Inzaghi left Inter in a tense meeting at headquarters: the backstory from Gazzetta

What really happened in the weeks following the Champions League final, the one played in Munich, when Inzaghi decided to leave the Inter bench? The answer comes from the Gazzetta dello Sport, which reconstructs those moments with a detailed behind-the-scenes account.

According to the newspaper, the club did not want the project with the coach from Piacenza to end after the defeat in the European final. “The truth is that Inter, even sensing that the ground was shaking, did not want the Inzaghi project to crumble after the humiliation in Munich.”

However, it was the coach himself who ended the relationship. “Returning from the Champions League final, the coach, in a heated meeting at the Viale della Liberazione headquarters, informed Marotta and Ausilio that the adventure was over,” writes the Gazzetta dello Sport. The face-to-face took place in the first days of June.

Inzaghi’s communication took the management by surprise. “Inter, understandably, was overwhelmed by horror vacui, that feeling of terror we experience when facing a leap into the unknown. And it moved frantically in search of a worthy successor, someone who could lead the team in the upcoming Club World Cup,” concludes the newspaper in its account.