Corriere della Sera offers a historical parallel to explain Inter‘s tendency to come back from disadvantageous situations. The newspaper compares the team’s behavior to the famous stratagem of Gabriele D’Annunzio, who faked his own death to generate interest in his first collection of poems.
“Gabriele D’Annunzio, a great marketing man, not only invented the scudetto that, starting from 1924, is worn on the chest of whoever wins the championship, but also came up with his fake death to launch his first collection of poems by riding the emotional wave. Inter uses the Poet’s method with a touch of recklessness and for the third time in eight days goes two goals down and pretends to be knocked out in front of the opponent. This is already the fifth time under Chivu’s management with a two-goal disadvantage,” the article reads.
According to the Milanese newspaper, Chivu’s team almost seems to take pleasure in giving opponents an advantage before unleashing their reaction. “This Inter likes to joke, to take slaps that then turn out to be harmless, unless facing Kylian Mbappé and Jude Bellingham,” continues the Corriere.
The parallel goes further, interpreting this tendency for comebacks as a kind of psychological tactic. Appearing vulnerable, listless, or presumptuous only to suddenly wake up: a way that fills San Siro with adrenaline and forces a squad still in the testing phase to raise its performance.
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