MILAN. Inter are not looking for excuses after the chaotic defeat against Lazio at the Olimpico. Simone Inzaghi’s first thought is addressed to the Nerazzurri players: it is not permissible to leave the pitch with the head, letting oneself be overwhelmed by nervousness, when there is still much to go, as happened after the 2-1 biancoceleste, made by Felipe Anderson with Federico Dimarco to the ground. All the more so when a positive performance is squandered. The concept was reiterated by the coach yesterday at Pinetina. The management also agrees because the main urgency is to leave the controversy behind to concentrate on the match with the surprising Moldovan Sheriff Tiraspol, tomorrow night at San Siro, already decisive for the progress in the Champions League.
Net of this attitude, however, the Inter club wants Saturday’s case to serve as a watershed in the application of a rule that is too often left to the will of the players who, from time to time, decide how to behave. For years only the referee has been able to stop the game with a player on the ground. But then it happens that the athletes self-discipline by kicking the ball in lateral foul at their discretion. Hence the misunderstanding about the Lazio overtaking goal. Now it is necessary to clarify to avoid the repetition of similar misunderstandings. A few digs filter through: “No excuses, but how beautiful it is to play with certain principles of fairplay”, writes Paula Zanetti, wife of the former captain and now Inter vice president, under a photo of her husband who helps Antonio Candreva in the throes of cramps in a Lazio -In the past few years. There is no lack of clarifications between former teammates: “My friend Luiz Felipe made a mistake, but now let’s turn the page,” says Joaquin Correa about the expulsion of the Lazio defender.
Attention shifts to tomorrow’s sports judge’s press release. There should be no disqualification for the turmoil in the locker room tunnel. In the Biancoceleste home, the continuation of the excessive reaction of Lautaro Martinez is emphasized. According to the Nerazzurri reconstructions, on the other hand, the verbal provocations from both sides continued, but without going beyond what has already been seen on the pitch. So there shouldn’t be any additional measures.