Manchester City - Inter (10 June 23) [1-0]

Adriano@10 said:

Man now your just acting like an idiot your so much better than this nobody says that an argument for Lukaku to start cannot be made...
But your acting like it was an obvious blunder to start Dzeko which is ridiculose

Also obviously the tactical genius was not starting dzeko the tactical genus was nullifying city and being able to play the game in a way where we have a good chance to win. Now ofcourse you know that but you have to stick to your argument cause otherwise how could you bash inzaghi...

On your previous question pretty sure dzeko more or less started every second gae even n the last three months.... Yes he did not score much...
But again he probably was in worse form before the euro derby dude scores the opener with what 6 mins into the game...
Dont see you calling inzaghi out for starting him there...

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Give it up. He just hates Limone and thats it.

ElDuccio said:

Lost scudetto last year because of a terrible second goalkeeper and stupid 15 min against Milan, where we (or better De Vrij) decided to gift them 2 goals. Yesterday we lost the CL Final because of stupid mitakes in front of the goal. All small details that has decide whole seasons. But i feel like this club is used to this after what happend the famous 5 May....

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Milanisti having a party right now.

And here was some ready to cheer for them in final. How many lessons you need?

No, I think vs Milan the style of game would work better for him. We are more able to assert dominance and our midfield overran them, meaning a striker who could play at the end of the attacks makes a lot of sense. vs City we were always going to sit back and absorb pressure and look to use long range counterattacks to create opportunities, and putting dzeko on the end of those where he's too slow to get up the pitch or offer an attacking threat was inherently an obvious mistake.

Like I said you have one guy who has barely played full games for us since Jan (seriously, check his minutes), and barely scored... Vs lukaku in form


Anyway tbh enough oj this point now. We can't change history, it is what it is, we've both made our perspectives clear and everyone can pick their views on it. At least, unlike many other posters "on your side" you weren't a toxic twat about it. Salute

SiamoNoi said:

Milanisti having a party right now.

And here was some ready to cheer for them in final. How many lessons you need?

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Why would they party, we buttfucked them this season. What did they achieve or win this year? Zero.

forzainter257 said:

Would Ederson wait too?

You are still picking on Lautaro and ignoring other counter arguments. Did anyone create that chance for Lautaro in the first place? Why are you taking Lautaro's effort for granted? What is your say about other opportunities we had, cause you singled out only Lautaro's as if it was the only one.

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that lautaro was the most important one, together with the lukaku header. And yes the effort was there but its also what the 2 strikers are supposed to do, they press the defenders the whole game

quachtinh said:

Lol from Man city will destroyed us 4-0, 5-0 after the first half to regrets with some choices made, we were not played as well as we could. Rather than appreciate all the efforts and grinta from the players, now spewing bs. This forum is a circus.

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mhmm

And when you call out this bullshit they call you a reactionary.. whilst people like him swing back and forth to make sure he’s on whatever bandwagon that’s winning.

Dude talked shit for months, we made it to the final, he pretended he never said any of what he said, now that we lost he’s doing the same shit again

SiamoNoi said:

Milanisti having a party right now.

And here was some ready to cheer for them in final. How many lessons you need?

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wait, which final? Personally i did not even consider this because i never believed that Milan could go to the final. This will also stay like that, with their mediocre team and coach they will go nowhere

quachtinh said:

Lol from Man city will destroyed us 4-0, 5-0 after the first half to regrets with some choices made, we were not played as well as we could. Rather than appreciate all the efforts and grinta from the players, now spewing bs. This forum is a circus.

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Please show me where I once said we would lose 4-0 or 5-0?

I don't predict scorelines, ever. I think it'd a fools game. I try to provide realistic views on what might happen, but not to the point of scorelines. And yes, I was cautious about when we pulled Milan, and I was very cautious about when we pulled City, but I honestly can't think of a time I've ever predicted a scorelines in this forum.

I've posted appreciation towards some of the players. But I don't think you can walk away from that game and say all of our players were 10/10. Some players were good, some players were very mediocre. The overall result could have been much worse, but as I said, it sucks fucking ass that actually it's a game we could have won. And I think it's quite an interesting discussion to ask what changes we could have made to take this from might have won, to would have won. Don't you?


If the scorelines comment isn't targeted at me then fine and I apologise, but if you're gonna accuse me of it, show me where I did it?

ElDuccio said:

wait, which final? Personally i did not even consider this because i never believed that Milan could go to the final. This will also stay like that, with their mediocre team and coach they will go nowhere

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In their possible CL final. There was a talk about that in CL thread before semifinal or before draw,not sure.

.h. said:

No, I think vs Milan the style of game would work better for him. We are more able to assert dominance and our midfield overran them, meaning a striker who could play at the end of the attacks makes a lot of sense. vs City we were always going to sit back and absorb pressure and look to use long range counterattacks to create opportunities, and putting dzeko on the end of those where he's too slow to get up the pitch or offer an attacking threat was inherently an obvious mistake.

