Cagliari-Inter 1-3: goals from Sottil, Barella, D’Ambrosio and Lukaku

Come back, chased away ghosts and even plan B – this is what was on Inter’s lunch menu in Caglari. Three to one for Conte’s team, which sinks -after having wasted a lot- in the first half with a goal from Sottil, but then in the second half- after going to the last four, scores three goals and finds the third victory consecutive, leaving behind disappointment at the elimination of the Champions League on Wednesday.

First half

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Inter are approaching the game as best they can. And indeed, between 9 ‘and 15’, the Nerazzurri have five chances on their feet to take the lead. On a roll: at 9 ‘double chance, first thanks to a magic from Eriksen for Lukaku, blocked by Cragno who is also good on the left of the same Dane. At 12 ‘an Eriksen cross finds Bastoni in the area, but the volley with the left ends high. Inter again, only Inter, Cagliari is watching. At 14 ‘Lukaku-Sánchez combination, with the Belgian’s conclusion about which Cragno continues to say no. And Di Francesco’s goalkeeper continues to be exalted at 15 ‘, when in a Darmian Sánchez cross with a header he fails to beat him, finding his feet rejected. Cagliari failed to lift its center of gravity at 22 ‘Rog’s right-footed shot from 20 meters was almost a relief. Cragno is always on the cover, with the most difficult intervention in the first half: it is 24 ‘, Sánchez enters the area well a little out of the way on the right, but the conclusion is still stopped by the Sardinian goalkeeper. He produced the most effort, but without taking the lead, Inter almost seemed to catch their breath. Barella tries again in the 38th minute with a nice turn from right to center from Darmian: right to side. Sottil is the most alive of theirs, in the middle Marin and Rog fight. At 42 ‘, almost suddenly, the boys from Di Francesco pass by. Faragò advances on the right, hits but finds De Vrij rejected, the ball ends up at Sottil’s feet, who is blocked by Skriniar. However, the action is not over: the ball rears up, Sottil coordinates very well and finds the far corner with his left foot: Cagliari forward, Handanovic’s first shot in the mirror. Inter feel the blow, a minute later Perisic misses a new opportunity when alone against Cragno, but a little to the left, he kicks badly in the background. On the other hand, in the 46th minute, Cagliari also approaches 2-0: Faragò for Zappa, crossed shot with Pavoletti that misses the (not easy) tap-in facing the goal.

CANCEL

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In the second half, Conte changes immediately: Perisic out, still disappointing, in Hakimi on the right with Darmian on the left. Inter restarted with force, in the 5 ‘Skriniar found the deviation in the center of the area with the assistance of Darmian: high ball. After 13 ‘Eriksen’s career ends: inside Sensi. And then also Young for Darmian. And after less than a minute, the Englishman was immediately close to equalizing, with a left foot on the long post deflected for a corner by Cragno. Race from the written script, the Inter ball on the ground manages to find the conclusion, as when Sensi shoots Sánchez in the 17th minute, whose right is deflected to corner. Another five minutes and it is Sensi himself who finds the conclusion, after a central insertion in a Hakimi center. First changes for Di Francesco: 23 minutes outside of Sottil and Faragò, inside Nandez and Klavan, 23 minutes, Cagliari goes on to defend with three. This is where Conte plays everything: Bastoni comes out, inside Lautaro 18 ‘from the end, with the step to the defense of four. It is a game of chess: Pavoletti has no more, it is Cerri’s turn, now we are in the last quarter of an hour. And Inter is still close to scoring with Sensi: right deflected to corner. And here is the 1-1: Sensi’s corner, Cragno rejects, from the edge of the area Barella finds a perfect right shot, right against his former team. The inertia of the party does not change, the Nerazzurri now seek a change of course. Hakimi is injured, in D’Ambrosio 7 ‘from the end. And he is the man at 2-1: Barella’s center in the development of a corner, D’Ambrosio finds the header at the far post that surpasses Cragno. The same goalkeeper 2 ‘from the end blocks Lukaku’s left foot. Cagliari lunges forward. And 100 ”from the end, Cerri devoured the 2-2, after the insertion of Lykogiannis. Inside Simeone, outside Carboni, while at Inter Sánchez he remains on the field despite a muscular problem. Five minutes of recovery, the third of which Cragno shoots into the area in a corner. But in this way it favors the resumption of Inter, Lukaku in the field beats the opposing goalkeeper in the middle of the field and then flies to an empty goal towards 3-1. Shakhtar forgets.