On Sunday night time’s huge Serie A showdown, Inter escaped the capital with a 1-0 victory over Roma courtesy of Lautaro Martinez’s unstoppable strike. Nonetheless, this necessary win got here at a excessive price, as Simone Inzaghi needed to pull off two early substitutions.
Within the twelfth minute, Hakan Calhanoglu succumbed to damage, leaving his place to Davide Frattesi. The Turk apparently had an issue in his left adductor. Later within the first half, it was Francesco Acerbi’s flip to ask for a substitution attributable to a hamstring problem. The Italian veteran was thus changed by Stefan de Vrij.
These have been two premature blows for the reigning Italian champions forward of an over-packed month stuffed with necessary fixtures. Inter will journey to Switzerland for a Champions League conflict in opposition to Younger Boys, however extra importantly, they are going to host Juventus subsequent Sunday within the first Derby d’Italia of the season.
Il Corriere dello Sport notes that Inzaghi could possibly be pressured to do with out two of his two key gamers within the battle in opposition to Thiago Motta’s males.
Calhanoglu and Acerbi will now bear the required assessments to find out the extent of their knocks. Inter will likely be hoping that the 2 gamers have been taken off the pitch on the proper occasion earlier than aggravating their circumstances.
After the match, Inzaghi rued the shortage of choices in the course of the park, as Piotr Zielinski and Kristjan Asllani have been additionally lacking.
“At present, I undoubtedly had some issues in midfield as a result of Zielinski and Asllani had points,” famous the 48-year-old tactician.
“Hakan wasn’t feeling nice, however yesterday, he educated within the ending periods and appeared advantageous.
“After the warm-up, he clearly felt the ache once more, however we consider he managed to cease in the correct time. It’s clear that with Asllani and Zielinski I might have had extra selections in midfield.”
