A great, comprehensive 3-0 victory arrives for Inter under Cristian Chivu, which puts Fiorentina of former coach Stefano Pioli in even more trouble. The Nerazzurri take the three points thanks to a superb second-half performance with beautiful goals from Calhanoglu and Sucic, which you can watch again in the match highlights.
As usual here on Passione Inter we try to analyze the most important takeaways from Chivu’s team’s matches, and here are five things we learned from the Nerazzurri’s victory in Inter-Fiorentina, matchday 9 of the Serie A season.
1) Inter bounces back immediately! Fiorentina was passive and defensive, a match that risked becoming dirty and tense, especially after yet another embarrassing referee performance against Inter which we analyzed here. The team stayed in the game and broke the deadlock with quality in the final third. A great roar after the tension in Naples.
2) On the subject of refereeing: the fact that Inter won allows us to highlight even more forcefully, without sounding like complainers, the two penalties not awarded to Pio Esposito. Especially the second one—even Antonio Conte would have called it. Hidden agendas?
3) Mkhitaryan remains a very important player, but there is life beyond the Armenian. Four wins out of four with 12 goals scored and one conceded. Tonight it’s Sucic’s turn, who needs to become more consistent throughout the match, but the goal for 2-0 is a GEM.
4) The other performance to highlight is Bisseck’s. For over a year we’ve been talking on our channels about Bisseck as a center-back, and tonight finally comes a very tough test against Moise Kean. The German center-back still needs to work on it, but he was among the best, with a Bastoni who thrilled the fans and a super Calhanoglu, who scored a brace.
5) In front of a San Siro that is once again pushing with the second green tier next to the team, the enthusiasm has been reignited. Before the break there will be two more matches out of three in front of our fans, and the home advantage must be capitalized on to make this Inter march on even better.
