You can’t hide behind the referee. Rocchi made serious errors which were decisive, and ruined a good game, but the ko with Napoli on Saturday also showed gaps in Inter: pretending not to see them would be an unforgivable mistake.
Playing with ten men against eleven a goal down is a major handicap, however, it is not enough to justify the overwhelming superiority of Mazzarri’s men shown in the second half. The truth is that the Nerazzurri are lacking physically, in fact they lasted only half an hour. This was already evident during the matches at Bologna and Moscow. The hope is that this is a temporary problem (to be solved in time with work) and not a drop due to the players getting too old.