Fortunately, we are back on the field in 48 hours. But the blow is male. Because in the week in which he opened the games in the Champions League, Inter threw away 5 bloody points in the Scudetto race. If with the victory over Sheriff Inzaghi he had soothed the anger of the Olimpico, only a victory on Wednesday evening in Empoli can diminish the disappointment for the missed victory at the last corner against Juve. The top of the table remains 7 points away, but now we have to chase both Milan and Naples. Look at the case of opponents in the last round before the break (November 7) and in the one immediately after (21). On the ninth day, to understand if the Italian champions can recover more than the ranking, it is important to underestimate the potential of the team. Despite the 2 points in the direct clashes with Atalanta, Lazio and Juve, there are at least three reasons to believe in the comeback.

Not just goals

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The first is called Edin Dzeko, a striker who at the moment has no equal in Serie A. Because no one has scored the 7 goals from the Bosnian’s action (Immobile is at 8, but with three penalties) and above all because his intelligence is also turning all of Inzaghi’s offensive maneuver. The identity card does not grant discounts, but if you train well and live you can regulate flying even at the age of 35. At the moment Dzeko is playing great and every three days. The moment will come when you have to take a breath or it turns you wrong and instead of on the foot the carambulated ball from the pole taken by a teammate ends up elsewhere, Ma Dzeko is a guarantee precisely because – waiting for the recovery of Lautaro di Lautaro after an opaque week – it affects even after a dull week if it does not mark. And even a Barella few have it.

Performance and balance

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Obviously Dzeko cannot be enough. But Inter can be optimistic precisely because there is a game and therefore by dint of insisting the heavy victory will also come. Analyzing all the matches in which he wasted points, the worst performance is that of Kiev, where, however, Barella took a crossing and Dzeko ate a goal scored. Many errors in front of goal also with Real, dominated for an hour but cynical with Rodrygo in the 89th minute. At Marassi with Sampdoria the team remained in ten (Sensi ko) in deciding the final quarter of an hour. With Atalanta the reaction in the second half was moving, stopping at Dimarco’s penalty on the crossbar. Lazio instead put under for an hour at home, before the hands of Bastoni that changed history up to the harakiri on Felipe’s goal. And even with Juve, the Nerazzurri could have deserved more. The most important aspect of yesterday’s match is precisely the tactical and mental balance missed for long stretches in a start to the season which, in the face of the aforementioned waste, also recorded carambolesque comebacks after early times at the mercy of the opponent’s pressing.

Big match paradox

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Even if the results still do not arrive, Inzaghi in short seems close to squaring the circle. Paradoxically, direct clashes can become an advantage. Because the calendar gives you the intersections with the two leaders in November. The derby becomes decisive because – there is the risk of going double-digit behind, but also the possibility of almost halving the gap and reminding everyone who has the Scudetto on their chest. It is true that 4 days before in Tiraspol, Barella and his teammates will play for Europe, while Milan at zero will receive Porto, but the derby cancels any effort. Then an encore will be needed for Spalletti’s return. It is true that after the break Inter are still at a point between Sampdoria and Lazio, but with five South Americans involved, duty was granted. The good thing is that in the next window for the national team Lautaro, Correa, Vidal, Sanchez and Vecino will play only two games, the last of which is 5 days before the match against Napoli.