Inzaghi slams wasteful Inter following Juventus defeat

Simone Inzaghi was frustrated by Inter’s wastefulness after Sunday’s defeat at Juventus saw them miss the chance to leapfrog Napoli at the top of Serie A.

Francisco Conceicao struck the only goal of the game for Juventus after 74 minutes, following some clever footwork from Paris Saint-Germain loanee Randal Kolo Muani.

That came after Inter had dominated the first half, passing up chances worth 1.71 expected goals (xG) to Juve’s 0.42.

After half-time, Inter lost the xG battle by 0.93 to 0.24, failing to record a single shot on target.

“There is a lot of regret and disappointment, but the boys showed great organisation and courage,” Inzaghi told DAZN.

“We needed to score more goals and finish the first half with a lead.”

The Inter coach explained that his decision to make three substitutions in the 62nd minute was due to Juve’s superiority after the break and Inter’s lack of fluency.

“We had to do better, the last situation was wrong. In the nine years I’ve been in Turin, I’ve never had so many chances,” Inzaghi said.

“It hurts to lose, we really wanted to win. Everything is still open, but we need to change the tempo.”

Inter could have finally moved ahead in the title race after Napoli were held to a 2-2 draw at Lazio, but they now sit two points off the pace with 54 from 25 games.

Inter visit Antonio Conte’s Napoli side on March 2, but Inzaghi is not looking too far ahead.

“It will be an important game, like tonight, but we have other games first,” added Inzaghi, whose side host Genoa in the league next week, then Lazio in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals. “We need to do better than we did tonight.”