Inter - Real Sociedad (12 Dec 23) [0-0]

[CafeCordoba]

You people talk here like our first team guys would have SECURED the win here.

The 1st half was good, the 2nd half was not good, we couldn't create shit. First half we got all these nice counters or attacks which we wasted, which was too bad since 2nd half was pretty empty. In the static play, it was very hard to get anything done.

 

[SiamoNoi]

Fucking disappointing.

Field our best XI against the #17th in the league and rotate in a very important CL match.

Exactly. We literally forgot this is just one game and there are like 20+ rounds left in Serie A. I don't buy any of that concentrate on Serie A bullshit. This was the real opportunity.

 

[CafeCordoba]

Simone Inzaghi following #Inter-Real Sociedad:“I am very satisfied with the team. Rotations? There is a need. We are in December and we want to make it to June in the best conditions, some had to rest. Arnautović and Sánchez? I am satisfied, it is normal that they cannot be in better condition because they have played less. They will grow even more but I’m satisfied tonight.”

You don't have to buy it, but here Inzaghi basically confirms it.

 

[CoolMan44]

You don't have to buy it, but here Inzaghi basically confirms it.

Yup. I'm all for rotations when we play every 3 days - it needs to be done. Playing our 'best 11' two games in a row (when one is midweek) is no guarantee of a win as we saw earlier this season.

Even this match, we looked best with the initial starting 11. I think where Inzaghi made a mistake is not giving Lautaro-Thuram time to play together.

 

[javier_zanetti <3]

Like many people here Im very disappointed but I really like Simone atitude. If we want to be a big name in european football, we should fear no one.

 

[Meysam]

Sub of Thuram was wrong? Yes but if we lose him cus of overplaying we'll be totally done whether in the league or ucl.
So I'm saying It was a 50-50 decision that Inzaghi didn't gamble it. I can't blame him.

In January, Hope we can find a proper striker magically as we found Thuram otherwise we can't go forther in the ucl or even expect to win the league.

 

[SiamoNoi]

Sounds like an interesting topic, that hopefully will be explored in the next Inter jections, by Jove!

I expect some serious rant from Uni.

 

[Alex de Large]

Very sad to come to see this game live in specific. We did lack the intensity showed vs Udinese. Only in some specific moments thanks to Carlos, Thuram and a couple of more maybe we tried to go forward and create something otherwise it was like both teams were ok with a draw and I don't understand this.
Crowd not happy in the shitty change arna for Thuram
Now hope to avoid Bayern city and Bellingham

 

[Besnik]

I get the frustration among people in here but let's not make a big deal out of it. Our team has played with a high intensity for a while now, and all these wins with a huge margin consumes a lot energy. I'm not making excuses for second half shitshow but you can tell that team lacked aggressivity, and when you consider that it wasn't a sort of decisive match in a long term, then you'd understand that weekend match against Lazio is far more important.

We could have won this had we kept our focus in the final third and take advantage of their vulnerability in the first half, but it is what it is.

There's still some positives out of tonight's match. We've shown that we could keep a clean sheet even against teams that are very creative and can dominate ball possession.

Biggest let down was our attack which not only that wasn't clinical, but also lack of support was another key thing. Once Alexis was subbed out, Arnautovic came in, so it was basically the same same non-factor thing.

And one last thing; We shouldn't care too much about whom we could face in the knock-out phase. Inter is capable of taking on any team. Anyone who thinks that we'll have same approach in the next round of CL as what we have shown tonight, is delusional to me. We've already secured qualifying, so what's the point of consuming super extra energy in a match that won't decide a season, to sacrifice something which could eventually ruin our momentum in the league.

Think about it. We are undefeated for a while now. We are lacking decent options in attack, and we still have a few absences from starting line-up. Things are going more than okay IMHO.

 

[forzainter257]

Just threw away a huge opportunity...
Cant help but feel like this is on inzaghi i just dont understand why you dont start your best midfield and attack in such a crucial game....

