Under control! Piqué faces ridicule, Škriniar s spol. they depressed Barcelona – True

Inter Milan footballers are close to progressing to the knockout stage of the Champions League. TASR, Pravda 13/10/2022 10:15 Photo: SITA/AP, Emilio Morenatti Milan Škriniar after Inter’s third goal in Barcelona. To achieve their goal, they need to beat the Czech champion from Pilsen at home in the next round. In Wednesday’s Group C match, coach Simone Inzaghi’s team showed great strength, at the Camp Nou against Barcelona they were careful in defense but above all bold in attack. The players of the Italian club were satisfied with the 3:3 draw, although they were only a short distance away from victory. Barcelona started the better, taking the lead five minutes before the break when Ousmane Dembele slotted the ball into the net from close range. At the beginning of the second half, Inter equalized. In the situation from the 50th minute, long-time support of Barcelona Gerard Piqué faces criticism. After an innocent-looking cross from Alessandro Bastoni, the experienced Spaniard reassured his teammates from the defense that he had the situation under control and stopped playing. However, Nicola Barella handled the ball and uncompromisingly punished the confusion in the home defense. Pique is killing me pic.twitter.com/mwr6UpTuC3 — #38 (@sketchy00_) October 12, 2022 “It’s like he’s telling his teammates: Calm down, let them score,” read one of the fans’ reactions on Twitter. Lautaro Martinez took care of the turnaround in the score in the 63rd minute, making it 2:1 for Inter with a low shot from the post. In the 82nd minute, Robert Lewandowski equalized, but the drama did not end, and Robin Gosens put the guests ahead again seven minutes later. In the game for advancement, Lewandowski again kept Barcelona at 3:3 in extra time with a great header. Read more Inter with captain Škriniar achieved a great triumph, LM saw the fastest hat-trick “We really wanted to win, but we are also very happy with the draw. And that’s because the team has the right spirit. Football is like life, it consists of certain periods and this year, at a certain moment, nothing suited us. It was difficult, but now maybe we are where we want to be. We are in a difficult group, but we are giving everything,” Barella was quoted as saying by gazzetta.it. Milan Škriniar played the entire match as captain for the guests. The General Director of Inter, Giuseppe Marotta, admitted that the Slovakian defender received the tape as an incentive to help him extend his contract. “Skriniar is an excellent professional. He deserves to be captain. If his will is the same as ours, it will be possible to come to an agreement. Our intention is to continue negotiations and sign a new contract,” said Marotta. Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez felt the disappointment, but did not look for excuses. A draw with Inter will most likely move the big Catalan club to the Europa League: “The first half was excellent, in the second we made mistakes, for example with the goal at 1:1, which brought us down mentally. The same applies to the second goal, which cannot happen . If you don’t beat Inter at home, then you don’t deserve to go further. The chances of promotion are remote, but that doesn’t depend on us anymore. There is a glimmer of hope, but you pay for mistakes in the Champions League.” Bayern Munich is still 100% in Group C, having already led 3:0 at Viktorie Plzeň after 25 minutes. Slovak winger Erik Jirka also got on the field. Plzeň finally succumbed to the favorite 2:4 when, at 0:4, they moderated the loss with two goals in the second half. It was the second half of the match that Viktoria’s coach Michal Bílek was pleased with: “I’m glad that the boys didn’t give up. The second half was really excellent. Bayern is top, they have fast players in attack who play simply. Their movement caused us big problems, they easily got to us and scored goals. We needed such a second half like salt.