In full Halloween climate, Inter sees the witches and risks being played a dirty trick by Venezia, who scares the Nerazzurri in the last second of injury time, but fortunately the ending is all sweet for the hosts: victory (narrow , but still a victory) over the lagoon players and -1 from Napoli. All’s well that ends well, they say, but how much effort it took to overcome what on paper might have seemed like an easy match, but Venezia has made a lot of teams sweat this season. Inter, for their part, retraced the same first half seen against Empoli, when they kept control of the game but were unable to break into the goal area. To tell the truth, compared to the match against the Tuscans they came close to scoring several times, calling Stankovic to save several times: Lautaro, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco, Barella found either the goalkeeper’s opposition or inaccuracy to deny them the joy of the match. goal, and it is therefore almost an injustice to have to witness Sommer’s miracle in the 41st minute, when on the counterattack Pohjanpalo extends for Oristanio at the far post, the former Inter player almost can’t believe he has a ball on his feet to just push into the goal, but the Swiss goalkeeper’s leap is prodigious and brings justice to a match in which it would have been truly undeserved to have seen the visitors take the lead at the first real opportunity of the match. Alarm bell which, however, must make us remain vigilant in the second half.
In the 51st minute Inter would have broken the deadlock with Mkhitaryan but the VAR canceled everything for the first millimetric offside of the evening: Dimarco was ahead with half a knee at the moment of the cross for the Armenian. The rules are these, but then they will explain to us what advantage we gain from having half a knee in front of our partner. And that’s not all, because to further fuel the doubts about a rule that will necessarily need to be revised comes another even more singular episode, to use a euphemism: in the 80th minute Taremi seriously challenges Stankovic, again catching the Iranian who finds the opposition in Sverko’s corner, probably with an arm. The referee Ferrieri Caputi awaits clarification from the VAR which on this occasion however stops everything because, at the start of the action, Thuram is ahead with the toe of his shoe… We repeat, the technology only emphasizes and makes visible even the most microscopic details, but we are of the opinion that the advantage gained from the offside position must be substantial, and not a knee or a tip of the shoe forward.
In any case, fortunately, Lautaro had already thought of it in the 65th minute to break the deadlock for his team, served excellently by the usual Dimarco, this time in a regular position, scoring at San Siro 249 days after the last time. A goal that does justice to Inter’s game but doesn’t allow you to sleep peacefully because Venezia always gives you shivers on the counterattack. Thuram could double the lead a few minutes later but fiddles too much and loses time. In the final, Calhanoglu (who recently entered) also challenges Stankovic with a shot from distance. And we arrive at the 90th minute when Ferrieri Caputi assigns 7 minutes of injury time that are difficult to interpret (and which will anger Lautaro in the final). The guests attempted the final reaction with all their strength and in the 95th minute De Vrij inadvertently put Yeboah in a position to kick (poorly), saving Sommer. And right in the 97th minute comes the goal that freezes the entire San Siro, with Sverko overtaking Bisseck (perhaps even with a foul) and passing the goalkeeper. This time, however, VAR is a friend and sees a touch of the arm from Sverko himself and cancels the goal in the photo finish, sending the two teams directly to the changing rooms.
Thrilling final at San Siro but the Nerazzurri tour de force continues with few stops: Inzaghi also managed to save some starters a few minutes by recalling Dimarco, Barella, Bastoni, Lautaro ahead of time. And on Wednesday it will be the Champions League super challenge again, Arsenal arrive at the San Siro.
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