Genoa successfully held Inter Milan to a 0-0 draw during the 27th week of Serie A on Friday (25/2/2022). This draw made Inter Milan failed to shorten the distance with Serie A leaders AC Milan.
Moreover, this city rival also only won one point after being held to a 1-1 draw by Udinese.
Early in the first half, Inter Milan appeared aggressive. Inter dominated the game.
They didn’t let Genoa hold the ball for too long. The host’s defense continued to be bombarded, but the goals were never created.
Meanwhile, Genoa tried to steal opportunities from the counter-attack scheme. In the 28th minute, Genoa could force Samir Handanovic to work hard to block Filippo Melegoni’s shot. Almost scored!
Both teams failed to get the ball over the goal line. As a result, the 0-0 draw lasted until the break. Inter Milan recorded possession of the ball up to 75 percent. But until halftime the score was still 0-0.
The beginning of the second half Inter is also still dominant. Inter were even more aggressive in attack.
But the goal never materialized because Inter’s front line was too diligent in wasting opportunities.
In the 62nd minute. This was Inter’s biggest chance, at least until the 62nd minute, to score. Danilo D’Ambrosio managed to reach Hakan Calhanoglu’s pass from a corner and headed the ball into the Genoa goal. but hit the pole!
Inter almost conceded in the 77th minute. A fatal blunder occurred in his defense area. Inter’s three-man sweep failed to force the ball away from the goal and fell to Stefano Sturaro’s feet. Fortunately, the ex-Juventus kick soared!
The attack line has been a problem for Inter lately. They have only been able to produce one goal in their last three matches in all competitions, including the loss to Sassuolo.
This draw made Simone Inzaghi very disappointed. The reason is, throughout the match Inter was very dominant and was even able to release 21 kicks and was very superior in possession of the ball with a percentage of 73 percent.
But the final result remains unchanged. Inter and Genoa both picked up a point after a goalless draw. “Of course the result left a bitter taste in the mouth,” said Inzaghi, quoted by Football Italia.
“We knew that we could have had a better approach. Genoa were also in good form and created problems for us in the first 20 minutes, but after that we certainly deserved more. We had 20 shots on goal and none of them scored. Obviously we need to work better, it’s just one of those periods.”
Inzaghi admits that Genoa’s defense is indeed difficult to penetrate. But he still really loves the opportunities that his team throw away.
“Genoa are not easy to penetrate, but we went into their penalty area 37 times, had 20 shots, hit the crossbar, there were other chances too that could have come easily. do more,” he said.
This draw makes Inter are in second position by collecting 55 points. They are only two points behind their city team AC Milan as the top of the Italian League standings.
