The game was rather poor to be honest. Lots of individual errors, poor technique, the ref kept interrupting play...but Inter's goal was class, great cross from Bastoni (who otherwise spent his time on the deck crying).
As for Zirkzee, tough old game for the kid. Bologna were awful, never laid a glove on Inter.
Defensively, he's not great at pressing, just hasn't got the pace (he reminds me of Kane), but he uses his football IQ to try & cut passing lanes. Also, he does track back and he ain't scared of putting his foot in. Got a yellow for a tackle that personally I don't even blow a foul for. Useful at defending set pieces too cause he's that tall. So yeah I was impressed with his effort & mentality on that side of the ball.
Tough to really judge him going forward cause his teammates - especially Saelemaekers - kept fucking about and wasting possession instead of finding him whenever he made good runs. He was also on his own against 3 tough Serie A defenders in Acerbi, Bastoni & Darmian...but you could tell he still worried them, especially with the ball at his feet cause he can turn & has got lots of tricks. He did what Kane used to do...drop back into midfield to make things happen but his teammates just weren't on the same planet. Still, he had one great chance to equalise and he took a poor shot, barely working the goalie...I'd noticed in other games already that his finishing was still pretty average. A proper striker buries that chance, no question. But still a kid and he spent the game frustrated so plays a part too. Then he got subbed off.
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