Tonight’s Inter Milan lineup against Roma will carry a nostalgic quality, nine of Chivu’s expected starters also featured in the squad that won the second Scudetto two years ago under Simone Inzaghi, with the familiar faces of that title-winning era called upon once again in a must-win Easter Sunday showdown.
According to Corriere dello Sport, the only absentees from that celebrated core are Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who returns to the bench tonight after weeks out, and Benjamin Pavard, currently on loan at Marseille.
Otherwise, Bisseck‘s injury aside, this is the team that has been through everything together. The veterans know what is needed.
Inter Vs Roma – Chivu Draws Inspiration From Inzaghi As Inter Seek Season-Defining Win
The biggest positive is the one that has been missing most.
Lautaro Martinez returns, and Corriere describe his intervention on DAZN on Saturday as a genuine “bugle call,” an act of captaincy designed to transmit calm and focus to an environment surrounded by negativity.
Francesco Acerbi holds the edge over De Vrij for the central position in the back three.
Indeed, a selection that leans into experience at the most important moment of the season.
The international break had been hoped as a reset after the Atalanta and Fiorentina stumbles.
Instead, the dramas of the national team campaigns complicated the picture further.
Tonight, there are no excuses left and no time for alibis.
“The imperative from tonight is to turn the page,” Corriere write.
“Because there is no better medicine than a victory for rediscovering the smile.”
The standings offer all the motivation Inter need. They remain in control, but only a win tonight keeps it that way.
