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The crazy Inter always wins 4-3 against Fiorentina in advance of the second day of Serie A. On the night of San Siro everything happens: Kouame immediately leads the viola, but Lautaro protagonist between the first and the second half, with the complicity of Ceccherini in the second goal. Ribery’s two masterpieces allow Castrovilli me church to take the game to 2-3, but in the last 5 ‘before Lukaku and so D’Ambrosio give Conte the first three points on his season debut.
THE MATCH
Is a’Two-sided inter the one that debuts at the Meazza with a crazy and spectacular 4-3 against an excellent Fiorentina. It is difficult to give an univocal judgment to the evening of Conte’s men: too distracted in defense and for a long time too imprecise and not very lucid in attack. The team still appears in full break-in phase and this is confirmed by a series of quite “conservative” decisions on the part of the coach, such as keeping Hakimi on the bench and kidnap Young to the right. In the end, stubbornness and the desire not to give up are rewarded, but above all the depth of the squad, which could be the true extra weapon for the Nerazzurri in a season that promises to be long and close. In fact, it is precisely the you change (especially the usual Sánchez), who in an exciting ending dubbed a Viola so far extremely positive and dragged by a Ribéry in the shape of a star.
In defense, Conte chooses empowering Bastoni by supporting him with two adapted power plants like Kolarov and D’Ambrosio (and leaving Skriniar out), but risk doesn’t pay. Indeed, the Nerazzurri evening begins in the worst way, when a seemingly harmless center from Biraghi catches the rear completely off guard: D’Ambrosio keeps the game Kouame, Kolarov softens the header and the Ivorian is free to support the net in a close assist from Bonaventura.
The cold shower suffered by the hosts has the merit of making the pace of the match accelerate: Conte’s men rush forward in search of equality, relying above all on physical di Lukaku and in central maneuvers, more than the race of strangers. The episode of potential 1-1 was born from a verticalization of the Belgian, but The Var helps Calvarese to notice that Cáceres’ touch in the area is clearly on the ball and not on Lautaro’s foot. Penalty canceled. Fiorentina scare Handanovic a couple of times on the counterattack, but it’s always the Nerazzurri who play the game. The continuous central forcing constantly crashes against the violet wall, but just before the interval the decisive leg arrives. Paradoxically in the counterattack: Barella imbecca Lautaro, until then completely evanescent, that snaps the ball and brushes a splendid right around the edge. We go to the locker room at 1-1.
The Argentine returns to the galvanized field and arrives from his insistent action on the left the goal that annuls (for the first time) the fate of the match: his right appears to be an extended assist towards Lukaku, but theclumsy intervention by Ceccherini diverts him behind Dragowski. Not even the moment to enjoy the advantage that Fiorentina reacts and responds with style: Ribéry defends itself, Castrovilli He comes in taking advantage of Brozovic’s lazy comeback and punishes Handanovic 2-2 on a perfect assist from the French champion. The best of the repertoire, however, comes 7 minutes later, when one is invented. eye-catching verticalization for Chiesa, who gets ahead of Handanovic and reverts the game again.
Conte also launches new signings to the fore Hakimi and Vidal, but it is usual Sanchez to give the decisive wake-up call to the Nerazzurri. First invent a tachometer ball to Judge, who touches inside Lukaku and finds his first winning assist within minutes of his official debut. Then he spins a delicious balloon over the head of D’Ambrosio in corner urbanizations. Dragowski’s regular positioning does the rest and gives Inter a very painful but generally well-deserved victory.
REPORT CARDS
Castrovilli 7 – Running, verticalization, deadly insertions. Last season he won jersey number 10, in this he seems to have every intention of confirming it.
Ribéry 7.5 – Much more than a charismatic leader. He runs, drags, illuminates with his plays and produces an assist that alone is worth the price of the ticket and that for about twenty minutes is also decisive, before the final madness.
Church 6.5 – A first half of great sacrifice, in which he loses little balance but defends his lane with order. Few offensive plays, but one seems to be enough to decide the fate of the match. Then the final joke that sinks into a potential night of glory.
5.5 snipers – He throws it 2-1 at his goal, then sinks in the final like the entire back of Fiorentina, canceling a first half in which, along with Cáceres and Milenkovic, he had been practically impeccable.
