Speaking to Sky Sport, Marco Bucciantini analyzed Inter‘s 2-0 victory over Como at San Siro, calling it the most convincing performance of the most intense period of the Nerazzurri’s season.
“Inter is the team with the most knowledge, the most technical, with a squad that allows them to play the best match in Serie A at the end of a block of nine games every three days. In these last matches, you saw exactly this: they were able and had to manage the squad. Those who took risks, those who rotated a lot in other matches, lost points in the cup or lost points in the league. Inter lost only one match in this whole block, fixed their position in the cup standings, and yesterday played the best match of the block, because it was the most balanced.”
On a technical level, Bucciantini has no doubts: Inter remains the strongest team in the league. “They move the ball so well, technically they remain the strongest team in the league in every area.” Como, on the other hand, paid for the prolonged absence of Diao on the right and Rodríguez on the left, forced to almost always field Paz and Baturina behind the strikers: “Physical drop, mental, all together. An overall drop.”
Central to the story is the figure of Marcus Thuram: “Inter’s strength is the widespread technique, both in defense and on the flanks, and in the center, especially in the center, and up front, where Thuram at this moment is the complete striker who allows you to stay up in every moment of the match. That made the difference yesterday.”
Bucciantini then highlighted the contribution of Spence: “They needed Spence to restore symmetry to the team, to give the possibility to explore the left flank in a less repetitive way, because you could also play on the right. To increase Barella’s performance with a real winger next to him, predictable in his movements, but still strong. There was a player in form, in his role, in that area, who allowed Inter to develop in a more geometric way.”
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