A "very important week": this is how the Inter coach, Simone Inzaghi, described the seven days that awaited his men on the eve of the match against Roma.
Having overcome the first obstacle with the success against the Giallorossi, the Nerazzurri are now expected on Wednesday from a fundamental Scudetto crossroads, a midweek recovery against Bologna (for the match not played last January following the various Covid cases among the Rossobluses) from which they pass many of the tricolor hopes of Lautaro and his companions.
A victory would mean a counter-overtake to Milan at the top, this time with the same number of games played, thus closing the theme of the asterisks in the standings: otherwise, it would mean certifying the role of pursuers of the Rossoneri cousins, a not easy role considering that there will be only 360 minutes to go. at the end of the championship.
Returning from Dall'Ara without the three points could also be even more painful towards the weekend, when Milan will take the field just before Inter, committed on Sunday at 6 pm in Friuli against Udinese while Pioli's team will go down in field at 15 against Fiorentina at San Siro.
It is therefore necessary to snatch the three points from Bologna, in a match that has thus become a crossroads that cannot go wrong in order to continue dreaming of the second star.
Also because Milan are responding blow for blow and the last-minute success against Lazio will surely have marked the Nerazzurri, who up to 90 'had at least hoped for a draw at the Olimpico which would have allowed them to maintain the top of the standings.
It would have been a further injection of confidence on a mental level, also useful for making the legs turn better, considering the tight schedule between the recovery with Bologna and the Italian Cup final against Juventus on 11 May.
Meanwhile, towards Wednesday's match, Inzaghi risks losing Robin Gosens, struggling with muscle fatigue: Ivan Perisic will be confirmed from 1 'on the left.
Out also Arturo Vidal, knocked out due to a sprained ankle in the recent Italian Cup derby and aiming for the match in Udine for his return.
In attack, on the other hand, the Nerazzurri coach should still rely on a Lautaro Martinez who has returned to the driving force: in fact, in the last three games the Argentine has scored four goals and now, having reached 20 goals this season, he aims to improve his loot in one single year in the Inter shirt (21 goals in the 2019/20 season in all competitions).