Inter Milan manager Simone Inzaghi blasted his team’s defending after reviewing the Juventus match tape yesterday.
According to Tuttosport, as reported by FCInterNews, the Nerazzurri boss gathered his team to discuss the required tactical adjustments in the build-up to today’s encounter against Empoli.
While Inzaghi’s frontline ran like clockwork in Sunday’s Derby d’Italia, his backline let him down.
Despite scoring four goals against the division’s best defense, the reigning Serie A champions failed to bag three points.
However, there’s an argument Inter could’ve scored more.
In all fairness, the Nerazzurri squandered numerous promising counter-attacks, especially in the second half.
Wasted opportunities came back to bite them at full-time.
Indeed, Juventus score two unanswered goals past the 70-minute mark to eke out a 4-4 draw at Giuseppe Meazza.
By Inzaghi’s standards, that was unacceptable.
Unable to comprehend his team’s woeful defensive display, he showed the team a match tape in the warm-up for today’s fixture.
Simone Inzaghi Blasts Inter Milan Defending Vs Juventus In Squad Meeting After Reviewing Match Tape
As revealed by the video footage, numerous team and individual mistakes led to Inter’s slump.
Simone Inzaghi has deemed his side’s approach ‘arrogant’ and will look to address these issues moving forward.
Indeed, Inter can’t afford to carry on with this attitude if they’re to defend the Scudetto.
Last season, they only conceded 22 goals in 38 league matches.
By contrast, they’ve already capitulated 13 times in nine this term. And the bleeding must stop.
Therefore, Inzaghi is hellbent on ending this negative trend, starting with today’s must-win game against Empoli.
A clean sheet would be a welcome boost against a side they’ve shut out in their last ten competitive duels in Tuscany.
However, that’s been a rare commodity for Inter.
They have only registered one league clean sheet since the start of September.
Inzaghi’s frustration is, therefore, understandable.