😳 Goals conceded and clean sheets in UCL: Inzaghi's numbers chase Capello | OneFootball

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After the 0-2 away win, Inter is preparing to face Feyenoord with relative calm in the return match that secures a place in the Champions League quarter-finals. A large part of the qualification was taken by Inzaghi's team in Rotterdam, now at San Siro they just have to maintain control to avoid any risks.

The Nerazzurri continue to win in Europe with an unmistakable style in the years of Inzaghi: security, good ball possession, but above all a defensive solidity with few equals among the big teams.

For this reason, Transfermarkt highlights with two very interesting rankings the defensive performance of Inzaghi's team, with the average of goals conceded per game in the Champions League and that of clean sheets.

INZAGHI'S AMAZING NUMBERS, CAPELLO 1st

Since the Champions Cup became the Champions League, that is, from 1992/93, the coach with the lowest average of goals conceded per game is Fabio Capello, but Inzaghi with this performance is getting closer and closer to him.

Capello has an average of 0.69 goals conceded per game, Rijkaard is 2nd with 0.70 and Valverde 3rd with 0.81. Inzaghi is currently 7th with 0.91. Ancelotti, who has had some satisfaction in the Champions League, is 15th with an average of 1 goal conceded per game.

The other ranking, which runs almost in parallel, is that of clean sheets. In this case as well, Capello is in 1st place with a clean sheet every 1.87 games. Inzaghi is very close, as he is in 2nd place with an average clean sheet every 2 games (together with Houllier and Rijkaard). Amazing defensive numbers for the Nerazzurri coach in the Champions League.

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