Inter Striker Edin Dzeko: “Important To Win But Scoring At The Death Is Beautiful” | OneFootball

Inter striker Edin Dzeko is happy to have broken the deadlock in the dying minutes of this evening’s Serie A clash with Venezia.

Speaking to Italian broadcaster DAZN after the match, the 35-year-old gave his immediate reaction that saw his team headed to two points dropped before his pinpoint header to rescue the win late on.

Dzeko had been among the Nerazzurri players to miss chances throughout the match, as they controlled most of the possession and tried to move Venezia but were not able to run up their goal tally for all their efforts.

Nicolo Barella had equalized in the first half after a shock opener by Venezia striker Thomas Henry early on, but for much of the second the Nerazzurri looked a bit off the pace and far from clinical with any danger that they did create.

However, Dzeko made no mistake from a lofted Denzel Dumfries cross, heading home to send his team five points clear of city rivals AC Milan at the top of the table and send his teammates, coach, and fans into rapture despite a frustrating evening.

“There are no easy games,” the Bosnian emphasized. “We saw today too, which was perhaps one of the most difficult this year so far, but we came off the back of two 120-minute games and a tough match in Bergamo, sometimes you have to suffer as long as you win.”

Of his intense celebration of his winner, Dzeko said that “When you score in the final minutes you have to celebrate it, because it’s come right at the death.”

“I haven’t been scoring many goals, but what matters has been that the team has been winning,” he added, “maybe I had myself for today, I don’t feel any regret. It’s a beautiful feeling to score at the death.”

The striker said that his hug with Simone Inzaghi was a show of his trust in his coach, “Because the coach understands football, he knows I can settle it even in the last minutes.”

“Sometimes as attackers we don’t have good games,” he went on, “like today’s which was difficult because they defended with everyone deep and there was little space, but we can find ways to score even if it’s right at the end.”

“I think the break comes at the right time for us,” he continued, “we’re feeling a bit tired, and we hope the pitch will be better because right now it’s a disaster and it makes these kinds of matches more difficult.”

“Even when Venezia wanted to play, they were all at the back and it was hard to play up the pitch because when the turf is poor the ball just stops and it makes playing forward difficult,” he added.

“Both we and Milan have difficulties,” the striker added of the San Siro’s pitch,”But in the end today we won by suffering.”