And there are 11. Eleven points of advantage that, with the victory over Cagliari, Inter keeps on Milan e eleven are also consecutive victories of Conte’s team, which does not show the slightest sign of letting up, the slightest intention to slow down, relax, be satisfied. Eleven are also the owners that the Nerazzurri coach has found over the last few weeks, giving shape to his ideal team that has responded to the sound of record numbers, successes and a first place in the standings cemented day after day.
But to these eleven most titled the same Count knows, occasionally and wisely, add others according to the moment, the opponent and the absences: as many players who deserve the definition of owners for professionalism, application and ability to be decisive. Players who like Sanchez a Parma, Frog in Bologna, Young in the last three games, Sensi and Darmian with Cagliari they enter and show that they know how to be precise, on the piece and even something more. Darmian for example, who with Sassuolo had been used in the 3-man defense line instead of Bastoni, added us against the Sardinians in addition to the usual application and precision on the right as well as on the left, a goal that is worth a good slice of the title and that ideally represents the spirit and group created by the coach.
The Inter that has long since found its 11 owner is also the Inter that knows how to value and be valued by who enters from the bench: see, as a further confirmation of this, the entry of Lautaro (one of the very titular ones who had been allowed to catch his breath) against Cagliari in the second half with a couple of retreats and defensive closures that give the measure of a total attacker but also of a boy who always wants to leave the sweat on the shirt and knows how to put on at the service of the team, not only when there is to score or take glory but also when it is necessary to sacrifice and help. A similar argument applies to Hakimi and his decisive play, complete with a kiss received by Conte during the celebration, on Darmian’s goal, which explains better than any speech the ability to enter and be decisive in the final part of the umpteenth complicated game of which, however, once again and in some way, Inter was able to find the keys.
Because that of San Siro was a race that once again football “aesthetes” as an end in themselves will judge it as only painful and tiring: and it certainly was, as matches against teams that desperately need points to save themselves know and must be. But then it was also the sixth consecutive victory with only one goal difference, a sign that the team knows how to pay attention and concentration until the last second, and it was a game without having collected any goals (Inter thus came to have suffered only 4 goals in the last 13 games).
The Sardinians have long been closed and compact and have always been against this kind of opponent Inter are struggling more than when they can run in the open field. But he was able to have patience and look for solutions in the quality plays of Sensi and Eriksen (not surprisingly the most dangerous in the first half), he asked and looked for cuts and insertions of the outside and granted to the opponent (who came out of his shell desperately in the last ten minutes) a central broadside of Nainggolan as the only opportunity in 90 minutes. IS that final suffering that was not lacking was more the consequence of balls thrown into the area like prayer than anything else, prayers then recited by most of the interisti accustomed, over the centuries, to expect the joke to be always around the corner.
But the more you attack this Inter, the more you put it at ease: indeed, in certain moments of the game it almost seems like choosing to be attacked to make its granite explode. Because this Inter Milan has no intention of being mocked. IS to football aesthetes he answers with numbers: this Inter is the Serie A team that make the most passes in actions that end with a goal: it means that every action in which Inter scores has a very specific construction in mind, that the goal goes to seek, orchestrate and embroider, even with patience, just like happened against Cagliari with the ball moved from left to right to the “buoy” offered by Lukaku for the cut in the area of Hakimi in favor of the insertion of the other winger, Darmian, in a coast to coast with a tricolor scent.
But Inter, according to some, was not that bad team that plays badly and only on the break? Apparently not, because in football those who score, those who suffer little and those who win have always been right. Records are worth up to a certain point but when you start making them, you are on the right track. For example, Inter is the first Serie A team capable of winning all the first 11 matches of the second round, beating Sacchi’s Milan in the 1989/90 season. For football aesthetes, or Conte’s detractors, or Marotta’s detractors, or Inter’s detractors in general, this will not be enough. At Inter, Conte, Marotta, his players and his fans, it is enough to take another decisive step towards his goal, which is then written and pronounced the Scudetto. That the way things are, show every day more that you deserve thanks to work, sacrifice and total dedication of which Darmian, the latest hero in chronological order, is a perfect image. IS the beauty of football, like a kiss, lies in the simple, true and concrete things that lead to the final result.
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