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Inter (3-5-2): Sommer; Pavard, De Vrij, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Çalhanoğlu, Mkitaryan, DiMarco; Thuram, Lautaro Martinez. Subs: Di Gennaro, Audero, Klaassen, Frattesi, Buchana, Asllani, Bisseck, Darmian, Sarr, Stankovic, Sánchez.
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Football is demanding. We didn’t always know it, thanks largely to its HARD MEN and LEADERS OF MEN, able to effortlessly conceal their feelings from everyone, including themselves. Nowadays, though, our enlightened selves are entirely unsurprised when a manager turns it in citing the pressure of a job whose stresses are fathomable only in their unfathomableness unfathomability inability to be fathomed.
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All of which makes Diego Simeone even more a marvel of psychological engineering than we previously discerned, his smouldering, explosive fury somehow nourishing and invigorating, rather than exhausting and tormenting. On the one hand, people love to be loved and perform best when relaxed; on the other, fancy returning to his dressing room having served up a 2/10?
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In the entirety of football history, rarely has a side so embodied its manager as Cholo’s Atléti … but they’re not what they were and tonight, they meet Simone Inzaghi’s Inter, in a sense the them of a few years ago. They are not as confrontational, it’s true – though who is? – but they are a traditional power reasserting on a budget and in a manner that only their manager can commandeer, players turning up at apparent random all over the show, to end up exactly where they need to be. They may not be the best side around, but they’re a confident, settled and bloody good one capable of beating anyone on a good day.
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And though they lead this tie 1-0, their advantage far less significant now that every goal is deemed equivalent to every other goal. This is going to be intense.
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Kick-off: 9pm local, 8pm GMT
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important events
8 minutes Elsewhere, Jadon Sancho’s performance helped Dortmund win 1-0 on the night and 2-1 on aggregate against PSV. In fact, if Atleti want to replace Morata, he would be a good buy. Morata is the player who ensures Simeone is always on the boil.
7 minutes Inter have won every game they have played this calendar year, but they have started cautiously here, trying to weather the storm rather than making a point. Inzaghi has some innovations, but other things remain the same.
5 minutes Great play from Molina, running away from Hakan, drawing De Vrij, then sliding into the box! He does it because all he can do is cross the finish line. This is also a pretty decent attack, but Zommer jumps in and punches it away.
4 minutes Savic drove into Martinez’s face from 0.000034 yards out, the ball bounced off Martinez’s hands, and the referee gave him a hand as he lay prostate on the grass.
3 minutes Does anyone know what happened to Saul? When I first saw him, he reminded me of Bryan Robson, and I can say with certainty that there are few awards and few players as great as I said that. His goal against Bayern was one of the great moments in the last 10 years of winning this trophy, but whether it was due to injury or something, he is far from the player that was expected to be in the future.
2 minutes Simeone looked resplendent in various shades of jet black and his team just arrived at Inter, putting the ball in the box a number of times before Molina put it in the box.
1 minute alright, let’s go!
“It’s disappointing to see talented players on non-elite teams make big moves, become more efficient and effective, but end up being less interesting.” Martin McCarthy says. “I’m really excited to see Michael Oliseh and although I’m not a Palace supporter, if he goes to City I think he’ll turn into another relentless machine footballer in 18 months.”
I know what you mean. The same thing happened to Cristiano Ronaldo. He was more fun when he was a right winger in 2006-2007, but after he went to Madrid and became a relentless hoarder, he wasn’t fun at all. However, it is no exaggeration to say that City have some players who are not fun to watch.
Wanda is jumping. Do the denizens of this tournament really believe their team has a chance to do anything in this tournament? But for now, they’re into the spirit of things.
And here comes our team!
Speaking of Savic…
Atleti’s battle tonight could be about stopping Lautaro Martinez. Even when he was outclassed by Romelu Lukaku, he was Inter’s key attacker, a sharp bundle of invention and collection. Hermoso, Witsel and Savic will be tasked with finding him.
Until a while ago…
So where is the game? I imagine Atleti will look to create from midfield if they can bring Barella off the bench, looking to fill the space left by Inter’s playmaking center backs Bastoni and Pavard. But otherwise they’re expecting a set piece or something unusual.
Tonight you too:
Yes, I’m not excited anymore. I’ve had enough, friends.
