5-0? Inter are out for next year’s title race. They are not coming back from this for sure. Worst Ucl final performance ever
PSG's press killed them. The back three couldn't play out, couldn't deal with Dembele at false 9, and didn't have the pace to survive counters.
Aberration. Where was Inter's offense? I didn't expect them to give up no goals, but I had it figured for a shootout.
Dumfries tried to make things happen, but with Lautaro nowhere near the level he needed to be at, Inter simply had nothing to strike with. Inter kept hoofing the ball up top only for PSG to take possession again and maintain their grip on the game. Age was a factor, too. Youthful PSG had the energy and stamina to start a lot stronger and maintain that level all game, whereas Inter had to grow themselves into the game and couldn't afford to start as strongly. Barella, who so often serves as the team engine, seem to have started the game completely out of steam. IMO PSG played a lot like Spalletti's Napoli. Fabian and Kvara obvious links to that era, too. You could even argue Dembele played a lot like Mertens, although most of games he was a hard working version of Mbappe. I thought he was really brilliant, in a very underrated, subdued role that was the key that unlocked Inter completely. What Enrique did with Dembele proved the difference. With Osimhen up front against defenses that set their stalls to defend deep and who by then figured us out, like Pioli's Milan, we made it so easy for them to defend against us. Dembele sucked Inter in or wide. Inter had no solid point of reference to defend against. The 3 CBs pushed up, but then Dimarco got confused and frankly, panicked. This was after Bastoni had warned him, too, a littler earlier. He really got in his face about it and yet Dimarco was still hapless. IMO Dimarco was a bundle of nerves and lost all confidence.. He didn't know what to do, got caught ball watching and lost concentration. He dropped too deep and allowed Hakimi even more space to exploit on the opener. He didn't expect Hakimi to be so high and for Dembele to drop off. He wasn't sure who to mark, where to stand, where to focus... PSG made him look like someone who never defended in his life. Inzaghi, right there and then, needed a plan B, but didn't have one. He's not the most experienced manager, but this game will do him a lot of good. PSG have now set a whole new bench mark for top class footballers. This is a new era where the likes of Mbappe will have no choice but track back and do the hard yards.
My brother in Christ he has been living off of Conte’s system. He is leaving because he knows the cycle is over and has no original ideas. My hope is when Conte leaves Napoli he leaves behind a team that top coaches want to come to and further our growth. Our team and our city has so much growth potential the only other club in Italy I feel has more is Palermo.