Well, well, well.
First half. We had a 15 minute spell near the end of the half where we hit the corssbar, the ball was cleared off the line twice (controversial decision) and we pressurise their defense loads. We were really unlucky to not score. Players who didn’t impress me in that half were Salihamidzic and Birindelli. At half time I wanted Birindelli moved to the center and Salihamidzic substituted off for Iaquinta. 4-3-3 is one of the best attacking formations and playing the trident would have been a good move. Sampdoria have a striker problem so they obviously aren’t going to be attacking much in the game, and we saw that. We should have taken advantage for the second half.
Second half. We looked poor. Started poor. Boring game for 20 minutes, we couldn’t get a single good attack in. The penalty decision in the second half. That wasn’t a penalty in my eyes. The Samp player got to the ball well and knocked it away well. Great tackle, I know that this will go into conspiracy debates though, and that will hopefully be hurried away. In the last 15 minutes, we get in crosses from Sali into Vincenzo and Trez, and I notice that they are the only 2 in the box most of the time, when Nedved wasn’t there on an odd occasion. I also notice how deep our midfield were. On a few occasions Vinny knocked the ball to the outside of the penalty area and there was an open gap. When we are trying to get a winning goal, why are our midfielders not covering that area? We did in the first half, but not in the second.
All in all, we put in the effort, and we got nowt out of it. We were unlucky not to score, but the decision to take off Del Piero was stupidity. We needed creativity, and the effects of that substitution killed out match. Against Empoli, Iaquinta and Del Piero played well with eachother. Now, they don’t.
Buffon: 5.5 - Nothing to do.
Molinaro: 6 - Better then what he usually does. Produced the cross of the match in the last minute, only for Trez to waste it. His first half performance impressed me. Not enough to be a starter though, get a replacement.
Legro: 5.5 - Made one mistake, kept solid though with the little he had to deal with.
Grygera: 5.5 - See Legro. I didn’t notice him though.
Birindelli: 5.5 - Trying an overhead kick

Should have played as CB.
Nedved: 7 (MOM) - First half performance was great. Second half performance wasn’t the same, but he can’t be blamed for having to get the ball from defense and be creative with nobody helping him.
Zanetti: 5.5 - Should have pushed up more, they were playing for a draw.
Sali: 4.5 - Why he was kept on I don’t know. He didn’t contribute attackingly, he was clueless and he was off target a lot with passes and crosses.
Marchionni: 6 - Good first half. Awful miss though.
Del Piero: 7 - Played very well. Taken off insanely.
Trezeguet: 6.5 - VERY unlucky not to score. He had nothing to go with in 2nd half and he was a shadow as a result of that.
Iaquinta: 5.5 - With DP on pitch, he would have been so much better.
Palladino: 4.5 - I forgot he came on.
Almiron: 5 - Late substitution = shit tactics
Ranieri: 3.5 - Moronic subs, late subs, moronic manager. Lost all faith, Inter will kill us with him in charge. Bye bye 3rd, bye bye Coppa, hello UEFA Cup.
Inter-46
Roma-42
Juventus-37
Fiorentina-34
Udinese-32
And Milan have just started their second half of the season charge.