Atletico Madrid fans have been very vocal about Vinicius Junior. When the incident occurred 18 months ago, the Madrid public prosecutor’s office decided not to prosecute as racial discrimination. "Although it’s bad" was "Just for a few seconds, and in a soccer rivalry." 😳 https://t.co/xYKU2nosZw
— Colin Miller (@Millar_Colin) March 13, 2024
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Atletico Madrid fans have been very vocal about Vinicius Junior. In its case 18 months ago, Madrid’s public prosecutor’s office decided not to press charges, saying the racism was “egregious” but “lasted only a few seconds and took place in the context of a football rivalry.” did. 😳 https://t.co/xYKU2nosZw
— Colin Miller (@Millar_Colin) March 13, 2024
A little thing from earlier: We looked back at Arsenal vs. Porto and the new Champions League format.
Cole, who I really like as a pundit, has interest in himself and says he could potentially be on a team like that. When he passed, he was supposed to be a great player, but he ended up going to Chelsea under Mourinho, where he got some of his talent to coach him. “I’m a competitor,” he says, “and I wanted to win.” He’s uncompromising and has a good highlight reel, but also said he wouldn’t even sit in the studio. He almost said he wasn’t ready for football yet, but Rio said it for him, saying he was never a great athlete and now he doesn’t have the protection that others are afforded. I explained that I couldn’t get it.
Hey, you! On TNT, they chose Unfulfilled FC, first talking about Arnautovic, then moving on to Ledley King, stating that Joe Cole was unable to train. He should have won the trophy but ended up having to stay at Spurs. ah.
Anyone who can operate Serie A smoothly – In 2024! – You must know something very important about Darmian, Mkhitaryan, Sanchez, Arnautovic and Klaasen.
I really enjoyed Simone and Inter Nikki Bandini wrote earlier this week.
Email! “The riff on ‘unfathomable’ was fun,” Joe Pearson wrote, “but this nerd word is not as good as ‘ineffable’ or ‘ineffable’ to solve your pretend conundrum.” Please provide a suitable playlist for the match soundtrack.
OK, you twisted my arm. –I thought you’d never ask! I’m also enjoying Kweku Smoke’s new album and his Tony Montana from Skepta, Portable, and JAE5.
As for Intel, Inzaghi will target De Vrij and Damfires before Acerbi and Darmian. Other than that, everything was as expected, and unlike my opponent, I feel like I’ve simmered down.
So what does that mean? Well, Atleti still have two doubts in Morata and Griezmann, but they don’t have a team to inspire, hence the defeat against Cadiz last weekend and three wins in their last 10 games. He thought he would see Arthur Vermaelen tonight, but he knew he couldn’t.
team!
Atletico Madrid (5-3-2): Savic, Witsel, Hermoso. Molina, Llorente, Koke, De Paul, Reno. Morata, Griezmann. sub: Moldova, Gomis, Azpilicueta, Gabriel, Saul, Depay, Correa, Riquelme, Vermeeren, Reinild, Barrios.
Inter (3-5-2): Summer; Pavard, de Vrij, Bastoni. Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, DiMarco. Thuram, Lautaro Martinez. sub: Di Gennaro, Audero, Klaasen, Frattesi, Bucana, Aslani, Bisek, Darmian, Sarr, Stanković, Sanchez.
preamble
Football is demanding. We didn’t always know that, thanks largely to those hard-nosed men and male leaders who can effortlessly hide their emotions from everyone, including themselves. But today, as enlightened as we are, we are not at all surprised when our boss flips it on us, citing the stress of the job. incomprehensibility incomprehensibility something that cannot be measured.
All of this makes Diego Simeone more of a wonder of psychological engineering than we ever realized, and his smoldering, explosive anger nourishes and energizes rather than exhausting and tormenting him. He will give it to you. On the other hand, people love to be loved and perform best when they are relaxed. On the other hand, are you willing to go back to the dressing room after eating 2/10 of the food?
In the entire history of football, few teams have epitomized their coach quite like Cholo’s Atleti…but they are not what they used to be, and tonight they are Simone Inzaghi’s Inter, in some ways the same as they were a few years ago. to play against. They’re not that confrontational, it’s true, but who is? – but they are traditional, on a budget, reasserting power in a way only a manager can command, with players appearing seemingly randomly throughout the show and getting exactly where they need to be. They may not be the best team, but they are confident, calm and a very good team that can beat anyone on a good day.
And although they lead 1-0 in this draw, their advantage doesn’t really matter as every goal is considered equal to every other goal. This is going to be intense.
Kick-off: 9pm local time, 8pm GMT