My guess is Inzaghi did this on purpose to finish second and get a tough team so that he has an excuse for an early exit. He wants to focus on scudetto just like in his first season. He never learns from his mistakes by himself. He will blow the title to juventus and console us with fucking coppa, mark my words.

 

[pupivn]

Why are people so upset, not ideal but not like we’re out of chance to go to quarter final completely. I can see fan from other teams having same reaction “shit” . We can take any team finishing first now, it also depends performance in Feb as well.

 

[thatdude]

You people talk here like our first team guys would have SECURED the win here.

The 1st half was good, the 2nd half was not good, we couldn't create shit. First half we got all these nice counters or attacks which we wasted, which was too bad since 2nd half was pretty empty. In the static play, it was very hard to get anything done.

Part of the reason we were able to counter so well in the first half was Thuram. He basically was a one man counter attack. The real disappointment of this game is that we didn’t try to give him and Lautaro a chance together. There is never a guarantee in football. We scored against Sociedad once over 180 minutes and it was only with them both on the pitch. That’s just the truth.

We have an issue in this squad no doubt. The drop off between our starting forwards and back up forwards is too large. We essentially lose all ability to threaten against top defenses as soon as Thuram or Lautaro is off the field. The last 30 minutes of this game was a time to gamble imo. Those 30 minutes we saved Thuram today in my opinion aren’t worth us giving up first place in the CL group.

I could have lived with us pushing for the result and just coming up short or even getting hit on the counter in the end. However, the subs just gave the wrong impression and you could see it in the way the team reacted. Also, remember Lazio is also playing a CL match tomorrow, which means they will come into our match with a day less rest.

 

[Universe]

Do you guys want to win the Scudetto or not…. If you want to win it you prioritise it over the CL that is after all how you win it.

We don’t have the team to play on two fronts no Italian team has.

Keep telling yourself that.

As much as the "it is what it is" crowd love to rip on the "complainers" the truth is you sandwiches are even more determined to hold onto this mindset.

Example: did Lautaro have to play the full 90 mins against Udinese? We were 3-0 up at half time.. Would Udinese have mounted a heroic comeback and beaten us 3-4 if we had taken Lautaro off at half time, or even the hour mark? No, but we might've given Lautaro more rest for this match against Sociedad and we could've even started him instead of that absolute fucking waster Sanchez.

Pretty much the same case in the first leg. Points don't lie and Sociedad, not Inter, are the strongest team in this group. And yet, against the strongest team, the group winners, both home and away we played heavily rotated teams

We could've pushed much harder in the final 30 minutes at Benfica too. We tied the game up at 70 mins and the ref eventually gave 9 minutes of stoppage time and yet we did fuck all because we were satisfied with merely rescuing the draw. Had we won that game, we'd be group winners now.

As others have mentioned, look at the difference between the group winners and the runners up.. it's the elite of the European elite against a bunch of fucking Europa League trash. Winning our group, and being drawn against one of those weaker teams balances out to actually HELP our scudetto chances, and almost guarantees progression to the Quarter Finals - plus that UEFA money.

Sociedad know this. Watch them celebrating. They aren't celebrating winning the group or even progressing to the next stage. They're celebrating an easy quarter finals run.

Disagree if you like but as far as I'm concerned, winning the group would've meant a 90% chance of getting through to the quarters but coming second place means a 50-75% chance at being eliminated at the round of 16. The difference between the two outcomes is colossal.

But nah.. it's all good guys!






I feel this is a good time to remind everyone that Lazio are in 10th place. TENTH fucking place. They have been pathetic all season and have scored a miserable 16 goals in 16 games.

I will also remind everyone that there is a full FIVE days.. FIVE days and 9 hours between the Sociedad match and our match vs Lazio. I mean... do we even really need to rotate?

