“We Suffered From Their Quality And The Adjustments They Made At Halftime”

Still reeling from their recent result over the weekend, there will be little time to dwell on past events for former Serie A champions, Inter Milan as they look to get right back on the field for another fixture and the hope is that they get a better result than they did last time out.

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After seeing their six games winning streak halted by the 2-2 draw against Napoli, the Nerazzurri will now prepare to face Lecce in a rescheduled fixture, from the time when they went to Saudi Arabia to play in the four team Supercoppa Italiana alongside Napoli, AC Milan and Bologna.

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On tthe night at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium, Federico Dimarco had opened the scoring in the ninth minute, but Scott McTominay pulled one back for the visitors midway through the first half and the score remained that way for the first half and the better part of the second half too.

Then the home side regained the lead in the 73rd minute as Hakan Calhanoglu converted the penalty and once again, Napoli drew level through McTominay’s second of the game to help them to a point and keep the gap between the title contenders within a respectable distance.

This meant that Inter squandered a massive chance to extend their lead at the top of the table and for the Inter coach, he delivered his verdict on his team’s performance as he spoke to Rai Radio 1 where he admitted that his side suffered at the start of the second half.

With this result, it also meant that the 45-year-old will have to wait a while longer for his first win in a high-profile game with the club as he regrets his team dropping the lead twice. “We took the lead twice, but at the start of the second half, we perhaps suffered from their quality and the adjustments they made at halftime.”

“We lost our balance in applying the right pressing, while they were good at moving the ball around and playing it vertically.” Furthermore, they failed to avenge a controversial 3-1 defeat in October’s reverse fixture at Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Naples.

To further make the situation less desirable, the Beneamata are now winless in their last five league matches against Napoli and interestingly, the last three meetings between the sides at Meazza ended all square but on the other hand, Inter have maintained a three-point lead over second-placed AC Milan.

With the Rossoneri taking on Como in their next game, Inter could have another chance to stretch their lead as they face a lesser opponent, Lecce while Cesc Fabregas’s Como have proven to be a very formidable team in the Serie A since last season after gaining promotion from the Serie B.

Apart from Inter and Milan, Napoli and Bologna will also be playing midweek fixtures and for the reigning Serie A champions, they will welcome Parma to their home ground while Bologna will travel away to face the in-form Hellas Verona to make sure that all teams have played equal number of games.

As for Chivu, he has given his Inter players a day off ahead of Wednesday’s Serie A clash against Lecce, meaning that the squad will not meet on the training pitch on Tuesday. While much talk has been about their poor form against the top Serie A clubs, they’ve been ruthless against bottom-half opponents.

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Therefore, the former Parma coach has decided to give his team a day off. Meanwhile, the Romanian is waiting for an update on Hakan Calhanoglu’s fitness as the Turkish midfielder suffered a minor muscle injury on Sunday and regardless of the outcome, he’s not expected to feature against Lecce.

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