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Pazza Inter: outclassed in the first half but came back with a vengeance after the break to earn a point There are two sports that I watch regularly: soccer and American football. I follow both college and professional football in the US. The college team I follow closely (my Alma Mater), USC, had an interesting season with a high-powered offense and a dreadful defense. Their defense this season was making opposing back-up and third-string quarterbacks look like All Americans. In the first half tonight, Inter Milan made an average ex-player, Joao Mario, look like a Portuguese legend comparable to Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Yes, the result this evening does not matter, and Inzaghi smartly gave most of his starters a rest ahead of the important weekend clash in Naples, but such a dreadful first-half performance must have shocked him as much as it shocked us. The second half was a completely different story. I was happy to see Inzaghi not make any lineup changes at the half, and whatever he told the team worked. They looked like a top European club again as they roared back to draw level and nearly won it in stoppage time.
This game had it all:

Two goals were initially ruled offsides, but overturned by VAR
A penalty that was contested, but rightly awarded
A red card for a terrible foul
Inter came back from three down to level it and nearly won it in the 95th minute as Barella?s shot hit the post

While Inter re...