There are two particular aspects that are really important:
1) BIG TEAM
Yesterday we played as a top team. Even in other victories, we played without the right mentality. We entered on the pitch and we started playing as if we should win only because we are Inter, but not yesterday. Against Empoli I saw eleven players that since the first minute wanted to score a goal and win the match, aware of their strengths. I can't call it "the eye of the tiger" because we played with the calm that a top team must have. This is really important: ok, Empoli isn't a good team, but we lost matches against Hapoel, for example, only because we started the match sure that we could have won 4-0 only because we are stronger. Not yesterday. And let me say this is the most important aspect because we didn't just win a match, we won it as a top team.
2) GREAT KONDOGBIA, EDER AND GAGLIARDINI
Gagliardini has given a balance in our team and he is very good in keeping connected the defense and the attack, but he is much more, he is a total midfielder in a modern way. He can play defensively, offensively, he had to score at least three goals saved by their goalkeeper, perfect! There is one particular aspect that shows us we are looking at a top player: he always does the right thing. I mean, not the most spectacular, just the right one. He's not Gabigol or Ibrahimovic or Cristiano Ronaldo that like to play with the ball, no, he possesses the ball just for the time to do the best thing. He plays with one-two touches and this is amazing.
His game has been a benediction for Kondogbia too. Let me say, if the real Kondogbia is the one we saw the last two months, well, he must play in every match because we do have a top player. Now, the +30 million we paid for him are really justified. Amazing players.
Eder is a player I don't really like because I prefer those that play in an area on the pitch and they do their best in that positions. Eder can play wherever, but he's not a striker such as Icardi, he's not a winger such as Perisic or Candreva. Maybe is a second striker or maybe not, his role is not clear, but yesterday his continuous motion was amazing and in some moments seemed to play in twelve because he was everywhere in their half portion of the pitch.
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3) THE DEFENSE
In Italy we play differently and the first idea is: not suffer a goal. If your opponents don't score a goal the match can end 0-0 and you get a point. But, maybe you're lucky and you score a goal: you get 3 points. Maybe the best difference that Pioli has done is to correct our defense.
These are our last matches after the loss against Napoli:
Genoa 2-0
Sassuolo 1-0
Lazio 3-0
Udinese 2-1
Chievo 3-1
Palermo 1-0
Pescara 3-0
Juventus 0-1
Empoli 2-0
We suffered just 3 goals in 9 matches. This is our biggest secret and the biggest job Pioli has done so far. Even with DeBoer we knew that we could score a goal but we suffered too many goals and we lost a lot of matches. Now the music has changed. Go!

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