Real Madrid-Inter was everything that was expected of a match of such height. Goals, spectacle, offensive football and also high-caliber performances on both sides. But, soccer is a game of mistakes and sometimes someone has to make mistakes for things to happen.
Something like this happened to the meeting between whites and neroazzurri when Achraf received on the right wing, was wrong to send a ball back and Benzema made the first goal of the match after beating Handanovic. Then, Sergio Ramos, Lautaro, Perisic and Rodrygo did their thing to close the match with a 3-2 victory for the hosts.
At the Gazetta dello Sport, the individual performance of each player and the worst unemployed fThey were Hazard and ex-Madridista Achraf Hakimi. Both sport an 'il peggiore' although they pass with a scraped five. “The back pass that leaves Benzema alone in front of the goal is not justifiable even with the lack of Mendy,” they say on the Moroccan error in the 1-0, to which they also attribute little danger and ask for more commitment in defense. “He was imprecise in the decisive moments,” they add although they recognize that the French could exceed in his entrance.
“Absent without excuse” is the qualifier that they place on the Belgian. They accuse him of disappearing “during the first half hour”, then “he appeared and disappeared until he left at game time”. His note, like Achraf's, just approved. To praise the good performance of Vinicius, they also hit the target seven. “He does twice as Hazard and earns points,” they say about the Brazilian, highlighting his good role and recalling the controversy with Benzema, already resolved, in relation to the assistance offered to Rodrygo.
In Il Correire dello Sport they are even tougher and drop by 0.5 the note to Hazard and at one point to Hakimi, causing the suspense of both from the transalpine country. “Two goals in 14 months for 160 million” are limited to saying about the Belgian. Against the side they charge harder. “He agrees with Real, who did not believe in him. Horrendous match and an 'assist-harakiri' for Benzema,” they add. In this newspaper they also suspend De Vrij (4) and Varane (4). On the French, the pink newspaper highlights his appearance “in the photo” in both goals of the Interistas.
Among the whites, the praises are centered on Ramos, Kroos and even Zidane, who is recognized for the courage to bring out the youngsters and “his success in the finals.” At Inter, they praise Lautaro and also punish their centrals and to Vidal, whose promise to “win for the people of Barcelona” ended up unfulfilled. In addition, they highlight the good action of Barella with his heel assistance to Lautaro. A 'highlight' that, they say, “deserved a full Bernabéu” and that earned him a 7.
They describe the Inter match as 'harakiri' and Conte is recognized for his courage for showing his football in Madrid despite Lukaku's loss, although they point out his carelessness in the details that “condemned the result.”