Legendary Italian football manager Marcello Lippi has shared his belief that Inter’s heavy turnover was a factor in their failure to beat Sassuolo in mid-week.
Inter manager Antonio Conte made no less than five changes to the team that started in this past weekend’s 2-1 success and Inter had to settle for a single point against the Neroverdi.
Inter fell behind early doors but were 2-1 ahead by the time the half time whistle was blown. Inter could and should have extended their lead but Sassuolo scored next. Inter then scored with a few minutes to spare and looked set to win but Sassuolo equalised moments later and secured themselves a 3-3 draw.
“Inter changed many players and this may have played a role in the result. They were able to take the lead twice and in short, I did not see them as being in crisis,” Lippi explained in an interview with Italian daily newspaper Corriere dello Sport, which appeared in yesterday’s print edition.
The former Italian national team manager was then asked which players have surprised him since the Serie A campaign got back underway a week ago.
“There were no surprises, I saw the usual players we know well. Among the young people though, there was one that struck me, Lucien Agoumé of Inter. I confess, I didn’t know him before and he seemed very interesting to me.”
