After the terrible loss in Bergamo, the banter era Inter would simply crumble by conceding a goal and struggle to a draw in the end against Frosinone. Not this Inter though. This Inter, while resting a lot of its main starters, can still turn up and beat low lying and deep defending teams for fun. It was a brilliant performance all around from the backups as the team made it look like a training session.
Samir Handanovic – 6.5: Did he bring his favorite book? Had one/two saves to make from Ciofani, the rest was just like they do in the warmups. Passing was good.
Danilo D’Ambrosio – 6.5: Stable. Made a couple of mistakes but recovered the ball as well. For once used the space Politano creates by his running, need more of that.
Stefan de Vrij – 6.5: Did the bare minimum that was needed. One poor pass all night but it was to Skriniar who controlled the situation with no fusses. Easy.
Milan Skriniar – 7: Played marginally better than De Vrij and covered for everyone’s mistakes. No fuss, no mistakes, simple effective defending and football.
Kwadwo Asamoah – 6.5: Just like D’Ambrosio, he had a very stable game, made a few forays forward. The international break seems to have refreshed him a little bit.
Roberto Gagliardini – 6: His runs, chasing down and movement off the ball looked good. Made some avoidable errors with passes. Better teams would punish him.
Borja Valero – 7: Spalletti changed Borja’s engine. Played the regista role perfectly. Yes he gave the ball away once but overall he was brilliant. Inter have depth!
Matteo Politano – 7.5: Yes all he got was 1 assist, but his running, passing and movement was a level above what Frosinone could handle. Tactically perfect as well.
Radja Nainggolan – 5.5: Slowly working his way back to fitness, players like Radja need these games. Used his experience to keep it ticking and stopped moves for fun.
Keita Balde – 8: Please change Inter’s email addresses next International break. The 2 goals and assist are invaluable. Two weeks of training can make a huge difference.
Lautaro Martinez – 8: Played almost as well as Keita. Battled, took the hits and gave them back while providing quality touches and scoring a difficult goal. El Toro.
Joao Mario – 6: Showed that he is still in his good moment. Will be useful over the tough run coming up. This is all credit to Spalletti.
Mauro Icardi – N/A: Had one opportunity that was blocked. The team was playing very well and he just slotted in and did the chasing down for 15 minutes or so.
Antonio Candreva – N/A: Should have scored. Looked pacy and was involved in his 10 minutes or so. If he comes good, Inter’s attack will be unstoppable.
Luciano Spalletti – 8: Everything went according to plan. No injuries, momentum and confidence boost that was needed after the flop show in Bergamo.
Luca Pairetto – 3: Missed a sending off, maybe even a penalty for shirt pulling. Seemed to have hands pointing only in the direction of the Inter goal. Blind.
Inter – 7.5: This was a very good 90 minute performance. Inter wont have it easy in the coming weeks. Onwards to London to seal the place in the round of 16!
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