Simone Inzaghi feels that Inter Milan had an “excellent first half” against Juventus, but paid for their wastefulness in front of goal.
The Nerazzurri coach spoke to SporTV after the match, via FCInterNews. He rued the costliness of the chances that his team missed in the Derby d’Italia.
For the third time this season, Inter Milan have slumped to defeat in Serie A.
And unlike in losses against AC Milan and Fiorentina, this wasn’t necessarily the result of the Nerazzurri being second best for ninety minutes.
In the first half in particular, Inter showed their strength. They outclassed Juventus, and created more and better chances.
But that counted for nothing, as the Nerazzurri were unable to find the back of the net with any of the opportunities that they had.
Inzaghi: “Inter Excellent In The First Half, Paid For Missed Chances” Vs Juventus
Inter captain Lautaro Martinez particularly had some chances where he failed to hit the targets from positions where he would normally do much better.
But the Nerazzurri as a whole just seemed to be lacking something in the final third.
After the match, Inter coach Simone Inzaghi gave his thoughts. “We had an excellent first half,” he said. “We should have taken the lead.”
“But unfortunately we missed too many chances,” the Nerazzurri coach. “And in certain matches, you pay for that.”
“Now we have to move forward,” Inzaghi emphasized.
“We’re there within a few points, and we’ll see what happens.”
As far as possible changes to the team against Genoa next weekend, Inzaghi said “We’ll see.”
“We’ll try to get our strength and energy back. Then we have a very important match next weekend.”
Still 20% of the blame goes to Inzaghi but the lautaro misses can’t simply be ignored. People say Dumfires also missed a couple of chances but at least he was able to hit the target but for Lautaro he just seem to blast it and hope for the best even when a better decision would be control over power. The only solution is to bench him because his actions have consequences. He can’t perform like that as a captain and expect everything to just be ok near the end of the match he entirely stopped playing after reality started to settle in that he was simply terrible
You made questionable subs in the second half, but still IMO the blame goes to those who missed tap-ins, e.g. Lautaro.