🏆 Como and Inter finish 0-0, Valle saves them, never so few xG for Inter 😱 | OneFootball

Como-Inter ends 0-0 at the Sinigaglia: the first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final offers very few thrills, especially considering the 9 changes made by Chivu compared to the match against Genoa.  Inter never manages to trouble Como, who instead come close to scoring with Valle.

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The return leg will be played at San Siro between April 21 and 22, with extra time scheduled in case of a tie over the two legs.

In the first half, Como keeps possession but chances are few; the most dangerous man is Vojvoda: a shot saved by Martinez (offside), a decisive block by Carlos Augusto, and an attempt just wide. Only Nico Paz hits the target for real with a shot from outside the box; Inter with the 3-5-1-1 formation creates no chances and struggles to organize their offensive play.

The second half opens with Darmian hitting the outside of the post with a cross-shot and, shortly after, Alex Valle misses a huge chance worth 0.73xG: a tap-in sent wide from just a few meters out. Chivu brings on Thuram, Zielinski, and Dumfries but sticks with a single-striker formation (3-5-1-1 / 3-4-2-1), the game fizzles out again and offers no further chances in the second half.

💤 Never so few xG created by Inter this season

Inter had never created so few chances this season: only 0.06 xG generated and zero shots on target. This is the third game of the season in which Inter fails to score: the others were against Milan and Liverpool (both ended 1-0).

8 total shots, only one on target (from outside the box by Nico Paz), a huge chance missed by Valle, and the post hit by Darmian. That sums up the chances in the match.

♻️ The BIG names come on but Inter sticks with one striker

MINUTE 58 - Thuram, Zielinski, and Dumfries come on for Pio Esposito, Calhanoglu, and Darmian. The formation with a single striker remains: 3-5-1-1 / 3-4-2-1.

🤯 Valle misses a goal! Darmian hits the post

MINUTE 48 - Alex Valle sensationally misses Como's 1-0 goal: after a well-worked move, Smolcic crosses low and Valle fires a tap-in wide from point-blank range. It's a miss worth 0.73 xG.

Just before that, Darmian had hit the outside of the post with a cross-shot.

😶?🌫️ Simulation by Ramon?

MINUTE 41 - During a cross into the Como box, Jacobo Ramon falls with his hands on his face after slight contact with Frattesi. With play stopped, the defender tells referee Di Bello he was elbowed, but the referee is clear: "No", though he does not sanction the incident.

❗3 Como chances: Martinez saves, but it was offside

MINUTE 37 - Nico Paz tries from outside the box: his shot bounces in front of Martinez, who does well to tip it out for a corner. That's two interventions for the Nerazzurri goalkeeper, even though the first came with play already stopped.

MINUTE 19 - The first two chances go to Como with Vojvoda: first stopped by Carlos Augusto inside the box, then denied by a great save from Martinez, though any goal would have been disallowed for offside.

📣 Boos for Bastoni at Como! "Response" with a nutmeg

After being booed during the away match at Lecce, Como fans also shower Bastoni with boos every time he touches the ball.

After a few minutes, Bastoni "responds" by nutmegging an opponent while playing the ball out from defense.

❗ Marotta locks down Pio: "We’re not selling, maybe only in the distant future"

Before the match, Marotta spoke about Pio's future: "Arsenal have not asked for Pio Esposito, Inter does not want to sell and we do not make player trading one of our main strategies, you never know what will happen in the future but it would be a very distant future."

He also commented on Paz: "Nico is interesting but he belongs to Real Madrid because they have a buy-back clause. They did well not to let him slip away, we’ll hear a lot about him."

✅ The OFFICIAL line-ups

COMO (4-2-3-1): Butez; Smolcic, Ramon, Diego Carlos, Valle; Perrone, Da Cunha; Vojvoda, Nico Paz, Jesus Rodriguez; Caqueret. Coach: Fabregas.

INTER (3-5-1-1): Martinez; Bisseck, Acerbi, Bastoni; Darmian, Diouf, Calhanoglu, Sucic, Carlos Augusto; Frattesi, Esposito. Coach: Chivu. 

Many changes for Chivu’s team: as many as 9 rotations compared to the league match against Genoa.

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