INTER-TORINO 2-0
(57′ and 60′ Calhanoglu)
Inter’s report cards – Edited by Ivan Cardia
Summer 6 – A further undertaking will be needed, but with the eighteenth clean sheets in the championship the goal of the record remains possible. One shot on goal in the first half and little else.
Pavard 6.5 – He’s loosened up for a few days now, and when he gets the chance he pushes a lot. He is also there, in Inter’s dangerous actions.
De Vrij 6.5 – Zapata who? Sanabria ditto. He gives practically nothing to the grenade slingers.
Sticks 6 – Juric’s slanted form would predict Vlasic’s incursions in his area: they don’t hurt. Fewer ideas than usual in the possession phase. (From 71′ Buchanan 6 – The space that the fans demand for him must also be conquered: insipid entrance).
Darmian 6.5 – He starts with a sumptuous heel, which the offside does not remove from the match reports and remains the high point of a flawless match.
Stretcher 7 – To be put in a display case, or anything that can preserve him in this state of form, until the European Championships. Dominant at times, his recovery gave rise to the goal that gave the Nerazzurri the lead. (From 72′ Arnautovic 6 – He moves and looks for space for his teammates, in a match that’s over when he enters).
Calhanoglu 8 – Thirteen goals in the league, eleven penalties converted in the Nerazzurri season. In three minutes he ends the practice, after serving the ball to Mkhitaryan which leads to Tameze’s expulsion. (From 64′ Asllani 6- Calm and calm, like all the incoming candidates at the limits of without a vote).
Mkhitaryan 7 – He and all his tactical intelligence are present in the two key episodes of the match. A tear leads to the expulsion of Tameze, who directs the second half. The Armenian also provided the assist for Calhanoglu’s goal which opened the proceedings. (From 64′ Frattesi 5.5 – He comes in and gets the hat-trick goal, then plays an orderly match).
Carlos Augusto 6.5 – Good for outdoors and good on the arm, certainly not new.
Thuram 6.5 – The best choice for next year would be to clone him, in the sense that Inter needs another one like that, who dribbles and rips. He conquers the rigor of tranquility and says goodbye to the applause of San Siro. (From 64′ Sanchez 6.5 – Of those who enter, he is the one who brings the most ideas.)
Lautaro 6.5 – It’s been two months without a goal and he’s starting to feel them too, not enough to upset the hierarchy on penalties, which he leaves to Calhanoglu. Gesture of a captain: like a great game in terms of movements, recoveries, ideas for his teammates. The network, however, does not arrive.
Simone Inzaghi 7.5 – The highlights of the first half are his jumping on the spot, when joy and humor break through the seriousness of a championship that he intends to honor after having already conquered it. Three minutes of fire in the second half were enough for his creature to liquidate the Bull. Two games away from the record of consecutive games with a goal in the league: he plays for this and for some interesting experiments such as the 3-4-1-2 that closes the match.
Torino’s report cards – Edited by Yvonne Alessandro
Milinkovic Savic 5.5 – Risks close to zero in the first half, he had to bow to Calhanoglu’s goal. Then he loses the eleven-meter duel with the Turk and also collects the 2-0.
Bellanova 5 – He wins a couple of duels early with Carlos Augusto and then escapes quickly. I confess that I wasn’t finished with Calhanoglu’s impact in the first goal.
Good morning 5.5 – Closely marking Thuram, but the Frenchman’s speed drives him crazy and he is forced to use bad manners.
Lovato 5 – Hunting down Lautaro is not a walk in the park, for anyone. He holds on as best he can, then in the exchange with Thuram he completely loses it and brings him down, causing the 2-0 penalty.
R. Rodriguez 5.5 – He gasps. In trouble due to the Nerazzurri’s ferocious pressing, he suffers defenseless attacks from his opponents when he finds himself inferior. And to think that Darmian didn’t come down that often. From 72′ Masina 6 – Enter well and focused. He places himself in the heart of the defense and removes two significant loose balls. To be rewarded.
Tameze 5 – A bulldozer. He blocks the Nerazzurri’s counterattacks well and the defense holds up, but in the second half, bringing down Mkhitaryan in an open field almost costs him an arm and a leg. Direct Red (which raises some doubts) and Toro under a man because of him.
Curls 6 – After a somewhat staid start it comes out of its shell. Between bans and insertions he stands out, taking turns with Ilic he obscures the Nerazzurri passing lines and does a good job. Even forward she does not demerit in the narrow.
Ilic 6 – Almost the redemption match, if it weren’t for the defeat. He helps to draw the ball from below, that pass for Zapata deserved better fate. In the second half he was more concerned with stemming the Nerazzurri’s threats.
Vlasic 5 – Impalpable up front, much more focused on covering the spaces behind. More of a game of sacrifice than of sparkling creative flair up front.
Lazaro 5 – A couple of times he even reaches the bottom to unload calibrated crosspieces. The gratuitous errors exceed the fingers of one hand, Calhanoglu’s first goal was born from one of his lost balls. From the 63rd minute Vojvoda 6 – It doesn’t take much to do better than the former Inter player, think more about guaranteeing coverage at the back.
Zapata 6 – A living cell of a team with little bite. Several times he escapes De Vrij’s grip, but at the most important moment he is guilty of cynicism. Sin. From the 63rd minute Sanabria 6 – He tried to do something, always under the close observation of De Vrij.
Ivan Juric 5.5 – He probably lost it with the choice to leave Sanabria on the bench. Vlasic didn’t pay off, but the expulsion inevitably turned the game in Inter’s direction. And Europe is moving away, 12 points away.