If Athens cries, even Sparta has little to laugh about. Inter's collapse at home against Siena officially opens the crisis for the Nerazzurri too, who can no longer hide behind the usual phrases. An ugly defeat, which brings the seasonal matches at San Siro to 5 without victories, but which above all resizes Stramaccioni's group, which appeared light years away from leaders Juventus. “It's a bad defeat and it burns us: but I'm the captain of the boat and trust shouldn't be lost – declared Stramaccioni. – This is the time to put our faces on it: we must not give up an inch, on the contrary we must continue to work together and bring something good out of this misstep".
Not everything is to be thrown away, God forbid, but if Milan's crisis was predictable after all, Inter's at least ends up surprising. The Nerazzurri have not yet managed to keep a clean sheet at home, and they always give the feeling of being able to concede goals. Errors of an unbalanced defense and a midfield unable to close on the opponents, which Stramaccioni will have to remedy quickly: “Let's forget about the San Siro curse. We had an excellent first half and built up many goals, we must compliment their goalkeeper. Unfortunately we were punished by a restart, Siena found the right way forward. We have clear ideas, we know which aspects need to be improved. In the matches in which we were able to block we did well, in the others we suffered a little too much”.
From the waist up, things are better, but Inter risk too much and if their attacking players run into a bad afternoon (see Sneijder and Milito) they end up paying the price. And so, after having danced dangerously at 0-0 for over 70 minutes, the nerazzurri suffered the blow of the knockout with Vergassola, good at finalizing a restart from him. The match actually ended at that moment, and the 0-2 signed by Valiani served above all to set San Siro on fire, which for the first time in the season booed loudly against him. Now Inter is leaving Verona again, then next Sunday they will receive Fiorentina. Two important matches for the Stramaccioni project, not to say vital. Because the crux of the matter must be found as soon as possible, otherwise the ghosts of last season will come back to haunt the Nerazzurri.
