Følgende passage fra Serpents of Madonnina rammer meget godt, hvordan jeg har det med Nagatomo lige nu:
While it was Icardi who stole the headlines and claimed the highest ratings in Wednesday morning’s papers, the real story on Tuesday night was surely the standing ovation that San Siro reserved for Yuto Nagatomo as he was substituted late on.
Let’s be honest: nobody was expecting (or hoping) to see Yuto get this much game-time for Inter following the arrival of Dalbert in the summer, and in all likelihood he will still end up making way for the Brazilian in the long run, because Dalbert’s ceiling is infinitely higher than his ceiling. Tim discussed our left-back issue in his five takeaways after the Napoli game, while Nick dedicated a full article to it during the recent international break.
My view on the matter is as follows. As much as we hate him, as much as we distrust him and as much as we would prefer him not to be our longest-serving player, credit must be given where credit is due: so far this season our favourite verbal punchbag has hardly put a foot wrong, and on Tuesday he was excellent.
Having had a decisive impact off the bench against Crotone, been one of the few to do himself justice against Bologna and single-handedly neutered Jose Callejon against Napoli, Yuto went one better against Sampdoria and produced one of the best performances we’ve seen from him in seven years at Inter - not that that’s saying much, admittedly.
OK, we could have done without the heart attack he gave us late on when he headed the ball back towards Handanovic from inside the six-yard box - those kinds of moments are in his DNA - but that aside he was practically faultless. The applause he received as he was replaced by Davide Santon was fully deserved.
They weren’t the only ones to be impressed by his performance either, as Spalletti also thought he’d played well. “Inter supporters know a thing or two about football,” he told Sky Sport after the game, “and they can tell when things are being done seriously. Nagatomo is an exceptional player. He has his limitations but he also has lots of qualities; he’s quick, he’s positionally sound and he’s always determined not to let anyone get past on his side of the defence. Tonight he produced some great passes as well, he came up with some nice changes of play as well as serving Perisic well on the wing.”
Will it last? Almost certainly not. Will we be relaxed the next time we see his name on the team-sheet? Absolutely not. But at the moment he’s playing well and deserves his place in the team, no matter how good Dalbert will become under Spalletti’s guidance over the next few months. Inter’s second place in the table is also his second place in the table.
Især sidste passage rammer fint, synes jeg.
Ninjaen fortjener al kærlighed af os fans - men jeg er stadigvæk ikke tryg ved ham.
While it was Icardi who stole the headlines and claimed the highest ratings in Wednesday morning’s papers, the real story on Tuesday night was surely the standing ovation that San Siro reserved for Yuto Nagatomo as he was substituted late on.
Let’s be honest: nobody was expecting (or hoping) to see Yuto get this much game-time for Inter following the arrival of Dalbert in the summer, and in all likelihood he will still end up making way for the Brazilian in the long run, because Dalbert’s ceiling is infinitely higher than his ceiling. Tim discussed our left-back issue in his five takeaways after the Napoli game, while Nick dedicated a full article to it during the recent international break.
My view on the matter is as follows. As much as we hate him, as much as we distrust him and as much as we would prefer him not to be our longest-serving player, credit must be given where credit is due: so far this season our favourite verbal punchbag has hardly put a foot wrong, and on Tuesday he was excellent.
Having had a decisive impact off the bench against Crotone, been one of the few to do himself justice against Bologna and single-handedly neutered Jose Callejon against Napoli, Yuto went one better against Sampdoria and produced one of the best performances we’ve seen from him in seven years at Inter - not that that’s saying much, admittedly.
OK, we could have done without the heart attack he gave us late on when he headed the ball back towards Handanovic from inside the six-yard box - those kinds of moments are in his DNA - but that aside he was practically faultless. The applause he received as he was replaced by Davide Santon was fully deserved.
They weren’t the only ones to be impressed by his performance either, as Spalletti also thought he’d played well. “Inter supporters know a thing or two about football,” he told Sky Sport after the game, “and they can tell when things are being done seriously. Nagatomo is an exceptional player. He has his limitations but he also has lots of qualities; he’s quick, he’s positionally sound and he’s always determined not to let anyone get past on his side of the defence. Tonight he produced some great passes as well, he came up with some nice changes of play as well as serving Perisic well on the wing.”
Will it last? Almost certainly not. Will we be relaxed the next time we see his name on the team-sheet? Absolutely not. But at the moment he’s playing well and deserves his place in the team, no matter how good Dalbert will become under Spalletti’s guidance over the next few months. Inter’s second place in the table is also his second place in the table.
Især sidste passage rammer fint, synes jeg.
Ninjaen fortjener al kærlighed af os fans - men jeg er stadigvæk ikke tryg ved ham.
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