Inter midfielder never fails from 12 yards. This weekend he did – and now the top of the table is tighter than ever
Would it be too dramatic to portray a November missed penalty as a sign to let go of everything we thought we knew about the Serie A title race? Well, yes, OK, probably it would. But seeing Hakan Calhanoglu’s spot-kick carom back off a post in the second-half of Inter’s 1-1 draw with Napoli was at the least a shock to the system.
He had converted all his previous 19 attempts since joining the Nerazzurri from Milan in 2021. “It had to happen sooner or later,” said the player. Were the rest of us ready, though, to live in a world shorn of such certainties? As the commentator Patrick Kendrick put it: “With Calhanoglu missing, we’re just left with the misery of death and taxes”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/nov/11/calhanoglu-penalty-miss-inter-napoli-serie-a-title-race
Author : Nicky Bandini
Publish date : 2024-11-11 11:21:22
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