Let’s start from the assumption that, obviously, the technical gap is very wide. Empoli knew they were facing the toughest opponent and, if we want to translate it into practical terms, it is not from these matches that they can build their bid for salvation. But an important signal was needed against Inter: the signal that the team is on the same side and continues to believe in it, despite the last dark period, devoid of satisfaction. D’Aversa asked for a reaction and he probably got one: it’s true that Inter deserved to win and that perhaps they could have, with more precision, taken the lead already during the first half.
But Empoli didn’t give upIndeed, after the second Nerazzurri goal they tried to close the gap. And he succeeded thanks to Sebastiano Esposito, a top-class striker who Inter sent to Tuscany to mature. This network can be the reaction signal we were talking about earlier, a little jolt that can infuse positive energy into the group. From San Siro, as expected, Empoli returns home with zero points but with the belief that nothing is lost.
This team needs to be strengthened. D’Aversa brought back Fazzini and De Sciglio from the first minute and they are two important players, but the market is open and even on the way out certain roads are not completely blocked. This Empoli needs some important reinforcements, who can immediately fit into the manager’s playing mechanisms. From now on an important and at the same time very difficult period will begin. A triptych of matches (Bologna, Juventus, Milan) from which Empoli will try to emerge unscathed by trying to win as many points as possible.