You could call it the best football match played anywhere in the world Saturday. Trailing 3-2 in the final minutes, Inter Milan struck twice in two minutes to beat Fiorentina 4-3 in their Serie A opener. Did we learn anything about Antonio Conte’s side in the comeback? ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti delves into the nitty-gritty of the match, including Romelu Lukaku’s performance, the impact of the newcomers in Conte’s squad and questions about Inter’s XI. Plus, Marcotti applauds the performance of Fiorentina’s 37-year-old star Franck Ribery, who reminded fans of what he’s still capable of with his performance at the San Siro.
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This fatso has always something bad to say about Inter smh…
Chies awas mvp imo
Inter without deVrij and a Skriniar…
Inter has no option, Inter MUST utilize Perisic. He's on a big chunk of wages, he wants to fight for his place, up until today there is no offer coming for him, but this Perisic LWB and Kolarov LCB pair need helluva lot of training and tweaking. The attack mind of both are too excessive, there has to be awareness, better coordination between those two.
Kolarov often go up until final third yet Perisic even higher near the opponent corner flag. This spot is blatantly weak for a counter. Thanks to Iachini he put Chiesa to cover deep more than attack. But after all, Inter is ready cruising for glory. No more place to complaint with their depth quality.
What possibly can make Inter fail this season are strategy tweaking and timing for sub in. Conte must adapt for each opponent. Not just throwing 3-5-2 every match and InshaAllah.
Poor Marcotti he is so sad that inter did not loose. Inter yesterday had to invent the defence and Fiorentina took advantage of it thanks to the amazing skills of Ribery playing solely on counter attack, BUT Inter on the other side scored 4 goals, hit a post and had at least other 3 clear goal opportunities and all this guy is able to talk about is Ribery and all the "problems" of Inter. As Inter fan I'm used to this kind of "journalists" in Italy but I was not expecting this level of bias also abroad.
Ribery won my heart ❤️
Bad lineup in the back from inter, it didn't need to go 4 to 3, it would have been 3 to 0 or 4 to 0 comfortably ?
Pub League
Kolarov can't play in the middle. He Just has no clue of positioning. Perisic also can't play in the 352. I love eriksen but he has zero intensity, come on man show some guts
if you want a league this season, seriea is the one. No offence to prem, but this year serie a is pure fire…
I watched yesterday game and man Frank was the best man on the pitch
Couldu do a video also on torino atalanta please?
Chiesa castrovilli amrabat and also milenkovic Take a note
What a match!!!
am i wrong in saying that seria a is 2nd best league after EPL bc seria a have 4-5 good teams compare laliga they have only 3……………just asking plzz dont abuse
Sanchez and Hakimi changed the game
Our defense was horrible! Why do we want to sell Skriniar??♂️??♂️? WHY? Of course, De Vrij, our best center back wasn’t able to play yesterday, but in a match like that was with these incredible mistakes in the defense, how could Conte put Skriniar on the bench???!
Barella is the only guaranteed starter out of the 8 for conte.
Ribery played brilliantly and inter is struggling with defence.
Who is this clown?
2 observations – Martinez should have been booked for diving
– Ribéry’s class is timeless
Why is Dan acting like he watches these matches ?
They have de vrij who was unbelievable last season and they have skriniar. I seriously don't understand why inter are letting a good defender like skriniar leave
Why exactly are you guys actually still broadcasting and reporting on this China and betting-Mafia-owned farmers league with boring, slow-paced football where over 35 years old guys who retiring from better leagues are the stars and a league which on top is full with racist, bigoted and neo-nzi fans? Seems like money really can buy souls for some people… Juventus dominating this league 10 years straight and gets kicked out of the UCL by Ajax and Lyon… Despite having so many advantages. I mean it does seem like you guys do have sky-high standards whenever you guys do talk about the Bundesliga.
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Just need some balance, conte want one of his center back to overlap and help the midfield make 2-3-5 shape ..
Inter is on its way to becoming one of the best clubs in the world. ⚫️?
Serie A : grandpa league
Ribery got the ovation from Inter fans too, he was superb today, age is just a number for him.
Inter squad DEEEEEEP
Hakimi most impressive?! ? For me it was alexis who came off the bench and made the difference
Serie A is on Fire
Hakimi plays on the right gab, not left. He preferred Young over him for experience probably, but cmon you have to play Hakimi. I hope we don't play with 4 wingbacks again, that was so unbalanced
Who are these teams again?
Alexis Sánchez is back!!
Inter played at very high intensity. Fiorentina, too. Very good match.
Ribery and Zlatan teaching the youngsters a lesson ?
Ribery was the man
It also highlighted their strengths. STFU ESPN.
Bayern munich would dismantle both of these teams
Conte's tactics and player selections/transfers always confuse me. Skriniar isn't good enough, but D'Ambrosio (how does this guy have 200+ games for Inter), Bastoni and Kolarov (good player, but maybe not a LCB?) are? And why does he love old people so much… taking Vidal instead of Tonali who they were linked with for a long time. Still seems that there is something not right between upper management and Conte.
Top 5 League Rankings (RN)
1 • Premier League ???????
2 • Serie A ??
3 • LaLiga ??
4 • Bundesliga ??
5 • Ligue 1 ??
ribery was superb this match
am waiting juve