Inter head coach Simone Inzaghi feels that the red card received by defender Milan Skriniar during the first half of his team’s 0-1 loss to Empoli in Serie A was inexplicable in the context of his coaching career. Inter had to play more than half of the match against Empoli with ten men, as Skriniar was booked twice during the first half for clumsy challenges. Inzaghi has never had a player sent off in this manner so early on, with the coach in fact having typically been proactive to remove players who have been booked in order to avoid the possibility of an unfortunate second yellow. However, the coach could only watch as it unfolded this evening at the San Siro, and it proved to be a very costly sending-off for the Nerazzurri. “A second yellow card in the 35th minute is something that’s never happened to me since I’ve been coaching,” he said.
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