Inter - Spezia (20 Dec 20) [2-1]

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Why the fuck are we starting gags against freaking spezia? We re gonna have most of the possession any ways why not play a player whos good with the ball and who can pass? How does it make sense to start the midfielder that is worst with the ball at his feet and bench the two who are best at it in a game where most likely will have the ball and be struggling to create against a very defensive team?
I get that eriksen does not start but how the fuck can not even sensi get a start?
I don't like to see gagliardinho on the field either, but you're wrong on spezia being very defensive team. They actually try to play possession based attacking football, despite being a relegation candidate.
 

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I don't like to see gagliardinho on the field either, but you're wrong on spezia being very defensive team. They actually try to play possession based attacking football, despite being a relegation candidate.

I know that but we usually have most of the posession against small teams no matter how they play.
I mean we re playing spezia at home us not having the ball and constantly attacking would be a failure in it selfe.

I just dont get why we cannot play a more offensive midfield against Spezia...
 

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So we should be afraid of Spezia also and play defensive midfielders,so Gags would play again,haha my gawd...
 

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Any official line up? In the livescore.com, it looks like Conte play with all main players.
 

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One of our CBs will be on the scoresheet.
 

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Time has come to have a normal 5:0 game...
 

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Any official line up? In the livescore.com, it looks like Conte play with all main players.

from inter.it

INTER (3-5-2): 1 Handanovic; 37 Skriniar, 6 de Vrij, 95 A. Bastoni; 2 Hakimi, 23 Barella, 77 Brozovic, 5 Gagliardini, 15 Young; 9 Lukaku, 10 Lautaro.
Substitutes: 27 Padelli, 97 Radu, 11 Kolarov, 12 Sensi, 13 Ranocchia, 14 Perisic, 22 Vidal, 24 Eriksen, 33 D'Ambrosio, 36 Darmian.
Coach: Antonio Conte.

SPEZIA (4-3-3): 94 Provedel; 4 Vignali, 19 Terzi, 6 Mora, 20 S. Bastoni; 4 Acampora, 8 Ricci, 27 Deiola; 11 Gyasi, 18 Nzola, 34 Ismajli.
Substitutes: 12 Krapikas, 5 Marchizza, 10 Agoumé, 15 Mastinu, 16 Bartolomei, 17 Farias, 21 Ferrer, 24 Estevez, 25 Maggiore, 28 Erlic, 80 Agudelo, 91 Piccoli.
Coach: Vincenzo Italiano.


all the journalists, and supporters, who tought there would be some rotation, were wrong (me included). but i'm glad i was wrong, we cannot underestimate anyone.
 

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Kind of surprised.. seems like no rotation.

There will be no rotation whatsoever now that we are out of Europe. Expect to see a lot of gaglia
 

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Great lineup mate :palm:

At least there are no excuses not to utterly destroy them now.
 

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Rotate all you like when we have the game won. Now is not the time for farting around with B teams.
 

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Kinda weird how we start out the season by playing the likes of Kolarov and D'Ambrosio at CB so often, even rotating in Ranocchia early and now we don't even rotate against Spezia.

It be what it be. At least this is a great game for Lukaku to stat pad against a weaker opponent.

Forza Inter, amala!
 

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Fuckin hell, Conte. Rotate! Some of these players are hardly able to run for 15 minutes...
 

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Now is not the time for farting around with B teams.

It is though. Of the 38 league games we will play this season, this match ranks within the top 5 easiest matches of the season.

Let's stop the old adages like "there are no easy games in Serie A" etc. Obviously every single match has some risk. The whole point of rotation is to minimize risk by being selective with where and when you rotate. If not now, then when? When we play against a Serie D side? Oh wait, we're not playing against any Serie D sides this year.

No one is asking for a full youth team, that would be ludicrous. A few rotation options wouldn't exactly be amiss, especially in midfield and defense - especially considering the options available. Barella in particular has been blurring the line between injured and not injured while getting battered relentlessly game after game. Brozovic looks like he needs a holiday.

Woe is us though, right? Can't give Brozovic or Barella a rest because we only have the likes of Christian fucking Eriksen on the bench.
 

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Fuck this, just want that Cunte out of Inter as soon as possible. No rest for Broz and Barella against fkn Spezia?!Asshole.
 

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I dont know why vs spezia we go with gags and young, we have sensi fit and eriksen and he still play with this fucking gags and poor barella that not get any rest, also this fucking conte need to consider darmian in left insted of this useless young.. never saw such a stubborn coach..
 

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Fuck this, just want that Cunte out of Inter as soon as possible. No rest for Broz and Barella against fkn Spezia?!Asshole.

Brozo only played half a game last match and Barella missed a couple of games a few weeks back. I say, take them off when the game is won.

Let's not forget there's a winter break just around the corner as well.
 

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In Conte's mind, the defense cannot change, though sometimes we see Ranocchia over De Vrij in some easier fixtures, the wing backs are just weird as he always rotates those. Then you have the attack, where Sanchez is out and even Pinamonti is off.

But let's not kid ourselves, there's the central midfield trio. You have Vidal who's not ready for a game, you have Sensi who's not ready for a game. You have Eriksen who Conte is not ready to see as a starter... So you're stuck with the three he's used. He'll say he was out of options to rotate.

Knowing Conte, I get all this bullshit. What I do not understand is why Young has to play here over Perisic or Darmian.
 
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