Inter eliminated by the Fluminense in the round of 16 of the Club World Championship. Recommendations, what has gone and what is not of the last commitment of a very long season for the Nerazzurri
The defeat with the Fluminense closed the Inter Club World Championship. Nerazzurri outside the round of 16 of a tournament played in apnea and with very few certainties, an experience that inherits a discreet booty for the budget (33 million euros), but also a long list of questions. Useful material for Marotta And Aid Which will have to build next season on what remains of the ending of a year in which Inter has stroked everything without tightening anything.
The final vote is sufficiency. Not beyond. And even less, even if The performance in the challenge with the Fluminense, a team in other conditions largely lower than that of Chivu, was the worst ever And it has dirty a bit the picture of the permanence of the Nerazzurri in the United States. The fault of the fatigue, physical and mental, as well as the weather conditions that have certainly complicated the life of an exhausted group, reached the 63rd seasonal game.
Lautaro Martinez, whoever does not want to stay are leaving
The synthesis in the words (as captain) of Lautaro Martinez: “The message must be clear: whoever wants to stay must remain, those who do not want to stay must go away. I want to fight for important goals, this is an important shirt and this must be the message. To stay up and bring trophies we must want, this is the message”.
And again, to go back the dose: “I don’t want to lose. Now I want to say one thing: here you have to want to stay. Understanding? Because here you fight for goals. The message is clear: who wants to stay remains, who wants to leave go away. We do everything here and I saw many things that I didn’t like. Recipients? Calhanoglu and beyond.
Inter, the positive things of the Club World Cup
Let’s start with the things that have worked and that leave positive sensations in view of the resumption of work. First of all the attempt to react to the depression with which Inter presented himself to the Club World Cupcaused by the shocking final of the Champions League and, more generally, by the emotional shocks experienced by the team in the last month of commitments. Also against Fluminense, in a negative general context, Lautaro Martinez and his companions tried to rebel against defeat. It had already happened against the Urawa Red Diamonds, overturned in the final, while the match with River Plate makes history aside.
With the Argentines there was the best Inter and it is no coincidence that it happened in the only commitment played at spring temperatures, as well as with the stimulus to avoid elimination already in the group and against an opponent of great charm and character. Second positive element: the signs of life given by Chivu’s boys: Pio Esposito who earned the future, Sucic with the assist and the brilliance missed to others, the revived Valentin Carboni. Only Luis Henrique has missed.
Last inheritance with which to return from the United States, The work that Chivu was able to start doing with a team that will have very little time available to prepare the championship debut. Some news has been seen, not all of them worked, but overall the trace has been guessed that the Romanian technician will want to try to leave after the four -year period of Simone Inzaghi.
Inter, what did not go to the Club World Cup
The other side of the medal, the dark one, is certainly more full -bodied. The consolation is that Marotta and Ausilio have two months to intervene, always considering the context of evident physical and psychological fatigue. The analysis of the adventure at the Club World Championship and the season finale must be lucid and ruthless to prevent the team from sliding towards the end of a cycle that, in reality, can still have a lot to express.
Some players seem squeezed and not only for the many commitments of the year. It is necessary to start the renewal also with a couple of high -level strokes, not only with young people who are used to lower the average age between the field and the bench: MkhiTaryan, Darmian, Dimarco and Thuram have reached the limit And of these only the last two have a future that awaits them. The node Calhanoglu It will be dissolved quickly because if the Turk wants to leave he must be replaced worthily, his role is too important.
The new philosophy of Oaktree is understandable and appreciable, but will have to take into account the need to insert sap and quality in a group that – at least for the level of Italian football – will continue to have qualities. The others are investing a lot, stopping means being lost.
Chapter Chivu: The new coach has tried to put some fresh ideas in a frame that has been used to reciting the same script for four years. Will need to be helped Because he has shown that he has the opportunity to make his way, but at the same time he must grow very quickly. The jump from Inzaghi to him is a leap in the incognito.
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