De Zerbi and Thiago Motta for the future, but there is a Champions League to save – Corriere.it

How many crises a team can go through, how many ultimatums can overcome a manager, how many markets at no cost can a company face? Between one déjà vu and another, Inter are dangerously getting used to living on the ledgein a golden mediocrity only as regards the amount of wages, certified by the 5 points gap from Lazio, the overtaking of Milan and the fourth place on equal points with Roma, who caught up with the Nerazzurri.

Having said that since Foni (1955) not a single Inter coach he lost 10 times in 28 days, Simone Inzaghi is left with the two cups and fourth place as a safe conduct to arrive until June. Finding yourself out of the Italian Cup and Champions in a week or at the end of April and late in the league can lead to an immediate farewell. But so far Inzaghi has always saved himself. AND after yet another visit from management to Appiano and lunch with the technicianwe start again from Tuesday’s match at the Stadium with Juve who won two out of two matches and with their speculative attitude remain the worst opponent.

The nerazzurri are without a goal, in the sense that
they have not scored from open play since the match against Lecce on 5 March
but also in the sense that they can no longer make mistakes in order not to end up in a negative economic spiral. Failing fourth place with his 40 million is more serious than not reaching the semifinals of the Champions League (10 others), but everything holds together and losing with this frequency takes away certainties and self-esteem.

After the three defeats in a row with Spezia, Juve and Fiorentina interspersed with the draw-qualification in Oporto, deciphering this team is increasingly complicated. But the context is made up of a society that must self-financed on the market awaiting the entry of a partner (who is not to be found) or a buyer. Meanwhile, there is a captain like Skriniar who lost his armband (and has since been out with back pain) after signing a free deal with PSG.

There is a leased centre-forward like Lukaku who missed four months due to injury and doesn’t get the hang of it, jeopardizing the renewal of the loan from Chelsea (“If you are experiencing this situation badly, you have to ask him…” commented Inzaghi). There is a former key man like Brozovic who ended up on the market in a season of injuries, misunderstandings and performances that were never up to par. There are players awaiting renewal for various reasons (Acerbi, De Vrij, Dzeko, Bellanova), others beating cash (Bastoni), others still expendable on the market (Dumfries, Onana, Correa).

Inter miss goals in industrial quantities, even with Lautaro, the only one who looks like a leader. The assembly line is rusty, sluggish and disconnected, as evidenced by the systematic restarts. The coach affects less and less, even in communication. What if Mkhitaryan admits “we make a lot of mistakes because we are not serene” the least serene of all seems Inzaghi. Continuing like this, however, he has already lost Inter, while the full names for the future with De Zerbi and Thiago Motta ahead. So what else does it have to lose?