Trick in Inter: without two key owners against Como, the Scudetto dream fades?
MILAN – A few hours after the last day of the Serie A 2024/2025, news has shaken the Nerazzurri environment: Simone Inzaghi’s Inter will have to face Como without two of its most important owners. With the tricolor still mathematically possible but increasingly distant, the technician’s choices for the final race are making fans and professionals discuss.
Two very heavy absences
According to officially confirmed at the press conference by Simone Inzaghi, Inter will not be able to count on Nicolò Barella and Lautaro Martínez for the last and decisive challenge against Como. Both players were excluded for physical reasons: Barella accused muscle fatigue during the last training, while Lautaro did not fully recover from a blow received on the penultimate day against Turin.
These two absences complicate the Inter plans, which needs a clear and a false step of Milan to be able to hope for the Scudetto. The Rossoneri team is in fact in the lead with three points of advantage and a better goal difference.
Renewed training: four surprising changes
Inzaghi has announced a training with four changes compared to the eleven that took the field on the last day. In addition to the forced absences of Barella and Lautaro, the technician decided to initially leave Federico Dimarco and Henrikh Mkhiharyan on the bench, probably for tactical and freshness reasons.
In their place they should start from the first minute Carlos Augusto on the left wing and Davide Frattesi in midfield. In attack, next to Marcus Thuram, Alexis Sánchez was chosen, author of good performances in recent weeks, while Kristjan Asllani should occupy the direction in the median.
A training that surprises, but which also shows Inzaghi’s will to give space to those who are most fit in this decisive moment.
Inzaghi’s words
At the press conference, the Nerazzurri technician explained his choices as follows:
“We carefully evaluated the physical conditions of the players and made decisions in line with what is best for the team. It is not a rejection for anyone, but a targeted strategy to better face Como, which should not be underestimated.”
“We haven’t lost anything yet. We have to believe in the last second and do our duty. Then we will see what happens in the other fields.”
Como already except but fierce
Como, already mathematically except and without particular pressures, could represent a dangerous opponent precisely because of his light -heartedness. The Lariana team has shown that she can play it with everyone, especially at home, where she got important victories against high ranking teams.
The Nerazzurri cannot afford drops in concentration, knowing that even a victory may not be enough. But a non-vittoria would sanction the end of the Scudetto dream with certainty.
Destiny is no longer in the hands of Inter
The fate of the championship no longer depends only on the Nerazzurri. AC Milan faces Sassuolo at home and partly favored. Even in case of Inter’s victory, the Rossoneri should lose or equalize to give the title to the cousins.
A heart -pounding ending, but with the Inter fans who begin to prepare psychologically for a closed season without trophies, after the elimination in the Italian Cup and in the Champions League.
Divided fans
Inzaghi’s choices split the fans. There are those who accuse him of “having gave up too early” and those who appreciate his coherence and intelligent management of the group:
“He had to let the owners play at any cost,” writes a fan on X.
“He is doing the best with what he has. Incurities are not his fault,” another replies.
Conclusion
Inter prepare to close a complex season, full of ups and downs, with a last race that could still give emotions. But with two heavy absences and fate in Milan’s hands, the company seems almost impossible. The ball, however, is round and football has taught that nothing is written until the last whistle.
