His misadventures could have stopped when Raphinha thought he was sending Barcelona to the final in the 87e Minute of the return match of a legendary semi-final. But no. Six minutes later, Denzel Dumfries center. Francesco Acerbi regained a right foot, and celebrated his goal like a zinzin. A left -handed central defender, 37 brooms, symbol of a team and a coach who has continued to repeat that the final was playing in San Siro on Tuesday.
After a controlled extension, Simone Inzaghi takes the Inter in the Champions League final for the second time in three years. Two years after Federico Dimarco’s bar, Rodri’s strike and Manchester City’s victory, Romelu Lukaku and André Onana left. Inzaghi, he takes the Inter to his seventh final of C1, confirming that he is one of the best coaches on the football planet at present.
Belief and self -denial
We had to see him scratching the entire extension, a meter of Fermín López and Gerard Martín, tiding the Barcelona who multiplied the centers. Earlier, in the first period, he had accompanied an attack along the sidelines, ending on the ground in delirium. Simone Inzaghi spent the evening in a trance. His passion communicated with a San Siro in full fusion, never reached by the rain, recalling that he had faith in his coach who arrived in the summer of 2021.
The former miracle maker at Lazio Rome (twice the finalist of the Italian Cup, two other times in Super Cup, for two trophies, and at the top of the Serie A at the time of the pandemic) boxed the Barça after two legendary games. His players were only led six minutes in the double confrontation, the six minutes that separated the goal of Raphinha from the miracle of Acerbi. Even better: only Nordi Mukiele, scorer with Leverkusen in an additional December time, beat these Nerazzurri. For the rest, Inzaghi was able to offer a credible alternative to the attractive Barça de Hansi Flick, as he had done in front of Pep Guardiola in the Champions 2023 League final.
-« Inzaghi is our leader »
Admittedly, her Inter is perhaps technically below, but she showed so much heart, the organ that sent the evening to the irrational. The Italian leads the oldest team of the 36 Champions League training courses, with 31 years of average age. He convinces Lautaro Martínez to come back to hold out after being wounded to go. The second knives, such as Kristjan Asllani or Piotr Zieliński, even Marko Arnautović, again and again, know their role. All these briscards are transcend, like Alessandro Bastoni, at the end of the match, capable of making an ugly fault and preventing Lamine Yamal from still making miseries. After the qualification, Federico Dimarco recognized it: « Inzaghi is our leader. He shows us the way, where to go, he always does it even in difficult times. It’s his strength, you really have to congratulate him. » Received.
Simone Inzaghi does not have the most captivating players, does not direct any huge star, but carry out a fair policy. Its tactical organization presents the merit of clarity: an attack tandem, a lot of verticality, sometimes large transversal and diagonal, and a strength on stopped kicks. Its 3-5-2, its reference, allows in particular to have in thuram (before Lukaku) and Martínez two fixing points, and in dimoco and dumfries two small bombs. With the ball, its inter -performer in the offensive transition and construction phases. Without, Simone Inzaghi is capable of taking her pressing, like Marcus Thuram on the first Integist Own goal, signed Lautaro Martínez.
Eleven holders in the Champions League final two years ago, only André Onana and Romelu Lukaku left the ship. Benjamin Pavard, currently injured. Marcus Thuram, Yann Bisseck and Yann Sommer arrived. The constancy of his group is rewarded. It doesn’t matter if the Inter fails to win a third scudetto in five seasons and is scalped by Naples, as the emotions that accompanied the double confrontation against Barça were enormous. Simone Inzaghi is now expected on May 31, in Munich. If it is not there, whatever: his brother Filippo has just won the B Serie B.
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