- Inter Milan held Manchester Metropolis to a 0-0 attract a repeat of the 2023 last
- Simone Inzaghi was left fuming at one among his gamers early within the second-half
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Inter Milan boss SImone Inzaghi was left fuming at one former Manchester United star throughout his facet’s draw with Manchester Metropolis.
The Italian champions opened their Champions League marketing campaign with a 0-0 stalemate in opposition to Pep Guardiola‘s facet in a repeat of the 2023 last.
It was a resolute efficiency from Inter, who sat again and soaked up strain with the intention of hitting Metropolis on the counter assault.
And their recreation plan nearly got here to fruition when right-back Matteo Darmian was put by on purpose by Mehdi Taremi seven minutes into the second-half.
Nonetheless, as an alternative of taking a shot at purpose, the defender bizarrely tried to backheel the ball to Nicolo Barella, who misplaced his footing earlier than Metropolis cleared their traces.
Inter Milan boss SImone Inzaghi was left fuming at one former Manchester United star
Matteo Darmian was put by on purpose however bizarrely determined in opposition to taking a shot at purpose
And Inzaghi was left furious as he ran out of his technical space to scream and wave his arms round in frustration.
Joleon Lescott, who was on punditry obligation for TNT Sports activities, slammed Darmian’s choice making.
The previous Metropolis defender stated: ‘This can be a unusual choice, even when it was a profitable one which went to a team-mate.
‘You’d be questioning why you didn’t take the shot on. You may perceive the frustration of the supervisor. It was a transparent alternative on purpose.’
Rio Ferdinand added: ‘That was a proper again in a goalscoring place, no understanding of the place his contact ought to go, the standard. It was HD at one second after which went blurry.’
Darmian was ultimately substituted within the seventy fifth minute, with Denzel Dumfries taking his place at right-back.
The Italian defender was ultimately substituted within the seventy fifth minute for Denzel Dumfries
Darmian performed for United between 2015 and 2019, scoring one purpose in 92 appearances throughout all competitions in that interval.
He joined Parma in 2019 and 12 months later moved to Inter the place he has gained two Scudettos and two Coppa Italia titles.
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