Inter again presented its worst version, Serie A, and were surprised at the San Siro by Monza (0-1) just four days after securing their pass to the semifinals of the Champions League on the track with an authoritative victory over Benfica in Lisbon (0-2).
simone inzaghi He still does not know how to motivate his players and get their best performance in the league championship and, after reaping a humiliating draw in the last five days, he will continue to compromise his classification for the next edition of the Champions League because Inter still remains. fifth but now two points from a Milan who drew today at Bologna (1-1).
Inzaghi, thinking about Inter-Benfica on Wednesday, rested five players, among them tipsters Lautaro Martínez and Edin Dzeko, who is part of the starting eleven at Da Luz. The ‘nerazzurri’ started the game well, with rhythm, and Romelu Lukaku, who formed a striker with Joaquín Correa, He put a header in the 5th minute near the post.
Di Gregorio, a wall
This promising start was diluted as the minutes ticked by, though the first clear chance of the match came in the 24th minute on a wall between Lukaku and Correa, whose low shot was saved by the goalkeeper Michele DiGregorio with a providential hand.
merit gradually Monza, promoted this season for the first time in its history and owned by Silvio Berlusconi, He went further and before the break he warned a slightly high header from central defender Armando Izzo (39′).
Arreón of Inter after the break
Inter lacked the ideas and punch to translate their dominance into a goal, although at the start of the second half they starred an arreón that almost ended in a goal with two consecutive shots by Lukaku. In the first of them, his chopped header was brought out by Di Gregorio with an excellent save (56′) and immediately after, after Luca Caldirola’s defeat, his shot hit the top corner (58′) .
But Inter returned to mediocrity, while Monza knew how to hold firm in defense and come out well when they stood up. In 63′, Dany Mota made it 0-1 with a shot that narrowly missed the goal.
Lautaro goes in but Caldirola scores
The whistles went out at the San Siro before Inter’s gray game and Inzaghi introduced three changes andn 70′ giving entry to Lautaro Martínez. But Inter did not score and he is a defender who has grown in his academy, Luca Caldirola, who defeated André Onana when finishing a corner kick with a chopped header (77′).
Only at the discount did Inter have a chance to equalize Lukaku, Lautaro and Edin Dzeko, who came on in the final minutes, but Monza, ranked 12th, ended up making history by storming the San Siro in its first season in the ‘calcio’ elite.
INTER
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monza
Inter: Onana; Darmian (Dzeko, 81′), De Vrij (Acerbi, 51′), Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Asllani (Brozovic, 71′), Mkhitaryan (Çalhanoglu, 71′), Gosens; Lukaku, Joaquín Correa (Lautaro Martínez, 71′)
The
Monza: Di Gregorio; Izzo (Marlon, 85′), Pablo Marí, Caldirola; Ciurria, Rovella (Birindelli, 59′), Pessina, Carlos Augusto; Colpani (Pepín, 59′), Sensi (Caprari, 29′); Speck (Valoti, 85′)
The
Goal: 0-1 Caldirola (78′)
Referee: Luca Pairetto. Yellow cards for Izzo (44′), Caprari (62′), Mkhitaryan (66′), Brozovic (80′)
Spectators: 74,135 at San Siro
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Source: La Verdad
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