No ransom. Inter didn't go beyond a 0-0 home draw against Udinese, despite several chances created and a penalty denied by referee Gervasoni. Recriminations aside, the Nerazzurri finished with only one point collected in the home double round, too little for those who, as recently as 10 days ago, even dreamed of a third-place finish. Bad luck sure, but not only. Inter creates a lot but gets everything wrong and then they always allow themselves to give their opponent a time. An exaggerated luxury for those who, however, always have to fight to the death to win the three points. “This time I can't reproach the boys much – replied Mazzarri. – It's useless to deny it, there's bad luck here that doesn't depend on us and I'm also thinking of the match against Atalanta, when we hit 4 posts”. Yes, but that hour of free play… “You have to look for the play, the dribbling that allows you to create numerical superiority – replied the coach. – And then, with the tactical change I made, we started creating goal after goal. But you have to put them in…”.
Mazzarri refers to the entry of Alvarez in place of Guarin, which effectively changed the game. Outside the evanescent Colombian, who celebrates the contract renewal just signed really badly, Inter have finally found the crux of the matter. Udinese, up until then very compact and well positioned tactically, found themselves displaced by the change of Nerazzurri formation. In fact, Alvarez positioned himself behind the two strikers, however with the license to range on the right. The move destabilized Guidolin's chessboard, who was thus forced to suffer for a good half hour. Hernanes started with a free-kick that finished just to Scuffet's right. The goalkeeper (18 years old in May, a true promise of our football!) then repeated himself on the Brazilian himself, deflecting his shot with a sure shot in the 65th minute. And then Samuel, Palacio, Icardi, all stopped by bad luck or by the young Scuffet. And then the referee episode that infuriated San Siro, Palacio's cross deflected off Hertaux's arm, yet another of a season, here yes, really black. The biggest opportunity had arrived a minute earlier, with a miraculous Scuffet on Cambiasso and Domizzi sweeping D'Ambrosio's header in a turn. “For this year we need to think about scoring as many points as possible to get to the top – commented Mazzarri. – At the end of the season we will draw up a balance sheet and see how we can start again for the next one”. Thohir is warned, the coach wants to be part of the Inter of the future. However, he will have to make the leap in quality to really return to the elite of Italian football.
