A great European night and a textbook 2-0 win, even if against a vain version of Borussia Dortmund.
As we have experienced in the last 20 minutes against Sassuolo, there are still plenty of “Inter-ferences” in this J-nter project of genetic engineering conducted by Marotta and Conte. Last night we all had a bad feeling when Brozovic miscontrolled that pass from Godin, but we're used and always ready for some craziness involving Inter, for the bad Inter-ferences and the good ones. Just bring them.
It looks like Lautaro has stepped up big time since the game against Barcelona and it feels so good to have De Vrij controlling, organizing and playing from the back with back-to-back assists. Same can be said about Brozo being the only source of light in midfield (or “the minister who preaches”, to quote that madman and riverplatense of Lele Adani) and Barella oozing personality and showing grit and fighting spirit like he's been playing these CL clashes for a number of seasons. And grande Handa when it mattered the most, making it feel like ordinary administration as it often happens.
The early Lukaku-Esposito substitution was a courageous one and it really paid off.
In a better football world, Sebastiano would have been given the chance to take the penalty kick (the one he earned with determination like the clever and cunning
scugnizzo he is, after an exciting run) and would have scored it with ease, putting himself on the map in his CL debut, mediatically speaking.
No big deal, we still have the "ball control + elastico attempt" gif and maybe this is a better world: Candreva counter-attacking like a
cavallo pazzo in the pasture and finishing with style was the most classic of the “liberatory” goals and it can't get any better than that. Andiamo.
Martinez is probably the only player in the world who scores more while on the ground than standing lol.
Almost Gilardin-esque in his sliding goals (also in the way he still misses some clear goalscoring chances when he has more time to think).
He's really moved up gears in the last few games.