Like I said you have one guy who has barely played full games for us since Jan (seriously, check his minutes), and barely scored... Vs lukaku in form


Anyway tbh enough oj this point now. We can't change history, it is what it is, we've both made our perspectives clear and everyone can pick their views on it. At least, unlike many other posters "on your side" you weren't a toxic twat about it. Salute

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Not sure what argument your proving with the fact that a 37 year old does not play the full 90 mins more often then not....
Anyways as you said neither of us will change his position on this...

BTW lukaku played about 400 mins more form jan till now....

Again i dont disagree with you that the argument can be hold around wether dzeko or lukaku should have started i just dont see it as an obvious mistake no mater who out of the two the coach picks... And imho Dzeko did his job quite well yesterday despite not being dangerous..

Also sorry if i took it to far in some post if i did so it s only cause i consider you one of the more knowledgable footbal posters and am a bit stunned how fierce you hold your position on this.

Adriano@10 said:

Not sure what argument your proving with the fact that a 37 year old does not play the full 90 mins more often then not....
Anyways as you said neither of us will change his position on this...

BTW lukaku played about 400 mins more form jan till now....

Again i dont disagree with you that the argument can be hold around wether dzeko or lukaku should have started i just dont see it as an obvious mistake no mater who out of the two the coach picks... And imho Dzeko did his job quite well yesterday despite not being dangerous..

Also sorry if i took it to far in some post if i did so it s only cause i consider you one of the more knowledgable footbal posters and am a bit stunned how fierce you hold your position on this.

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Nah, you're all good my bro. We're both long term posters here and while we don't always agree on everything, it's always respectful. I have a lot of time for you and your opinions, I'm not here for an echo chamber. It's all love between us don't worry <3 or at least from my side

Your questions and opinions are perfectly reasonable and not toxic to ask at all

I'm so fuckin sad and proud at the same time. This has been very shitty year for me so far and maybe it sounds stupid but feel like this win would at least make it some bit better. Oh well.

Gane said:

I'm so fuckin sad and proud at the same time. This has been very shitty year for me so far and maybe it sounds stupid but feel like this win would at least make it some bit better. Oh well.

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Sorry to hear it my dude, hope everything is okay

bubba zanetti said:

Give it up. He just hates Limone and thats it.

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And doesn't understand the sport of football. But at least he tries.

Cool it with the personal insults. Infractions if this continues.

.h. said:

It's not about me trying to prove I'm right. It's ridiculous that you guys are so egotistical about trying to be right all the time. It's about what would have made Inter more likely to succeed, and I stand by my opinion, which I shared before the game, that starting dzeko was a mistake, and decreased our chances to win

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The irony is super strong in this one.

brakbrak said:

The irony is super strong in this one.

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Unbelievable stuff for real...

I’m not sure if this is the right thread, as well as unsure whether this has been said a million times, but damn Goal.com fuckin HATES serie a. On their page, even scrolling all the way down, not a single article focusing on Inter. It’s kinda hilarious. Before you start bashing, I’m aware of how shitty goal is, was just on a CL news feeding frenzy.

It's sadly underreported implication of yesterday's game and what is now undeniable fact, that we would steamroll EPL. I don't see a way around that conclusion.

I don't have much to say about the match. We easily could have won. We didn't take our chances. Dzeko is a corpse, and Lukaku has proven at every stage of his career that he isn't a clutch big game player. Heading the ball straight at the keeper while half the net is wide open is inexcusable for the KiNg oF mIlAnO. I thought Lautaro played as well as we could have hoped, given the lack of support he received. I don't fault him for shooting at Ederson after he created the turnover. The takeaway for me is that we need a complete overhaul of our attack this summer. Lukaku, Dzeko, and Correa need to leave. We need three new strikers if we want to win anything that matters.

Dumfries and Calhaonglu were the two players who really let me down last night. Calhanoglu has been great for us all season, but he looked lost and contributed nothing to the game. Several misplaced passes. Dumfries has always made poor decisions, but last night he chose not to make any decisions at all. You can't counterattack world class opponents without quick decisions and precision, something both Dumfries and our attackers lack.

Oddly enough, I find myself thinking of something Brehme repeats ad nauseum. Perhaps the quality gap between Serie A and the EPL isn't as large as everyone makes it out be. Sure, finals are cagey. But a 35 year old Acerbi put the most prolific striker in the world in his pocket. Onana outplayed Ederson in every way. Before the match, Universe shared a "fan vote" photo of the final where the fans voted the best XI between our two clubs, the result which was 11 City players. Based strictly on last night's match, I would only put 4 City players in that XI.

This one is going to sting for a while. All my favorite sport teams excel at making finals and then losing them.