The 2014/15 Calcio Saga II

Pleasantly surprised Inter managed to hold on and got a point.

farfan wrote:you mean after

I hope he teaches that brat a thing or two with his fist about teamwork. He had Podolski overlapping and Osvaldo free but he chooses to shoot at raw z, disgusted with him

If that was Menez and this was Milan-Juve I would be furious, what's surprising to me was that Guarin took Icardi's side and Osvaldo ran down the tunnel (presumably in shame) right after the whistle.

inter is badly missing a creative midfielder and a pacy winger .

headless chickens like Guarin and Hernanes can't be trusted with  creating  much .

Meh...
I don't know what I must think.
I would have signed for the tie before of match , also after first half, but we could win .. . that goal missed by Icardi on Podolski assist was an Incredible chance ffs

Tie was the result more right though . Juve better in first half, Inter in second half. Both could have the match point with Pogba and Icardi.

Damn. Nice elastico. Shame he didn't finish it off.

For next match we have as banned players Kovacic , Juan Jesus and Ranocchia

Sorry just for the first .

ACMRox wrote:If that was Menez and this was Milan-Juve I would be furious, what's surprising to me was that Guarin took Icardi's side and Osvaldo ran down the tunnel (presumably in shame) right after the whistle.

Osvaldo is really an idiot. When you think he is changing , he betrays . I think we won't get hack him from Southampton.

He could be a great CF , but when his brain doesn't work it is a great problem

I can't wait to read about Osvaldo fighting with a sword against his teammates ...

a bit disappointed by Kovacic, he did nothing, i was looking forward to seeing him this game. shame

Kovacic is still inconsistent (tbh I don't remind  a Balcanic talent not inconsistent in my life even the best players as Savicevic ...  ) but the progresses are clear for who watched him since his first year in Italy.
I admitt to not have seen progresses by Juan Jesus, or other young players, but the growth by Kovacic for performances and impact on match is clear.
Even the stats testify it .. 0 goal last years, already 4 as Pogba this year.
Anyway I think this is not our best position  . He is not a AM , maybe he can became him .. . but he imho he is what we call " mezz ala " in Italia, a CM.  Mazzarri developed him as CM/mezz ala after time ( at beginning he was deployed as trequartista / CAM , then he changed idea , luckily)  and it was the best thing made by Mazzarri under Inter ( probably the only one) .  He played his best performances in that role. Mancini deploys him as CAM and meh .. still not so convinced tbh . He struggled also with Croatia as trequartista. He needs of pitch for his great progression. Hernanes is surely more CAM than him , seen in Lazio.
Yeah  Kovacic scored 2 goals as trequartista under Mancini tbh but one was scored with a shot from outside area.
Mancini is usually good to recognize talents, I hope he will be right

Speaking of inconsistent players let's not forget Hamsik had 2 assists and a goal today, the statpadder

and what on earth is Gomez doing...

Toffer Harley wrote:and what on earth is Gomez doing...

Massive flop.

Serie Arg
except CalleGOAT

Dybala scored 2 today (1 was a pen though). Can anyone say P$G?

Robespierre wrote:

Serie Arg
except CalleGOAT

I stil think that in the end, Di Natale will win.

Toto goes on hot patches and then on slight droughts. Currently he's on a bit of a drought. But once he get going again he'll start scoring hattricks and braces left and right.

I have my money on him winning as well. Tevez is the biggest obstacle.

InterMalia wrote:I hope he teaches that brat a thing or two with his fist about teamwork. He had Podolski overlapping and Osvaldo free but he chooses to shoot at raw z, disgusted with him

yeah Icardi was wrong   , but Osvaldo can't react in this way. It can't be justifiable.
He had keeping  to himelf



Podolski 's face to 0:05    " where the hell I am gone "

lmao

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Good thing Juve drew after the Roma match, otherwise Roma would've bottled it

Handanovic MOTM

Sure 100 %  

Handanovic is best GK Serie A atm IMHO.
I hope he renews contract  . He said it depends on project,  because he wants to win or playing Champions League ... I hope new signings and Mancini convince him to stay...
He should be Inter captain  , not Ranocchia  ...

Once Podolski came on and we switched on to 4231 we looked like a completely different team, we would have won but im not getting greedy. It should be a smooth sail from now on for Inter, and with shaqiri joining soon i can only be optimistic. CL dream is still alive

How'd Podolski do?

Osvaldo is still an idiot I see.

Podolski was fairly good, he did exactly what we needed him to do, which is create width and put pressure on the full backs.


Interesting fact:
The Nerazzurri have fought back four times from a goal down in just eight Mancio games in charge, but did this only four times in 37 under Walter Mazzarri

Good to hear.

I might jump back on the Serie A bandwagon, PL has become dull.

As much as I hate Inter.. and that is ALOT haha i admire their team and they really took it too us today. I would be dissapointed to see Napoli/Lazio get the CL play off ahead of them as I think inter's team has a little bit more quality then Napoli's or Lazio's .Ad Shaqiri in their and they deceant depth and can change formation. A team on the up for sure

Gazzetta dello Sport votes on Derby d'Italia.
D'Ambrosio can't have same vote than Ranocchia and Juan Jesus though.. for me he was our best player yesterday after Handanovic

Considering that spending 15M for Fiorentina is like spending 50M for Chelsea and that Gomez was considered WC or close to it before his move, he's pretty much the new Torres. Squandering almost every chance, ruining every attack, "forcing" the manager to ostracize a younger and promising and already more useful player in Babacar (Sturridge comes in mind) only because his price tag and reputation.

On a sidenote though, Inter wasn't playing any better than in the first half until that sole moment of Icardi. Coming out of the blue it was a shock for us, couldn't handle it, it was more of a mental thing. I don't think Inter improved much, more like we ruined everything for ourselves.