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Painful result of the match with Shakhtar for Inter and the Italians in general. Both journalists and tifosi perceived it unambiguously: the words “failure”, “shame”, “despair” and “Conte’s tactics” are found more frequently in match reviews.
Lukaku and Lautaro do not score, Conte leaves the European tournament, – the Tuttosport observers were excited about the negative result. – The Nerazzurri drew the Ukrainians at home and finished the Champions League group stage in last place in Group B.
Conte’s team had several opportunities to score important and victorious goals, but failed to break the deadlock. Once again, Conte was supported by an attacking pair formed by Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martínez. While Eriksen is still on the bench, Barella, Brozovic and Gagliardini were in midfield. At first, the Nerazzurri showed their attacking potential and were one step away from goal. In the 7th minute, Lautaro hit the crossbar with a very strong blow. Another ten minutes passed and the Argentine forward struck another blow, over the door.
Inter attacked more, but Shakhtar also played their combinations: Kovalenko tried to shoot from a distance, the ball went too high. The “Inter” came back to life, attacked decisively and dangerously, Shkriniar missed the goal from the edge of the penalty area; the guests made their counterattack on this, although Shakhtar’s main advantage is its incredibly reliable defense.
Significantly, “Inter” outperformed their rival, but this was not enough. The hosts tried, the guests resisted. The substitutions at the Milan club did not work either. In the last minutes of the match, a desperate siege began at the gate of the guests, again excellent opportunities for a decisive goal: everything is inaccurate. The “Inter” could not find a door, draw 0: 0 and leave Europe.
The missed opportunity of “Inter” became the most offensive memory of the night, wrote the La Gazzetta dello Sport journalists. – As time passed, the game became more and more difficult, time seemed to elude the owners. Shakhtar are known for their Brazilian soccer and talents such as Marlos and Tyson, but this time the Pitmen abandoned the attacking game and initially targeted the Europa League.
In the first half, Handanovic only came into play once after Dodo’s long-range shot. But “Inter” constantly attacked, played better than the guests. The team gave all their energy, but it was very difficult to achieve the desired result, despite the good news from Madrid.
After the break, Lukaku went all-in, hitting his head after a free kick, then after lumbago and crossed into the penalty area, but Shakhtar’s goalkeeper Trubin did a real miracle in goal. Fatigue was felt more and more in the Inter game. The Shakhtar was waiting for the right moment to counterattack. And these counterattacks happened, Kovalenko, Dodo and Tyson had a chance, Solomon, who came in as a substitute, acted dangerously.
Midway through the second half, “Inter” did their best for the final streak, but the Ukrainian team also showed fragments of their usual game. Antonio Conte did not dare to take risks, even when he saw that his team was tormented, not playing. In the chaos of the last few minutes, when Handanovich went to the center of someone else’s penalty area to seek his fortune, the opponent was playing for time and rolling on the ground. Actually, this European competition for “Inter” is over. In this season.
For Conte, this hit will be difficult to digest, says Corriere della Sera. – Play too thoughtful, when “Nerazzurri” should have had anger in his eyes, the team played too soft – Lukaku does not bite, Young is angry, Perisic is “zero”.
In the leaderboard, Inter are in last place, having played an empty and goalless match against Shakhtar Donetsk. Conte’s team also left the Europa League, a completely disastrous and unsatisfactory result.
Also, at the end of the review, let’s pay attention to some comments from the Inter fans’ website:
“Conte is the most inflexible coach I know. There is a scheme, and we play only according to him. Always. And even substitutions are still after the 80th minute! You can also see at a glance that you are tired, that you need to refresh the team and increase the pressure! ” Damn, it’s good that Eriksen didn’t drop 94. I’m in favor of a manager change. Who remembers when their contract ends? “
“What a shame to take last place in this group. Maybe I should pay a penalty after all and let him out. Replacing him is just darkness. Atalanta, Lazio are great.” And we are in shit, without European cups and without money, respectively, when they are so necessary. “
“And yet the scheme is to blame, well, the team cannot play 3 defenders, it is risky. It would be better to play 4, and the result would have appeared.”
“This is a SHAME gentlemen. And there are no excuses … In the group with Real Madrid, who lost twice by double to Shakhtar, Shakhtar and Gladbach, who are several times inferior in class and squad, and in this The group took last one place, something I don’t remember at all, so they didn’t even get into LE. It’s a shame the compensation, so Conte would have been fired. “
