Genoa, 25 February 2022 – The first ones no longer win. Milan e Inter still stopped, this time by Udinese and Genoa: it’s ciapa no Scudetto. The Nerazzurri do not take advantage of the half misstep of Pioli’s team and remain without goal even with Genoa, able to stop the Italian champions at zero to zero. Cross of D’Ambrosio in the second half.
Gudmundsson spoke
Inzaghi launches Sanchez paired with Dzeko, Blessin with Melegoni in support of Yeboah and Gudmundsson. Sprint start of the hosts who try to press and raise the center of gravity, but the first opportunity is Inter with Calhanoglu that does not find the door from close range. However, Inter are not perky, in fact Genoa have a chance with Gudmundsson who does not exploit the face to face with Handanovic in a quite inconceivable way. The good moment of the genoans continues as they undermine Handanovic with a poisonous right-footed shot by Melegoni that the goalkeeper deflects in backlash. At the distance Inter rises, which finds new geometry on the left, but Dzeko he has no clarity to make the most of a couple of potentially interesting situations. In the end a good opportunity, always from the left with Dzeko operating Calhanoglu at the limit, walled up, then on the rebound Perisic’s right plate is skyrocketing.
Cross D’Ambrosio
Second half with greater rhythm, the teams face each other openly and there are reversals in the front. The Genoa test a phase of high pressing that actually embarrasses Inter, which still has quality in the restart at 59 ‘when Calhanoglu is walled up on the most beautiful from two steps. Vibrant match, more beautiful, more intense. At half-time the great Inter opportunity when Calhanoglu’s corner stands out D’Ambrosio but the crossbar denies the scream of the goal. Shortly thereafter there is an air bank of Dzeko for Sanchez but Sirigu comes first. Inzaghi goes with the tips, inside first Lautaro and then Caicedo to attempt the last assaults, but they are vain and confused clashes in which Sirigu is not called to major interventions. The only noteworthy chance is a quick restart that leads Lautaro to hit the net with a left foot but there is Ostigaard to stop everything. Inter no longer knows how to win, and it is a problem for Inzaghi who is struggling to find the prolific streak of the first leg and the bearing of the match against Bologna is likely to be no longer enough. It seems that nobody wants to win the Scudetto.