Catania Vs. Inter Milan: Catania Come From Behind To Win 2-1

It seemed as though Inter were ready to announce their revival, storming out in the wet Sardinian evening to remind Serie A that they still are scudetto contenders. With barely five minutes played, Maicon sent in a cross from the right side. Cambiasso, unmarked near the goal, stretched to toe the ball past Mariano Andújar and into the back of the net.

Despite an early goal, Inter never really took control of the match, allowing Catania to repeatedly get behind the defense and threaten goal. Fortunately for the nerazzurri, none of the Catania shots on goal were actually on target, and Inter took the 1-0 lead into the break.

However, Claudio Ranieri must have forgotten to remind his team that this is a game of two halves (and presumably, they rarely listen when sportscasters spout the tired cliche). Weakened by the rain, tired on aging legs...whatever it was, Inter just couldn’t find their way into the match in the second half. Catania scored while Inter were still in the dressing room, it seemed, with Gonzalo Bergessio breaking away quickly before sending the ball on to Almiron. The midfielder sent a lovely lob over the head of Luca Castellazzi to give the Elephants their equalizer.

Another cliche that Inter apparently forgot: “Don’t get mad, get even.” Instead, Castellazzi went with mad, fouling Bergessio, earning a yellow card and conceding a penalty. Lodi stepped up to take, driving it past Castellazzi and causing Inter supporters to wonder where, exactly, Julio Cesar was today.

The match calmed down after that, with Catania content to preserve the lead, although Andrea Catellani came close shortly after coming on for Alejandro Gomez, forcing Castellazzi into a save. Inter, meanwhile, lacked the creative spark to find an equalizer. When the final whistle blew, an extremely wet Vincenzo Montella looked undisturbed by the beads of rain falling off his unadorned head, celebrating as his Catania take up sixth position (until tomorrow, at least).