Winning debut for Inter in the Champions League thanks to a brace by Thuram against Ajax. Here’s what worked and what should be improved after success on the Dutch land
The most discussed man saved the man who risked becoming him. With two heads, settled at the right time and that are worth a debut with the Champions League victory as it did not happen since 2019. Not a rarity, in short, but not even a custom and for this reason the success on the field of Ajax must be appreciated by the Nerazzurri world. The effect of Marcus Thuram’s brace, however, goes beyond the simple accounting of a long group that will close in the heart of winter: Chivu had flown to Amsterdam with the eyes and rifles of everyone pointed on and has returned home firmer in his beliefs.
The European night, therefore, brought to Inter well by deleting the long wave of the Ko of Turin at least for a few days against Juventus who in turn came after the home collapse with Udinese. The team and its technician first of all needed to lighten the pressure and the goal was achieved. The way lets hope, even if the technical and tactical performance was less round and complete than that of the Stadium where, however, the defensive distractions had caused the final comeback suffered.
Inter, what worked in the night against Ajax
In Amsterdam he worked first of all the level of attention put into the game. Only in a few moments did Inter suffered the pressing of Ajax, losing the measures a little, but when the Nerazzurri happened they did not get caught up in the anxiety and compactly in front of Sommer’s penalty area. Who, another special observed on the eve, had a single chance to redeem himself and caught it on the fly. Chivu was right to confirm it despite the criticisms: the Georacies in the role are defined and from here on the Romanian coach also accumulated a fair credit against the locker room. For the series: “I decide and I am not imposing anything from outside”.
For Marcus Thuram it is sufficient to mention the numbers: double at the seasonal debut in the Champions League that follows the network marked in Turin against Juventus and the other two centers with Turin. They make 5 goals in 334 minutes, the long period of absence from the marking in the second part of last season can be considered behind it. Pio Esposito, absolute debut in Europe that counts. The feeling is that it is physically ready to stay in the football of the greats and that even tactically it is burning the stages, news that will also make CT Gattuso happy.
Inter, what to improve after the victory with Ajax
Obviously not everything was smooth in Amsterdam. The fluidity of the maneuver is not the same that was able to put Simone Inzaghi’s Inter in place and it is physiological is so, considering that that came from a four -year cycle lived together and this is only at the dawn of the new day. In short, construction site, and Chivu needs to shine it quickly enough because the start of the championship forces him to chase without fake steps.
Another notation: also against Ajax, Pio Esposito and Akanji aside, the veterans with the fruits of the market sitting on the bench were on the field to observe. It is natural that the Romanian technician has resorted to safe seconds in the moment of the maximum difficulty but it is equally natural to think that sooner or later it must insert the boys on which the company has invested a hundred million euros. It is also one of the reasons why he was called in the Appiano Gentile laboratory, after having exceeded the emergency, the time will come to apply on the topic.
