Failed Formation Experiment & Subs All Wrong – Inzaghi Takes The Blame For Parma 2-2 Inter Milan Serie A Draw | OneFootball

Simone Inzaghi is taking the blame for the subpar performance and second half collapse from Inter Milan against Parma.

Today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, via FCInterNews, blame the Nerazzurri coach’s failed formation experiment and substitutions.

Inter Milan suffered a major setback in their Serie A title pursuit yesterday.

Having been 2-0 up at halftime against Parma, the Nerazzurri finished the match 2-2.

Inter will be feeling a bit shellshocked in wondering why they had to settle for a point in the clash at the Stadio Ennio Tardini.

But according to the Gazzetta, the blame first and foremost rests at the feet of coach Simone Inzaghi.

Inzaghi Takes The Blame For Parma 2-2 Inter Milan Serie Draw

MILAN, ITALY – MARCH 08: FC Internazionale coach Simone Inzaghi reacts during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and AC Monza at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on March 08, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi was celebrating his 49th birthday yesterday. But in the second half of the match, he didn’t give himself much to celebrate.

The Nerazzurri coach may have been in the stands rather than on the touchline, as he served a suspension.

But it was still Inzaghi who picked Inter’s starting eleven.

And the Inter coach made an experiment. Kristjan Asllani started in holding midfield, whilst Hakan Calhanoglu moved up to a box-to-box role.

And that midfield balance never quite worked. Calhanoglu was lacking his usual effectiveness as he played higher up the pitch, and Asllani could not replicate the Turk’s influence at the base of midfield.

And that lack of control left Inter susceptible to the counterattack in the first half, even as they went 2-0 up. There were two very good Parma chances.

Then, when Parma came back into the match, the pre-ordained changes hardly helped Inter out.

In the view of the Gazzetta, Asllani should have exited the pitch rather than Calhanoglu.

And even though Lautaro Martinez was coming off to preserve his fitness in view of Tuesday’s clash with Bayern Munich, it deflated Inter’s attack.