Inter, Berni’s strange record: zero minutes played, two expulsions

The third nerazzurri goalkeeper has remedied two reds in the season but has never made his debut with the nerazzurri

Six years of Inter Milan, zero appearances and … two expulsions. Tommaso Berni may not go down in history with the greatest goalkeepers of all time, but after yesterday evening, he finished it in the book of records, all right. Yes, because the third Nerazzurri goalkeeper at Tardini made up for the second seasonal red without ever setting foot on the pitch.

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THE FACT

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It is the 68th minute of Parma-Inter with D’Aversa’s team still on the 1-0. Kulusevski widens his elbow on Barella and flies towards Handanovic. The referee Maresca continues, Berni from the bench goes on a rampage and “targets” the fourth man: for the whistle of Naples he is red. Nothing bad if it were not for Berni is not the first time: the third of Handa had already been dismissed during Inter-Cagliari following the protests for the expulsion of Lautaro Martinez. At the end of the game, the handshake did not please Manganiello who gave him a red. Two days of disqualification also followed.

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ALSO PANS

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Not only Berni, however. The nervousness on the bench and especially between the posts in the Inter home did not spare Daniele Padelli either. Handanovic’s deputy remedied a red from the bench at Juventus Stadium during the last game before the pandemic stop. Berni’s therefore, besides making history, is also the third expulsion of an Inter goalkeeper from the bench in a few months. Does Handanovic leave no space between the posts? They take it like this …

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Veteran

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Berni, who grew up between Fiorentina and Inter’s youth, is a bench veteran. The last season as a starter played it in 2006 at Ternana in B, after having also been in the national youth team. Since then he has toured Lazio, Salernitana, Braga, Samp, Turin and then Inter: for him 33 games in 14 years, of which the last one in the blue shirt in 2012.

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