Cuadrado latest flop of the Turin-Milan axis. Inter, puzzle on the right for the future

There are exceptions, and they are excellent too. Last in order of time, Patrick Vieira and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Even further back, here is Aldo Serena, a unique case in Italian football for having done well with all three “strikes”. In general, the Turin-Milan axis, that is, that of the players who pass through Juventus toInter, told a completely different story. The most famous case will remain that of not a footballer but a coach: Marcello Lippi, protagonist of a sort of rejection crisis. The most recent, that of Juan Cuadradothe main if not the only flop in the otherwise unforgettable season of Simone Inzaghi’s Nerazzurri.

The Colombian will also miss the derby, after losing a good part of the championship for one reason or another. The latest stop is not particularly serious, but the doubt whether he will wear the Nerazzurri shirt again is more than legitimate. Alternatively, his championship will stop at the 262 minutes played between Serie A and the Champions League, at a couple of assists and more than one whistle on the occasion of his first appearance at San Siro. To a promise of dejuventinization never fulfilled due to lack of time and space. Talking about an announced flop would be unfair to the management: it was clear to everyone that he was a player at the end of the race. But he still came from a season as a starter in black and white. With more playing time, he could have represented something “different” in Inzaghi’s 3-5-2. Maybe that picklock which is one of the few real gaps in the team.

Rebus bands. In January, the hint came, the same management hurriedly brought to Milan Tajon Buchanan. Result: the Canadian played just 46 minutes, one time plus injury time, but divided into five match segments. Among other things, always on the left, not where he had to plug the leak. What is it and what could it be in Inter’s future? It is a question that perhaps Inzaghi can answer, and it is right to give him time to insert into his plans. We certainly don’t and the picture is completed with a destiny to be deciphered for Denzel Dumfries, still far from a contract renewal. Darmian alone, with 35 candles to blow out in December which would recommend being used as an armchair rather than as an outsider, cannot be the answer forever.