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Internazionale got ahead of their rival Milan in Italian Serie A in the last round, 22. They won 3-1 against Lazio at San Siro and saw the Rossoneri team fall to the debutant Spezia 2-0.
It seemed like the password for the scepter pass in the classic. Even for the triumph of the neroazzurri in the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup. Because Inter, led by Antonio Conte, already pointed out last season that it would be the most capable team to take advantage of any oscillation of the Juventus championship.
And he did not disappoint at the Derby della Madonnina. Internazionale ran over most of the time. Absolute dominance of the first half, controlling the game denying spaces to the rival and taking advantage of the gaps to get the pressure ball out and unleash the Romero Lukaku-Lautaro Martínez duo. With quality in all sectors in the execution of the usual 3-5-2.
From the great goalkeeper Handanovic, who secured the minimum advantage at the beginning of the second half with beautiful saves, containing the Milan blitz. Going through the intensity of the wings Hakimi and Perisic flying down the flanks. It remains the precision of Brozovic, Barella and Eriksen to accelerate the offensive transition.
Up front, the point of imbalance. Lukaku and Martínez are tuning the tune more and more. In the first goal, the Belgian, who in theory would be the “pivot”, attacked from the side and prepared for the most mobile striker to put his head. After ten minutes of Rossonerian pressure at halftime, the combination between Eriksen and Perisic served Lautaro, again efficient.
And Lukaku made history defining the 3-0 in a fantastic sprint, being the first striker in history to score in five classics in a row and still taking the advantage of the artillery with the 17th goal of the League. Milan’s apparent dominance at 20 minutes into the second half left an impression of balance in the numbers: 60% possession, the same 16 rival appearances, eight on goal, two more than Inter.
But the neroazzurri only took risks even at the beginning of the second part. The Milan restructuring project with Stefano Pioli is promising and could offer a scudetto in the future. But in the big games, he still feels the weight and lives off calling Ibrahimovic, who surprises almost 40 years for the high level, but not to the point of burdening the team.
Inter have been failing in the Champions League, with consecutive eliminations in the group stage, “added” by great discontent in draws. But perhaps the first step in the club’s ambitious project is to win Serie A again, which has not happened since 2009/10, the triple crown season and hegemony with a fifth championship.
Opening four points over Milan and eleven, with two more games, above the powerful Juventus, the way seems paved. Mainly because of the solidity of a homogeneous cast that still has Ashley Young, Arturo Vidal and Alexis Sánchez. It’s not little. Perhaps to win Europe again it is still little, but in Italy it begins to be left over.
(Statistics: SofaScore)