As thatdude so accurately put it, there's prioritizing the scudetto, and then there's this.

And yet, because our coach is petrified of getting humiliated by his ex again, he has completely jeopardized our European campaign.

There's a balance to every single decision Inzaghi has to make. Who to start, who to rotate, when to sub etc. I get that some of you simply don't like what you perceive to be complaining - regardless how valid the criticism - and that it can be exhausting when people overanaylze every miniscule decision and micro detail. But giving Inzaghi a blanket excuse is not right either.

We should've put much more into this game. The "cost" of winning would've been negligible yet the ramifications for not winning are fucking enormous.

 

[PHM1605]

If we are out next round that is due to Inzaghi's over rotation. Again.

We are facing a top powerhouse. Not that fearing or not, but the chance is still on their favor. Much harder than beating Sociedad at home. But still he chooses it.

 

[Sawyer]

Let's hope for Barcelona then...

 

[Besnik]

If we are out next rounds that is due to Inzaghi's over rotation. Again.

We are facing a top powerhouse. Not that fearing or not, but the chance is still on their favor. Much harder than beating Sociedad at home. But still he chooses it.

Let's pretend we ended group as leaders, what makes you think that we would surely knock-out these teams of second spot in their respective group?

I get that we'd stand a better chance as leaders, but in football you never know. I'm sure that any of our eventual opponents would want to avoid us in the draw. We're basically a serious candidate that finished group in second spot.

 

[PHM1605]

Let's pretend we ended group as leaders, what makes you think that we would surely knock-out these teams of second spot in their respective group?

I get that we'd stand a better chance as leaders, but in football you never know. I'm sure that any of our eventual opponents would want to avoid us in the draw. We're basically a serious candidate that finished group in second spot.

Yes all is about probability difference. And minimizing your effort to get the maximum outcome. Inzaghi is doing the opposite.

I guess you are forgetting Liverpool. We are risk losing more gas but still eliminated by Real or Bayern, as the unavoidable consequence. Plus the mentality and tens of millions loss on top.

The most irritating thing is that we chose that path.

 

[Besnik]

Yes all is about probability difference. And minimizing your effort to get the maximum outcome. Inzaghi is doing the opposite.

I guess you are forgetting Liverpool. We are risk losing more gas but still eliminated by Real or Bayern, as the unavoidable consequence. Plus the mentality and tens of millions loss on top.

The most irritating thing is that we chose that path.

Not saying that you're wrong, but I'm just pointing out Limone probably thinks that having his key players still fresh enough for the weekend is more important than putting in 100% effort in tonight's match. You have to consider on what's the best for now, because you don't know what's coming after a month.

Of course I'd love to win tonight and see a better display, especially in second half, but at the same time I fully support Limone's decisions because I can understand where he's coming from.

I wish he'd kept Thuram a little longer in the pitch tonight, otherwise no complaints.

 

[akusukako]

real madrid played their last non-meaningful match already won the group. they had a lot of injuries too. yet they still play their most in form players rodrigo and belingham in that nonn-meaningful match with bellingham nursing ankle and shoulder injuries.

inzaghi thinks too much. not like the position we are in is good either. real sociedad is inexperienced in europe. we should really start our best 11 and closed shop after scoring 1-2 goals as we are playing at home. what a waste of european night at home, not giving any joy to us fans. we actually have something to fight for 1st position and ended up comforting ourselves that all is well because it is good strategy for serie a?

i dont think we are even helping serie a in good coerficients next season if we out next 16. and who else in serie a is better than us in europe at the current moment? what a big mess and waste

 

[ADRossi]

You people talk here like our first team guys would have SECURED the win here.

The 1st half was good, the 2nd half was not good, we couldn't create shit. First half we got all these nice counters or attacks which we wasted, which was too bad since 2nd half was pretty empty. In the static play, it was very hard to get anything done.

Our first team was more likely to produce a victory than the team we rolled out. Blanket statement.