Analysis: Inter turns the quiet game into drama and even makes Coudet suffer in the Libertadores | International

“A game that seemed very calm to me and that ended with a lot of emotion for my taste”

The coach uses 16 words to sum up 90 minutes as Inter opened 2-0 in 18 minutes, scoring a goal, but scoring the third in a row. He went to the locker room with a comfortable 3 to 1 that became a shocking 3 to 3 and ended in a 4 to 3 with a goal in the dark.

The team lived two times of opposites. It was “Coudet in essence” in the first stage. And he did pretty much everything backwards on Monday, except for Boschilia’s saving throw.

There were 10 absences in the squad for the resumption of the Libertadores. And Inter needed exactly 44 seconds to open the scoring and show that perhaps, and only perhaps, they did not feel the effects of the casualties. With 18 minutes, Colorado already won 2-0.

And with two goals designed by Coudet. In the first, the team worked the ball from the right. On the other side of the field, Uendel appeared wide open, near the sideline, and gave the team room.

It was there that Rodrigo Lindoso found the side with a free kick, followed by an even more exquisite individual play. Uendel doubled the score and crossed the head of Abel Hernández to open the scoring.

The Uruguayan’s choice to team up with Thiago Galhardo was also successful for the other two goals. With a forward of origin in the sector, Inter had more depth and area presence. This is how Uendel found the top scorer with a vertical pass from the left.

Galhardo dominated and had Abel very close inside the area to shoot him. The Uruguayan fought with the appointment to play it as a car for Boschilia. The pair attracted the rival defense and left space for the midfielder to appear free in front of the goal. He finished and scored the second rebound goal.

Since we talked about the attack, the third goal also justifies the choice of Abel. The Uruguayan was there, where shirt 9 should be, inside the small area. And he took advantage of Rodrigo Lindoso’s header after an aerial play, to push the nets, in the 31st time.

Inter had intensity in the marking, the full-backs added to the attack and control the game with aggressiveness, as Coudet likes so much. But minutes before Abel scored the second half, America’s goal from Cali was already a warning of what was to come in the second half.

The Colombian team managed to escape the pressure and had the ball in the attack field. There, Vergara shot with the vertical pass behind Zé Gabriel and with Uendel out of position. He had an easy life to score.

The error in the goal was the result of an isolated inattention in the first half. But that became the team’s keynote in the second leg.

Shortly after 3 minutes, Ramos discounted for América de Cali after a free kick. It was the tenth aerial ball goal suffered by Inter in 2020.

The team tried to play their usual game. Lower output resulted in passing errors. The support from the flanks became a draw for the Colombians.

“They are conceptual things that we have to repeat and improve. But correcting, winning is much easier than not doing it” (Coudet)

At 32, Inter tried to attack, but ended up losing the ball. Uendel and Saravia were on the attack and the team struggled to pass to defense. Vergara escaped freely on the right and turned Moreno, free inside the area. He played at the start of Marcelo Lomba.

Coudet played with the team, with Leandro Fernández and Johnny in place of Abel and Nonato. Then with D’Alessandro instead of Lindoso. But the team didn’t produce … Until Boschilia found the saving goal with a deflection to give Colorado the victory.

– Conceptually, we have to go through a lot of things. For example, we play a game with both wingers in attack when we are ahead – explains Coudet.

With the result, Inter leads Group E with seven points. Colorado returns to the field for the Libertadores next Wednesday, at 9:30 p.m., for the Gre-Nal do Beira-Rio. Before that, the team will face Fortaleza on Saturday, at 7pm, in Castelão, for the eleventh day of the Brasileirão.