Simone Inzaghi believes Inter created enough chances to claim victory against Bologna on Wednesday night, but believes the referees were not at their best during the eventual 2-2 draw at San Siro.
The Nerazzurri were held to a draw at home to Bologna in an end-to-end affair at the San Siro. Santiago Castro opened the scoring before Denzel Dumfries and Lautaro Martinez hit back to make it 2-1 to Inter in the first half. Emil Holm’s opening goal for the Rossoblu meant the scores were level.
Inter had their chances to find the winner towards the end and went close after Marcus Thuram’s cross for Mehdi Taremi, which the Iranian was unable to reach.
You can see how it played out on the Football Italia Liveblog.
Inzaghi: “Congratulations to Bologna, Inter did what I wanted”
Speaking to DAZN after full-time, the Nerazzurri coach said: “Congratulations to Bologna, they were a difficult team to play against. We played a great match, we fought, creating a lot and conceding the right amount. We should have positioned ourselves better for the second goal, but then we had plenty of chances to make it 3-2.
“We conceded an unlucky first goal and another on a rebound from one of our defenders. There is a certain regret at not having taken the three points, but you have to respect the opponent. The team did what I wanted.
“It’s normal to feel a little bitter because we had chances to make it 3-2. But we played against a physical, organized team who took us to the end. We scored two goals thanks to excellent work and situations where we could have done better.
Assessing where Inter went wrong in conceding, Inzaghi said: “We were caught out on a throw-in for the second goal and then they put the ball away too easily. We recover it, a ball from Bastoni.
There were two similar chances, they had talent, but we could have defended better. We have played a lot of games where we played well defensively, today we could have done better. But a lot of respect for the opponent.
Does tonight’s result benefit Napoli?
“We have to look at ourselves. We won six games which put us in an excellent position in the standings, we drew the seventh after six wins and a draw with Napoli. Now we have to give something more. We have rotation and scheduling problems, like everyone else, but we have to give more because every game in this league is very difficult.
Inzaghi ended his interviews by suggesting that the referees were not at their best during the Inter-Bologna draw. Inzaghi himself found himself on the books in the first half, meaning he will be suspended for his team’s match against Empoli this weekend.
“The boys were a little nervous and I didn’t want anything else to happen. The referees can make mistakes like tonight, or like in the Supercoppa final, but we must be as calm as possible. I didn’t want them to protest, I saw them get angry after the Frattesi incident at the end and I wanted them to stay calm, because like us, referees can make mistakes.
