The first image is a half-empty and almost voiceless stadiumwithout choirs, without songs. A sad, desolate image. Every now and then some “ooooh” accompanied Inter-Atalanta which was played in Arabia for the moneybut for a match like this San Siro would have been full, as would the Bergamo stadium. People’s emotions have no place in the dry and greedy hearts of our leaders, only the wallet counts and Arabia is generous. Go ahead and squeeze the cow until it has milk.
Super Cup, Inter-Atalanta 2-0: news, statistics and scoreboard
Different souls for Inter and Atalanta
How I play, the first Super Cup semi-final was funwith many chances, the vast majority of Inter who ended the first half at 0-0 only due to the exploits of Carnesecchi and the precision errors of their attackers. The two teams were animated by different ideas: Inzaghi also wanted this trophy, Gasperini a little less. All starters in Inter, several players used less in the season (players who, given their quality, it would still be wrong to define as reserves) in Atalanta, from Scalvini to Samardzic, from Zaniolo to Brescianini. Inter knows from direct experience that winning helps you win, he has the hunger of a cannibal, he is insatiable. Gasperini instead decided to focus on the motivations of his attackers, perhaps also on their freshness given that they have played less so far than De Ketelaere and Lookman. It also influenced him a little the absence of his true center forward, Retegui. So Atalanta had to arrive in the Inter area without lifting the ball, otherwise they would have been prey to the centimeters of De Vrij, Bisseck and Bastoni. It wasn’t easy to maneuver in that situation, though the difference was too clear: in the 45th minute there were eight scoring opportunities for Inter and only one, albeit sensational, from Atalanta.
Inzaghi indigestible for Gasperini
Gasperini changed, adding the real starters, De Ketelaere, Ederson and Lookman, only after having conceded the first goal from Dumfries. Atalanta took courage, perhaps too much: spilling into Inter’s half of the pitch, he left a space that Inter exploited with a deadly counterattack which ended with Dumfries’ swing and a brace under the crossbar. Atalanta’s merit was that they did not give up and in the finale Sommer also became the protagonist. The victory of the Italian champions, however, is undeserved, first of all because he wanted it more, then for the quality of his game, the significantly greater number of chances, his physical strength (the first goal was born from the developments of a corner kick, for a change). The recent history of this challenge also said so, yesterday it was Inter’s seventh victory in a row over Atalanta in all competitions. Inzaghi is the most indigestible coach for Gasperiniit is a duel that is always too complicated for the Atalanta player, regardless of the depth and different history of the two teams.
Inter report cards: Sommer block, Calhanoglu decisive
Lautato Martinez’s mistakes
Only one shadow remained in Inter’s success, that of the captain. Lautaro had seven goalscoring opportunitiesit is true that Carnesecchi worked miracles, but he he made a lot of mistakes, too much. The ball that could have made it 3-0 was also saved in front of the goalkeeper and on the overhead kick Atalanta scored the 2-1, which was canceled out by the VAR due to De Ketelaere’s millimeter offside. If it had been a good goal, Lautaro’s mistake would have allowed Atalanta to get back into the match. A year ago, half a goal was enough for him to score…
Atalanta report cards: Zaniolo doesn’t make an impact, Hien makes too many mistakes
