Inter Milan dropped two precious points in Saturday’s top-of-table Serie A clash against reigning holders Napoli.
According to Corriere dello Sport via FCInterNews, Inter’s notorious lapses in concentration in the latter stages of play came to the fore once again.
Cristian Chivu seemed to be on the cusp of claiming his first league victory against fellow top-four rivals.
However, Scott McTominay’s 81st-minute equalizer condemned the Nerazzurri to a frustrating 2-2 draw at San Siro.
Inter Milan Must Improve One Major Flaw to Boost Scudetto Chances
Despite boasting the division’s seventh-best defensive record, Inter have been prone to conceding late this season.
Indeed, last year’s Serie A runners-up have conceded only 17 goals in their opening 19 league outings.
However, six of them came beyond the 75th minute, three times more than AC Milan and Napoli.
Furthermore, only four teams have conceded more goals in the final 15 minutes than Inter so far.
With that in mind, it’s fair to say that Inter’s late slip-ups have plagued their lofty ambitions in the first half of the season.
Maybe at this point we have to think about not always starting our best, but rather keep some for the late stages. Starting Andi, Carlos, Pio, Davide and Susic should be tried. One per game if he thinks the ballance will fail too much. I would go even further and say that we have at least 20 starters.
I just went over the squad and i dont think neither the old players are done or the young ones – too green. Might be a physical issue. We do have a lot of national team players. So they never get a break.
agreed. with high pressing games like the one against Napoli we can easily get tired after 60 min. That’s why we lose intensity and conceded more in the later phase of the game.