The day after the great victory of Inter on the field of Lazio, the celebration among the nerazzurro fans continues. Simone Inzaghi’s team managed to redeem themselves after their loss in the Champions League, delivering an outstanding performance against one of the toughest teams in the league.
In general, there are some curiosities about the Inter team that may not have been noticed by all. During a stellar match, with six beautiful goals scored away from home, Inter fans at the Olympic Stadium in Rome went wild with joy. Here are the six:
1 Inter controlled the match like a powerful team: they started strong, the game was open and it was clear that they were risking something by attacking and stepping up, so Inter wisely decided to wait a moment and try to recover. There was some difficulty for about ten minutes, but Lazio only managed to make one shot on goal and a few good advances, nothing more.
2 A tactical observation: both Leverkusen and Lazio came up with the right countermeasures to Inter’s counterattacks when they regained the ball with low defense. Inzaghi now has to innovate in these situations.
3 Corner kicks: statistically, there is a study reporting that corner kicks aimed to the goal lead to more scores, and Arsenal has been using these tactics to confuse the opposing defense. However, Inzaghi against Lazio has introduced a new technique that paid off with the corner that led to Calhanoglu’s penalty.
4 Excellent game by Dumfries, probably his best since joining Inter. He shut down Nuno Tavares, won a penalty but without Gigot’s handball, would have probably scored, provided the assist for Dimarco and had another great chance before scoring a beautiful goal. He won 100% of aerial duels and has been steadily improving since his renewal.
5 The other missing piece is Lautaro Martinez. After the game, many comments were made about him not scoring yet, underlined by his fans. The Bull still played 42 balls in this match, a level of involvement unlike any other game this season.
6 A comeback was made by Stefan de Vrij: once again monumental. After a few moments of adjustment at the start of the match, he took control of the penalty area: he had the highest number of successful passes and balls played, a 100% ground duels won and 97% aerial duels won, with 10 clearances. according to the numbers analyzed by DataMB , he is the best defender in Europe in terms of the percentage of defensive duels won. He doesn’t make his absence felt when Acerbi is missing and is now a strong contender for the contract renewal.
