Triumph Napoli, disaster Inter. In a nutshell, this is the gist of yesterday's Champions League match, which saw the Azzurri overwhelm Liverpool with a terrific four-of-a-kind and the Nerazzurri succumb to the blows of Bayern, who appeared too superior from all points of view. Sweet and bitter night at the same time, in short, with Spalletti capable of overwhelming the match against Klopp and giving Naples a very important result, but also with Inzaghi defeated again and forced to deal with an increasingly difficult start to the season.
Inter can't handle Bayern's impact: Inzaghi is increasingly in difficulty
It was supposed to be the redemption game, if not in the result at least in the performance, instead Inter still lacked, making life too easy for Bayern Munich. Yesterday's defeat is certainly not the most serious, net of a stronger opponent from all points of view, but being the third in just six games of the season (moreover in the last four) it makes a lot of noise and forces Inzaghi to ask himself various questions . Why have the Nerazzurri already conceded 10 goals? Why do they melt in direct confrontations? And, again, why does the team collapse every time the opponents take the lead? These are just some of the questions that critics and fans are asking, not to mention the doubts about formations and changes, more and more Achilles heels of the Inter coach. Yesterday Simone tried to shuffle the cards even with courageous choices, such as launching Onana from the start in place of the highly contested Handanovic (it went well, but he was about to combine a colossal duck), leaving out De Vrij for D'Ambrosio and Barella for Mkhitaryan , yet the final product hasn't changed: the problem is evidently collective and this makes everything even more difficult, even if the opponents are thankful and take advantage of it.
Inzaghi bitter: "We had to be perfect, instead..."
“We entered too contracted in the first 20', even if we found an extraordinary and intense team, right now one of the strongest in Europe – Inzaghi's analysis -. We had to do better on the first goal at team level, then we did better but we missed the last pass too much: against an opponent like that you have to play the perfect match and we didn't succeed. I made decisions to remarry someone like Handanovic, Barella and De Vrij, whoever played in their place did well, but unfortunately it wasn't enough".
Naples, a dream night! Liverpool destroyed, but Osimhen gets hurt
Completely different scenario in Naples, where the debut in the Champions League turned into a real triumph, destined to remain in the history of the club. Beating the European runners-up Liverpool with a resounding 4-1 is no mean feat, especially as the score could have been even clearer if Osimhen hadn't missed the penalty and the team, in general, had several scoring chances rather easy. However, this gives a good idea of how the Azzurri have annihilated the English in no uncertain terms, forcing Klopp to go under the away sector to apologize to his fans. In short, a wonderful evening in which Zielinski deserves a special mention, scorer of two goals, Anguissa (goal and capitalized performance), Kvaratskhelia (simply uncatchable) and Simeone, who scored just 3' after his entry. The only negative note was Osimhen's injury, who left the field with muscle pain: more will be known today, but the first rumors speak of a month's stop. Not a small problem for Spalletti, but not enough to scratch such a night.
Spalletti: "Victory that gives awareness, but we must always play like this"
“No, we haven't given any lessons, I don't want arrogance or presumption, whoever plays for Napoli should always perform like this – the blue coach refrained -. Winning certainly gives us awareness, but we have to be more continuous and increase the level of personality. This time Napoli made Napoli against a strong team and the path is the right one, but this must be done regardless of the opponent, without performance anxiety”.
