The goal festival. Sunday of Serie A has given us endless emotions, much more than we could have expected. Sure, the menu was promising, but we'll have to wait and see Inter-Juventus with eight goals there's a difference: the 4-4 at San Siro won't be decisive, but it will certainly enter the list of Derby d'Italia most beautiful ever. And speaking of pyrotechnic challenges, what about the 5 - 1 with which the Fiorentina he asphalted the Rome, perhaps putting end of the Juric eraThe Giallorossi sink, while the Viola take flight together with the Lazio, another protagonist of Sunday with the 3-0 over Genoa.
Inter – Juventus 4-4: Crazy match at San Siro, Yildiz catches up with the Nerazzurri
No offense to those tactical enthusiasts, evidently disappointed by the many defensive errors of the two teams, but this 252nd Derby d'Italia was the best possible advertisement for Italian football. Otto gol, so many wasted opportunities, endless twists and turns: Inter e Juventus they didn't miss anything and the draw, all things considered, is the fairest result. There were so many ups and downs that it almost felt like a rollercoaster, even if it is clear that in the end, numbers in hand, the only winner of the evening is Antonio Conte, who escaped to +4 on the Nerazzurri and +5 on the Lady.
Anyone who thought that the match would be blocked by tension and tactics was proven wrong almost immediately. After just a quarter of an hour, in fact, Inter's first goal arrived thanks to a Zielinski's penalty, born from a Danilo fouls Thuram. The goal by the Polish player, deployed by Inzaghi in place of of the injured person Calhanoglu, definitively uncorked the match, also because Juventus certainly did not sit back and watch. The Bianconeri, thanks to the absent-minded Nerazzurri defensive phase of this first part of the season, immediately found the equaliser with Vlahovic (20'), at the end of a splendid action developed on the Cabal-McKennie axis and shortly after they even took the lead with Weah (26'), good at being ready for Conceiçao's assist for a tap-in that was as easy as it was important. San Siro was silent, at least in its black and blue part, but they were thinking about reinvigorating the home crowd Mkhitaryan it's still, Zielinski, the first beating Di Gregorio with a nice left-footed shot from distance (34'), the second scoring another penalty (37'), this time for Kalulu's foul (always on Thuram). At the beginning of the second half Inter seemed to be able to close every discussion thanks to Dumfries, author of the 4-2 with a nice diagonal (53'), also because Juve really seemed on the verge of collapse. There, however, Thiago Motta, perhaps out of desperation, played the card Star, so far very vague and not very concrete, and the gamble paid off, and how it paid off. In the 71st minute the Turk shortened the gap with a nice left-footed shot and the Bianconeri got back into the game, dragged by an unstoppable Conceiçao and the number 10, evidently inspired by the majesty of San Siro. In the 82nd minute his left-footed shot once again Summer and Juve returned home with a completely unexpected draw, while Inter had no choice but to deal with a defensive phase that was too bad to think about the Scudetto.
Inzaghi: “I'm angry, we could have scored 7-8 goals”
“I'm angry, but as a coach I have to start again – the bitter comment of Inzaghi -. You absolutely can't concede four goals, considering that we could have scored 7-8, especially against a team that has conceded very little so far. The third goal came from a throw-in, we were disunited, on the fourth instead the mistake was to triple in the area: you never do that. We made mistakes in a game that we deserved to win, tomorrow we'll talk about it because there's a lot of bitterness. We know that we have to do more, especially me who am the coach: you can't concede four shots and concede as many goals. I have to be clear-headed and rational now: the attacking phase was very positive, but last season we would have definitely scored four more goals".
Thiago Motta: “A game of great suffering, but in the end we could have won it”
“We had some complicated situations, but we managed to stay in the game – the analysis of Thiago Motta -. After the fourth goal, Inter came out and could have scored the fifth, then we went up and could have even won it. We need to analyze the things that happened and understand why we did very well at times, while in others we suffered so much from the opponent's game. We can improve on everything, every game is different, this time we suffered a lot in defense against a strong team, we had never left so many goal opportunities, however it was an open and fair game. Yildiz? I preferred Weah because he could give us something more in the transactions, also Kenan from the bench can help the team in the second half, giving different options, both as a winger and as a striker".
