Derby, la Gazzetta dello Sport condemns Inter: “Soft approach, never the same fury as Milan”

The defeat in the Halloween derby leaves heavy repercussions in the technical analysis. According to la Gazzetta dello Sport, the mitigating factors related to injuries are not enough to absolve Inter, which above all paid for a wrong approach to the match.

“The mitigating factors do not avoid the sentence, because Inter came in soft, down by two goals after 10 minutes, and never matched the fighting spirit of the Rossoneri,” writes the sports daily. Barella also ends up in the dock, considered unrecognizable: the free kick that led to Milan’s third goal is said to have been conceded with excessive superficiality. The defensive errors in the first two goals and that episode, according to the Gazzetta, complete the portrait of a night to forget.

The newspaper then frames the defeat in a broader context. Inter falls after 19 league matches: “it’s not a drama, it happens,” reads the analysis. Yet the more significant fact is another: the previous defeat was also a derby, and the Nerazzurri have not won a city derby since April 22, 2024. A taboo that continues.