disallowed for offside. Icardi had a miserable evening but on the positive side, the night began with some reassuring words on the situation of his contract renewal: “It can be renewed whenever he wants” said the Nerazzurri Sporting Director Piero Ausilio:”There are no terms with Icardi, everything is spontaneous, it could happen now or at the end of the season. It will be a normal meeting. A new house in Milan? Perhaps he will get a bigger one…Mauro and his family are happy with their life in Milan. Inter have always shown him gratitude, it is not a surprise to be talking about renewals, it would be his fourth”.
Despite his 24 goals in 26 games, Icardi will now realise that if he does not score, stones (Italian metaphor for criticism) will be thrown at him as it’s his sole responsibility. Sometimes his critics even complain when he does score. In the end however, Spalletti and Wanda will always embrace him and help him recover.