Sanchez 7 – Inside Hakimi, Vidal, Nainggolan … but in the end it is he who takes the chestnuts out of the fire, with a couple of delicious assists that turn an evening that could be a nightmare in three points.
Clubs 6.5 – Center pivot of a somewhat wandering defensive trio, still exalted with timely closings, suffocating pressure at times and also an excellent personality at the ball and chain exit.
Luke 6.5 – Lots of dirty work and an easy but crucial goal. The physical form and clarity are not yet those of the last season finale, but even on an evening like this, he is confirmed as an essential player.
Eriksen 5 – Still looks like a fish out of water in Conte’s schematics. Floating between the lines struggling to create dialogue with the two forwards and inventions capable of unmarking teammates can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
TABLE
Inter-Fiorentina 4-3
Inter (3-4-1-2): Handanovic 6; D’Ambrosio 6, Bastoni 6.5, Kolarov 5.5; Young 5.5 (20 ‘Hakimi 6.5), Barella 6 (30’ Nainggolan 6), Brozovic 5.5 (29 ‘Vidal 6), Perisic 5.5 (33’ Sánchez 7); Eriksen 5 (19 ‘Sensi st 6); Lautaro 6.5, Lukaku 6.5.
Coach: Conte 6
Fiorentina (3-5-2): Dragowski 5.5; Cáceres 5.5, Ceccherini 5.5, Milenkovic 5.5; Church 6.5 (23 ‘st Lirola 6), Bonaventura 6 (16’ st Borja Valero 6), Amrabat 6, Castrovilli 7, Biraghi 6; Ribéry 7.5 (38 ‘st Cutrone sv), Kouame 6.5 (17’ st Valhovic 5.5).
Coach: Iachini 6
Referee: Calvarese
Markers: 4 ‘Kouame (F), 45’ + 2 Lautaro (I), 7 ‘aut. Ceccherini (I), 12 ‘st Castrovilli (F), 18’ st Chiesa (F), 42 ‘st Lukaku (I), 44’ st D’Ambrosio (I)
Ammonites: Barella (I), Ceccherini (F)
Expelled:
THE STATISTICS
– Inter are undefeated in seven Serie A games against Fiorentina (3G, 4N).
– Inter have scored at least four goals in their season debut during two consecutive seasons in Serie A for the first time since 1961 (three seasons in a row in that case).
– Christian Kouame’s is the second goal that Inter has suffered during the first 5 minutes of play in their Serie A debut: the previous one was in September 1936, against Triestina.
– Lautaro Martínez’s last three goals in Serie A came from outside the penalty area: the last Nerazzurri to score three straight goals from afar was Freddy Guarín in 2015.
– Lautaro Martínez scored four goals from outside the area in the 2020 calendar year considering all competitions: among the players of the 5 best European leagues, only Calhanoglu (eight) and Malinovskiy (five) did better in the period.
– Romelu Lukaku has scored four goals in his last four debuts in Serie A and the Premier League.
– Christian Kouame is one of three foreign players born after 1/1/1997 who has crossed the 10-goal threshold in Serie A, alongside Musa Barrow and Dejan Kulusevski.
– The last Fiorentina player to score in Serie A against Inter at San Siro was Josip Ilicic in November 2016 with an assist from Borja Valero.
– Giacomo Bonaventura is the only player to have served at least one assist in Serie A in each of the last 10 seasons.
– Inter did not suffer a goal at San Siro in Serie A during the first three minutes of play since December 2014 against Lazio, goal by Felipe Anderson at 1 minute and 37 seconds.
– Samir Handanovic played his 479th Serie A game tonight, surpassing Angelo Peruzzi for sixth place in the league table for all-time appearances by Serie A goalkeepers.
– Franck Ribéry served two assists in a single league match for the first time since March 2019 against Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga (three in that case).
– Federico Chiesa has participated in six goals in his last four Serie A appearances (four goals and two assists).
– In the last five seasons, only two defenders have scored more header than D’Ambrosio (five) in Serie A: Stefan de Vrij (10) and Gian Marco Ferrari (six).
