The 3-1 Serie A Loss To Lazio Was Simone Inzaghi’s Worst Match In Charge Of Inter, Italian Media Argue | OneFootball

Inter head coach Simone Inzaghi suffered his single worst defeat since taking charge of the Nerazzurri at the start of last summer in the form of a 3-1 Serie A loss to his old team Lazio.

This is the view of Turin-based newspaper Tuttosport, who argue in today’s print edition that this will be the match that raises more questions about the 46-year-old’s suitability to lead this Inter team more than any over the course of his tenure at the club so far.

Inzaghi has guided the Nerazzurri to numerous wins as well as his share of losses and draws, and the dropped points have always pointed to areas in which the team as well as the coach could improve.

However, in the past when Inter have dropped points under Inzaghi, the sense has generally been that the coach was working within limitations or had some fairly reasonable excuse.

Against Lazio last night, on the other hand, the coach had a team at his disposal which was more his team than ever after a summer transfer window in which he had been largely given what he wanted with the remit of building a Scudetto-winning machine.

However, the 46-year-old got his approach all wrong against his former side, with his decision to play Roberto Gagliardini from the start in midfield particularly proving to be as ineffective as it was inscrutable.

The Nerazzurri’s issues were the same ones which have been visible in preseason, as well as in their first two Serie A matches, namely a lack of compactness and muddled relationships between the lines, particularly between the midfield and the forwards.

Against Lecce and Spezia, these issues were not punished, but in the form of Lazio, Inzaghi and Inter found themselves up against truly formidable opposition for the first time this season, and they failed their exam.

Given that Inzaghi had come into the match with a clear plan, and given that it not only failed to contain the Biancocelesti’s possession game or counterattacking threat but also exacerbated his own team’s existing underlying issues, there is no one for the coach to blame but himself.