The roar of Inter. A show of total strength by the Nerazzurri, capable of ridiculing Lazio in a match that seemed to be very balanced but which instead turned out to be totally one-sided. The final 0-6 it's even humiliating for Baroni's team, but that's understandable: the superiority of the Italian champions is too evident, combined with a real bad night for the Biancocelesti. Inzaghi climbs to third place, but with a very important asterisk: by winning the recovery match against Fiorentina, in fact, they would catch up with Atalanta at the top of the table with 37 points, confirming, if there was still any need, their role as absolute favourite for the Scudetto.
Lazio – Inter 0-6: Inzaghi humiliates Baroni with six goals and remains attached to the top
It was supposed to be an even match between one of the league's most in-form teams and the strongest and most complete team, squad in hand, but instead it turned out to be a real humiliation. Inter won by a landslide from all points of view, especially in a second half that turned into an exhibition, obviously of a Nerazzurri nature. If Inzaghi was looking for answers after the defeat in Leverkusen, he was satisfied, while Baroni returns home with broken bones, devastated by an opponent who was too superior, even if helped by the terrible evening of his team. It's one thing to win, another to demolish the rivals: at the Olimpico the second option came on, despite a first half that was balanced for a long time, just as expected, at least until the 39th minute, when referee Chiffi granted a penalty to Inter by Gigot's arm. Calhanoglu chased away the ghosts with a central strike and the match, in fact, ended there. In the 45th minute, with the first half almost over, the Nerazzurri doubled their lead with Marco's and Lazio went down, eventually collapsing with a half to spare. The second half was a real execution, with the Biancocelesti as non-paying spectators and Inter running riot without mercy, reaffirming their supremacy in front of all of Italy. Between the 51st and 53rd minute the score even doubled, first with Stretcher, then with Dumfries: already there the victory assumed humiliating dimensions, and in the end it even became sensational, in light of the goals of Carlos Augusto (77') and Thuram (90'). Atalanta remains in sole command, but only thanks to having played a game more than Inter, who have returned to reassert their full strength.
Inzaghi: “Proud of the team! Favorites for the Scudetto? The pitch will tell”
“We beat a team that was coming off a great moment,” Inzaghi exulted. “In the first twenty minutes we didn’t fall apart and we kept our distance, then we raised the center of gravity and the quality of the game and after the first two goals, in the second half, everything became easier. I'm proud of this team, we prepared this game well: we knew Lazio's qualities, the boys were good at interpreting it. The thing I'm most proud of is what the players give on the pitch, they put in a crazy effort, they all deserve to play, but I have to make choices. There were so many people who couldn't wait for us to stumble upon it. as happened in Leverkusen, fortunately I have players who listen little and pedal. Are we the favorites for the Scudetto? The pitch will tell, we still have a game to recover and we will take it with us along with the other commitments. After the last two in the championship there will also be the Super Cup, everything will be more complicated, but we will give it our all”.
Baroni: “We collapsed on a nervous level, I take full responsibility”
“I'm sorry for the team and the fans, I take full responsibility – sighed Baroni -. We played a good forty minutes, but it wasn't enough. The team has fallen apart, we conceded things that we can't afford, I didn't control the team from an emotional point of view and so I take all the blame. It can't happen to a team like us, I could talk about the unlucky situations, but it's no use: we lost from a nervous point of view, the team can't disunited in this way. It must be an accident along the way. against a great opponent to whom you can’t leave these spaces, also making few fouls. The nervous breakdown is also due to the many games and tiredness, but you can’t lose distances like this. This is the first time it’s happened, but it can’t happen against a team that hurts when they steal the ball and go to goal. Here it’s not a question of modules, we spread out and stretched out, something we don’t usually do and that’s why we can afford four offensive players”.
