Inter beat Venezia 1-0, moving them just one point behind top-of-the-table Napoli. On a night when the Nerazzurri squandered several chances to close out the game, it should also be noted the excellent performance of goalkeeper Yann Sommer, who responded to the criticism received after the game against Juventus.
Thinking back to the build-up to the game, Josep Martinez was expected to start, before Simone Inzaghi decided to rely once again on the Swiss, who was rewarded as man of the match by La Gazzetta dello Sport and praised by other newspapers. Here are the ratings given by the newspapers and Passione Inter to Sommer’s game:
LA GAZZETTA DELLO SPORT 7.5 – “Forget Martinez’s debut. If Inter are close to Napoli now, it’s thanks to the Swiss, who flies over Oristanio first and Pohjanpalo later. Decisive”.
CORRIERE DELLO SPORT 7 – “He guesses the space in which to throw himself on Oristanio’s close shot, very reactive on Pohjanpalo’s strike: two valuable interventions“.
TUTTOSPORT 7.5 – “He keeps Inter up by making two great saves on Oristanio and Pohjanpalo“.
PASSIONE INTER 7 – “Practically inoperative in the first half-hour, he must perform a real feat on Oristanio at 40′. Also good on Pohjanpalo at the start of the second half, he can do little about Venezia’s disallowed equalizer“.