Fiorentina – Roma 5-1: Giallorossi humiliated, Juric's bench shakes
Great emotions also from the postponement of Florence, but with a big difference compared to Milan. At Franchi, in fact, there was only one team on the field, namely the unbridled Fiorentina of Palladino, who reached their fifth consecutive victory between the championship and the Conference. Viola, after a slow start, seems to have finally exploded, so much so that they have even caught up with the group fighting for the Champions League. On Rome instead it is better to draw a veil over it, because the 5-1 of last night represents the lowest point not only of this season, but at least of the last two years. To find worse you have to go to the famous 6-1 against Bodo Glimt, with the difference that there the reserves were playing (brutally eliminated by Mourinho immediately after), while here the typical team was on the pitch, the one that, Juric dixit, was now ready to turn things around. At the time of writing it is not known whether the disaster in Florence will cost the Croatian coach his job, also because the tight calendar leads to some reflections (tomorrow the midweek round starts), but it seems clear that the changeover with The Rossi only made things worse.
The current Roma has neither head nor tail, but above all it totally lacks soul: only in this way can a shocking performance like yesterday's be explained, with Fiorentina ahead by two goals after just 17' (first Kean, then Beltran on penalty). Juric tried to wake her up with a double substitution in the 32nd minute that already smacked of desperation, but Koné, one of the substitutes, repaid him with the goal for 2-1 (39'). The game reopened? Not even in your dreams. The Viola found the third goal with Kean just before half time (41'), after which they literally exploded in the second half, also scoring the fourth with the former bove, downloaded without reasons in the summer and the fifth with an own goal by Hummels (71'), author of a truly forgettable debut. Completing the horror evening was also the expulsion of Hermoso and the "cases" Mancini e Crystalline, who did not return to the sidelines after being substituted at half-time, demonstrating that the team is now in disarray. On Thursday, Torino, Juric's former team, will arrive at the Olimpico, but many expect (or hope, depending on your point of view) that the match will not take place at all.
Juric: “Thrown away all the work done! My future? You know how it goes in football…”
“We got everything wrong, after seven games focused and with good performances, here in Florence we got everything wrong forgetting our work – he sighed Juric -. I didn't expect it, three days ago we played a very good game, while here I saw little concentration and attention, especially in the defensive phase. After several games in which we had conceded very little, here everything was wrong: there are few things to say and even fewer excuses. We conceded few shots before tonight, while against Fiorentina we conceded ridiculous goals. After seven games in which we did well, one happened completely wrong, but the players have my idea of football in their hearts and in a certain sense it's better that everything went so badly, maybe we'll improve in the next ones. My future? You know how it goes in football. In 45 days we did a great job that we threw in the toilet, that's my feeling and I'm sorry".
Lazio – Genoa 3-0: Noslin, Pedro and Vecino take Baroni into the Champions League zone
If the yellow-red Roma is mourning the white-blue one, it is definitely better, even more so after yesterday's victory over Genoa which is worth the connection to the Champions zone, even if in cohabitation with Fiorentina, Atalanta and Udinese. The success confirms the excellent moment of form of the "Baroni gang", now become a reality of this championship. It is not yet clear how far this team will be able to go, but it will certainly fight for the European zone, in defiance of all those who saw it downsized after the summer transfer market. Lotito's choices, on the other hand, have proven to be spot on, starting with the coach: Baroni has given a clear and precise imprint of the game, regardless of the interpreters. Yesterday, for example, Zaccagni was missing (flu) and his substitute took care of directing the match noslin, author of the goal that broke the initial balance (21'). From then on the game was essentially one-goal, even if Lazio had to wait until the end to round off the result thanks to goals from Pedro (86') and Vecino (90+5'), both substitutes on the run. But the best, perhaps, is yet to come, in light of a schedule that will see the Biancocelesti face Como, Cagliari, Monza, Bologna and Parma in the next five, before challenging Napoli: who knows what the standings could be like that day...
Baroni: “The three goals scored represent our philosophy, we want to thrill the people”
“I am happy with the three goals, which came from Noslin who was not playing as a starter and from the two substitutes, this shows how much we try to carry forward the philosophy that everyone must be useful and give their all – the words of Baroni -. At times some have used up energy, but those who came on did well, I'm happy with the win and the performance. I asked for personality and maturity, I saw them and I also want to thank the fans who were extraordinary. The team must grow from game to game, in every game we renew the challenge to ourselves. We are ambitious, I am ambitious, the fans, the club, so to do something important we must keep the level of performance high. The boys do it, positional football is over, we need to do functional movement, the boys have understood it and work for this. I said it straight away: I like to have a team that excites, we must think about families and children, the player must give everything on the pitch. There will be negative moments, but when someone gives his all he can face everything in a different way. The team is receiving the message and the people feel it”.
