Inter - Barcelona (4 Oct 22) [1-0]

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We desperately needed this, specially against Barca. Next week will be even bigger!
 

Linege

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about handball it was 50/50

we scored a goal, played well till 60min, and defend solid in another 30

we deserved to win this game

best game by devrij this season, which is a surprise, the worst was attack- dzeko, corrhea, rest played very good

with our current roster, injures, lack of form that was the best we could do
 

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Our counterattacking tactics might work better especially in Europe with Lukaku back in the line up
 

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Also, Correa needs to stay onside - our plays could be much more dangerous if he holds his runs just a tad
 

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Damn, 8 minutes of extra time and I was fearing for the worst throughout it.

It was quite a good game, even though Barcelona were not at its best. Finally a win against a top opponent in the CL. I do not get Xavi's rant at all, as we also were deprived of at least 2 goals.

Inzaghi started with a good line up, except for the fact that I would have preferred Asllani but I get it. Asllani did well in the very few minutes he played at the end.

Correa aside, all our players did well in this game. Not that he was too terrible though - the offside goal he scored was a good one. Martinez did not look at its best either.

Onana made a blunder on the goal which VAR cancelled. Aside that blunder, Onana did quite well and I think it is time to stick with him in Serie as well. That being said, the defense did help him, as after a long time it looked so composed.

Calhan made few mistakes here and there but was also the only person who kind of scared our opponent with his shots. He can perform better thou. Barella put in a composed performed and so did Mikhi.

Lets see how we continue from here now.
 

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Obviously I'm happy we won but we were all around awful everywhere other than in our third. I lost count how many simple passes got misplaced in midfield by every player of ours. Also I'm really not okay with how comfortable Onana feels with feints when strikers press him. While I agree with posters here who say we should switch to more defensive football, I'm not sure how is that supposed to work when we cannot counter at all.

This was a fluke win, we need to get our shit together fast.
 

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Very surprising win for me, i wonder why the players couldn't fight like this in recent league games..
 

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Obviously I'm happy we won but we were all around awful everywhere other than in our third. I lost count how many simple passes got misplaced in midfield by every player of ours. Also I'm really not okay with how comfortable Onana feels with feints when strikers press him. While I agree with posters here who say we should switch to more defensive football, I'm not sure how is that supposed to work when we cannot counter at all.

This was a fluke win, we need to get our shit together fast.
That's the way to play against a team like Barcelona. Be realist, do hard work, don't try fancy shit if you can't. But be courageous with the ball when you have the chance to do it with minimal risk.

IMO it was almost a perfect match by us. Barcelona had a total of TWO shots in the 2nd half, one against the goal.

The most important was we had our spirit back, the attitude was there again, fighting was there again.

It was obviously a handball (you can see Dumfries' reaction) but somehow they couldn't conclude it from VAR footage and as ref didn't see it from the start, they just couldn't call the foul. For once we get lucky with these.
 

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Didn't see any real improvements in our game plan except players were motivated as fuck, that extra bit of sacrifice they v put enabled us to win it. And let's be completely honest, we also had a bit of luck... But again I highly doubt we will be able to count on that energy against teams like sassuolo for example.

Great win nonetheless though, and first positive and major thing that happened to this club since coppa victory.
 

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Fantastic win. Very important for the season
Agreed. Another loss here and it would have sent this team into a black hole that would be difficult to climb out of tbh.

Instead we beat Barcelona, albeit maybe a bit unjustly and confidence (hopefully) is restored and we can get back to winning ways. This was huge.
 

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Didn't see any real improvements in our game plan except players were motivated as fuck, that extra bit of sacrifice they v put enabled us to win it. And let's be completely honest, we also had a bit of luck... But again I highly doubt we will be able to count on that energy against teams like sassuolo for example.

Great win nonetheless though, and first positive and major thing that happened to this club since coppa victory.
That's exactly how many here want Inter to win.
 

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so great to see Škriniar as Capitano and Onana on goal, the box looked so much alive, great game from DeVrij and Chalha,
 
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