A Big Win Over Lazio Is Inter Milan's Way Of Reacting To Pressure

Inter Milan won big over Lazio in Serie A (doc. Inter Milan).

JAKARTA - Inter Milan won big against Lazio with a score of 6-0 at the Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, early morning WIB.

The Nerazzurri coach, Simone Inzaghi, confirmed that the victory was an answer to pressure directed at his troops.

Before that win, Inter lost to Milan, drew against Juventus and Napoli, and lost 0-1 in the Champions League against Bayer Leverkusen.

These results made local media noisy and said the Nerazzurri would not be able to defend last season's title.

In fact, the league's journey was far away and the failure to win against the tough rival did not throw Inter away from the Scudetto-winning candidate.

In fact, Inter are still on the right track. They are in third place in the 2024/2025 Serie A standings with 34 points, with a difference of three points from Atalanta at the top.

While in the Champions League, Inter are also still in the top eight aka zones qualifying directly for the last 16 with two games remaining.

"We have been very consistent over the past two and a half months in Serie A. Even so, many other teams too, including Lazio. You can see the standings, it's still very tight."

"Conceding against Parma irritated me because we didn't deserve it by playing us," said Inzaghi about the 3-1 win which broke the clean sheet.

"These players deserve applause because we have been playing non-stop for a month without Acerbi and Pavard."

"So, we didn't have much choice to rotate. We also got a yellow card today. So, I had to include Darmian as a centre-back and he did it very smartly," said the 48-year-old coach.

A landslide victory over Lazio proved that Inter did not waver even though the pressure flowed rapidly. The pressure clearly made Inter not focus and finally slipped.

However, what happened was that Inzaghi was again praised. Appreciation flows thanks to his way of changing the 3-5-2 tactics of the approach taken by his predecessor Antonio Conte at Inter.

Inter's solids and Inzaghi gathered a team with limited squads throwing danger signals for competitors in the race for the Scudetto.

"The thing I'm most proud of is the way players work hard all the time. It's not easy to play at a tempo like this and it often happens."

"It's a great group, I'm trying to rotate as much as possible because they all deserve to play."

"There have been a lot of people since we lost to Milan in September 2024, can't wait for us to slip, which ended up happening in Leverkusen."

"A lot was said, but fortunately, my players and I didn't listen to the media. We continue to focus on the game," said Inzaghi.

There are three remaining matches that Inter Milan will have before changing years. One match in the Coppa Italia and two parties in Serie A.