It took 80 minutes, but Luciano Spalletti’s men found a way past Parma to register their first league win of the year 2019. The 3 points will help in lifting the gloom and doom at Appiano Gentile in a huge way as Inter manage to keep the teams from Rome 5 points away for another week.
Samir Handanovic – 6: Didn’t have much to do all game. Simple couple of saves and he managed that easily. Another clean sheet and comfortable 90 minutes for Samir..
Danilo D’Ambrosio – 5.5: Danilo does all the dirty work in defence and sometimes makes a run forward. Then he messes it up. Scored but it was correctly ruled out.
Stefan de Vrij – 6.5: Makes defending look so simple. Never against trouble and always in control. Moved the ball very well and kept the tempo going from defence.
Milan Skriniar – 6.5: One foul all game that wasn’t up to standard but otherwise he was the usual brutal, beautiful beast of a central defender. Announce the renewal.
Kwadwo Asamoah – 6: Very timid in his approach in the first half. Gave up the ball leading to counters because he overdid it. Remedied the issue in the second half. Decent.
Matias Vecino – 5.5: Stayed along with Brozovic in the first half. Just played the simple passes and plays. Became a little more adventurous as the game went on at 0-0.
Marcelo Brozovic – 6: Very frustrating performance from Brozo. He starts everything, makes the right runs and passes all game. But his set pieces were rubbish.
Joao Mario – 6.5: Looked very comfortable on the right wing, where he plays often for Portugal. Made a few good runs and crosses. Still frightened to shoot.
Radja Nainggolan – 6.5: Radja’s most important performance in black and blue. Played like a leader, the leader Inter so lack in midfield. Got the assist and never stopped.
Ivan Perisic – 5.5: Just like his fellow Croatian international, he does all the decent work in buildup, but the quality of the final ball was consistently below average. Needs to improve.
Mauro Icardi – 5: Three months of not scoring from open play is showing. Woefully out of form and whatever little he got, he couldn’t convert. Tries too hard maybe.
Lautaro Martinez – 7: Spalletti took about 5 minutes too long in bringing him on. Lautaro was on fire from the moment he came on. Well taken goal but the overall play was brilliant.
Roberto Gagliardini – N/A: Time wasting substitution but maybe it means he will play next weekend in the Serie A. If he can get back to his best, it would help the team a lot.
Cedric Soares – N/A: Another time wasting sub made in injury time. It was more about taking Mauro Icardi off. Inter need him to take the set pieces ASAP. Please.
Luciano Spalletti – 6.5: Whatever was said at half time worked. Something clicked the moment Inter kicked off the second half. Long may this desire and hunger show. Make it count.
Massimiliano Irrati – 6.5: Not many Serie A referees get this high a rating. Irrati was almost error free tonight. If you want to nitpick, maybe he was in the way a few times.
Inter – 6: Giant step in the right direction. Now lets make it count in Vienna and at home against Sampdoria. Great attitude especially in the second half.
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