Simeone managed to overturn the result against Inzaghi’s Inter: Inter paid for an attitude that was too soft compared to Atletico’s hunger.
Paolo Bargiggia, sports journalist and market expert, spoke about Atletico Madrid-Inter, and how Simeone managed to outclass Inzaghi. Speaking at the microphones of TVPLAY, the journalist spared no criticism of Inzaghi and his champions, accusing Thuram of an inadequate attitude and Lautaro of serious mistakes.
“Inter were honestly considered favorites, not so much because of 1-0 in the first leg as because Atletico Madrid seemed to be coming from an unconvincing moment, especially away from home.”
For Bargiggia, Inter has been a war machine this year and has not missed a game. The first misstep came precisely in Madrid against Atletico. And the problem may have been physical.
“The thing that surprised on the negative side beyond the result was that suddenly Inzaghi’s team found itself physically on the back foot. He had never given this kind of signs in the league, even in the last match with Bologna….”
For the interviewee, Atletico, at least from the physical point of view, was always brighter in all moments of the match. “In my opinion, it is the poor physical condition that led to both departmental mistakes in defense and individual mistakes for Inter. The Nerazzurri suffered so much on throws inside the box. Then the performance of some important players was lacking.”
And here the journalist spoke of an embarrassed attitude about one of the leading players of Inzaghi’s team: “Thuram approached the match very badly, with those heel shots and the rest. Lautaro Martinez also did badly. Bad then Pavard … but no one was particularly brilliant. “
Ambarrassing attitude for Thuram and other Nerazzurri: “Simeone better than Inzaghi “
“Even in the changes Simeone did better than Inzaghi. When he put Correa and Depay in, Atletico shifted gears up front and they put Inter, who all in all had managed with a bit of luck to make it to the penalty shootout, even more in trouble. “
For Bargiggia, Inter also lost on penalties because of a mental issue. “They missed because of lack of physical lucidity and mental reflex. It is not true that penalties are a lottery: you have to kick them well, and those at Inter did not.”
However, the journalist does not believe Inter will suffer the blow in the league: “There are only a few games left and Inter can afford breaks. In truth there is some critical thinking about Inzaghi’s choices in approach to this match. Some say that in Bologna he could and should have to rest more players and almost leave the game to Motta’s team to think more about the Champions match. I think they were also surprised by Atletico’s psychophysical reaction and unconsciously if they were giving a little too much for sure.”
