Quote from: G_Besar on August 31, 2025, 11:29:38 PM

Quote from: TelolettOm on August 31, 2025, 11:15:53 PM

In this match, Inter Milan played beautifully, but not lethally. Meanwhile, in a football match, you don't need to always play beautifully, but always play lethally to score more goals and win. In essence, they won. Yes, in this match, Inter only had one advantage in ball possession, which was around 68%, with 16 shots. But the downside? Only 4 shots on target and 1 goal.

All that beauty would be meaningless if Inter Milan ultimately lost the match, because the goal of the match is to win and secure three points. I was even more amazed by Udinese, who had 10 shots, 5 of which were on target, resulting in two goals in their away game, even though, in terms of possession, Udinese were not good enough. But when Udinese managed to win with such a level of possession, their fans were naturally delighted, and some were also quite amazed by the team, as before the match, Udinese were not favored to win at Inter Milan's home ground.

Yes, you're right, when compared to Inter Milan, Udinese's attack at that time was much more accurate and effective. Because, Udinese could at least utilize 50% of the total shots to become shots on target and goals. While Inter was far different, even only 25% were accurate. Even though since the 68th minute, Chivu changed tactics to be more attacking by replacing midfielders with strikers. And even Chiv tried hard when in the 83rd minute, Inter replaced defenders with strikers to be more attacking. However, yes, it's true, still could not penetrate Udinese's very solid defense.

Oh yes, this time, Inter spend more money to bring in one of Man City's defenders, Manuel Akanji. The agreement regarding the loan fee is €2m for loan and then the option to buy, it is €15m buy.

Source: Manuel Akanji from Man City to Inter deal detail