Milan, 18 May 2024 – Last two days of the championship for Inter And Lazio who will face each other on Sunday afternoon, at 6pm, at the Meazza stadium in San Siro. Nerazzurri already Italian champions and with the second star that will soon be sewn on their chest, Lazio who instead are chasing a European placement and above all overtaking the Rome which is just one point away in the standings. It’s difficult to think of fifth place in the Champions League with Atalanta at plus four and a game to recover, but for sure Tudor he wants to continue scoring points until the end, because his Lazio, since he arrived, would be first in the standings. Inzaghi, however, having got over the trouble in Reggio Emilia, he had a rapid recovery in Frosinone, a peremptory victory, and is thinking of fielding the best team against his former team too. It will be a real match in which the Italian champions will not want to give gifts to a Lazio eager for Europe.
Probable lineups
Inzaghi with the usual 3-5-2, but despite the championship acquired the starters will play. Space for Pavard, De Vrij and Bastoni in defense, Darmian and Dimarco will be on the flanks, Calhanoglu as director with Mkhitaryan and Barella on the sides. Forward, needless to say, Lautaro and Thuram. In Lazio 3-4-2-1 with Patric, Casale and Gila in front of Provedel, Marusic and Pellegrini on the wing in the middle, Kamada and Rovella in the centre. In attack Felipe Anderson and Luis Alberto will act behind Castellanos.
Inter (3-5-2): Sommer; Pavard, De Vrij, Bastoni; Darmian, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Lautaro, Thuram.
Lazio (3-4-2-1): Provedel; Patric, Casale, Gila; Marusic, Kamada, Rovella, Pellegrini; Felipe Anderson, Luis Alberto; Castellanos.
Background and curiosities from Opta
Inter won the last two matches against Lazio in the league and has not achieved consecutive successes against the Biancocelesti in Serie A since the period between 2008 and 2010: four in that case, with José Mourinho at the helm. Lazio’s last success against Inter at the Meazza in the league dates back to 31 March 2019 (1-0 with a goal from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic); since then, four consecutive victories for the Nerazzurri in home matches against the Biancocelesti in Serie A, with one overall score of 9-3. Inter gained 92 points in 36 games of this championship; in the event of success in both of the last two matchdays, the Nerazzurri would rise to 98 points, establishing their absolute record for points in a single Serie A season (exceeding the 97 of 2006/07). Since his debut with the Biancocelesti of Igor Tudor (30th matchday), Lazio gained 16 points in seven Serie A games, a record equal to Inter and Atalanta. Furthermore, only Bologna (two) conceded fewer goals than the Capitoline players (four) in the period. Lautaro Martinez has scored 24 goals in this championship, in the 21st century only two Inter players have scored at least 25 goals in a single Serie A season: Mauro Icardi (29 in 2017/18) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (25 in 2008/09 ).
The words of Igor Tudor
Igor Tudor since he arrived he has achieved the best score in Serie A, i.e. 16 points in seven games, equal to Inter and Atalanta. In short, it gets worse. At San Siro a litmus test for the Biancocelesti who will have to deal with the leaders: “We know that we will play against the strongest team in Italy and that they are playing good and concrete football – his words – They are the best team, they deserved everything and they are doing a great job of results and planning. They continue to grow and we will go to do our best knowing that there are six points up for grabs which will tell us which competition we will participate in.” But despite an important performance there is some criticism on the Lazio has arrived, indeed it is often said that it manages to win with the small ones but not with the big ones. Tudor doesn’t fit: “The labels are already being put on after ten days – the coach’s response – We played against Juve and Roma, then against Genoa and away to Monza, two very difficult teams and go and see the points they scored other. We can’t do these analyses, we played four games with big teams, two medium-level games and three small ones.” Tudor he therefore sees an important growth in his team, even if football is moving towards a basic speed and acceleration that every athlete must have. Here we dig the furrow with the Premier where everything seems faster: “When we talk about physicality we don’t just refer to centimeters, but also to the engine, the leg, the power and the acceleration – Tudor’s analysis – In The Premier League seems to be moving faster and football is going in this direction. Those who are good and fast, however, cost a lot and that’s why they all go to the Premier League.” Lazio therefore chasing Roma, who are one point above, while for the Champions League the race against Atalanta appears difficult with four points to recover and the Goddess who have three games to play with recovery at the end of the championship against Atalanta. In any case, the Biancocelesti will be in Europe next year and a deep squad will be needed for the triple competition.
TV times
Inter-Lazio will be played Sunday 19 May at 6pm and will be broadcast live exclusively by Dazn. It will be possible to follow the match via the DAZN app on smart TVs and in streaming via mobile devices such as PCs, smartphones and tablets via the app. The commentary of the match will be entrusted to Pierluigi Pardo, with technical commentary by Andrea Stramaccioni.
