Ivan Perisic will most likely start against Bologna today, one of the reasons for that is that Spalletti wants to “warm up” the Croat ahead of the most important clash against Lazio where Perisic definitely will receive a lot of jeers from the crowd.
This is something that Milano based Gazzetta dello Sport points out in today’s paper edition of the newspaper: “After the second attempt to part ways with Inter, this time with Arsenal as the destination, Inter coach Luciano Spalletti has tried to stitch things up and talked about the fan hostility during the pregame press conference.”
“Spalletti, of course, still sees Perisic as a resource that is still to be used and the Tuscan coach wants to reform and make him a positive factor once again. In some parts because that position has been a strong Inter factor and now is the time that the team would like to benefit from his skills as well as kick-starting the team by succeeding in beating his opponent, creating good opportunities to score.”
A comparison can be made with how Joao Mario has been recovered and gotten back to good terms with the team and the fans: “The Portuguese player did not want to return to the club and the club made everything possible for Joao Mario to leave and the crowd at Meazza even booed him during a friendly game in Lecce.”
“Then all of a sudden after 0 minutes of playing time against Lazio in October he was back and after 11 games he has even started to win back the crowd. For Perisic the time factor is a bit more crucial, there is no doubt of how important he is and what qualities he has but the player himself also has to show the will to turn things around.”
