Inter, Inzaghi manages Lukaku: no Fiorentina, but he will be in the Champions League

The data collected in training speak for themselves: it is not yet ready. Romelu Lukaku, who also returned yesterday to practice in a group with his teammates, is far from the best form. Simone Inzaghi, who in recent weeks seems to have raised the morale and fortunes of Inter without being able to count on him, is not in a hurry after all. Today the appointment for the Nerazzurri players on the fields of Pinetina is called for 11 am. The Piacenza coach will decide whether to bring Big Rom at least on the bench or whether to let him rest and rotate the men with whom he beat Barcelona at San Siro on the pitch, drawing a draw. then at the Camp Nou: Lautaro and Dzeko, to which Correa has returned to join, who so far has proved to be the only real bet lost by the former Lazio coach. Then there is Carboni, spring now permanently attached to the first team.

With Big Rom better not to risk

If the operation that brought Lukaku to Milan turns out to be a bargain, time will tell. Of course, the suggestion of borrowing for 10 million (plus his salary) a player who sold out for 115 is strong. But it is also true that the Belgian has not actually played this season. He has not set foot in a stadium since August 26, the day of Inter’s defeat in Rome against Lazio. Before that he had scored for Lecce in the first league game and served an assist in the second, against Spezia. Three races in all. Six points in three games. And in the Champions League he did not play even a minute in the first four games of the group, with which Inter placed a serious risk on the passage to the round of 16, to the detriment of Barcelona. And here comes the point: saving the number 90 at Franchi, and leaving him at Pinetina to train, could mean having him in shape on Wednesday at San Siro in the already decisive match against Viktoria Plzen: by winning, the Nerazzurri would qualify for the elimination phase with one day in advance, regardless of the result of Barcelona-Bayern Munich.

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Brozovic is also still in the pits

Keeping Lukaku off the pitch for almost two months is a problem with his left thigh flexor. He had never had such a long stop in his career: today we are 53 days from August 28, the day of the injury. And again the left thigh flexor this year is Brozovic’s Achilles heel. He got hurt on September 25, almost a month after his partner. Since then, Inter have played five games: two matches against Barcelona and three in the league. The first match without Brozo in the direction was lost by Inzaghi’s team, against Roma. But in the next two Inter Milan was able to hit the goal that had always failed last season: to win even without the Croatian playmaker on the pitch. Against Sassuolo and Salernitana, the Nerazzurri found convincing victories. This explains why Inzaghi, if on the one hand he can’t wait to recover two of the strongest players in the squad, on the other he knows that their reintegration will have to be guided and accompanied, so as not to spoil the good climate that has come about. create on the pitch and consequently in the locker room.