Inter couldn’t repeat what they did last season, slumping to a poor start to life under Frank de Boer as they slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Chievo in their Serie A opener courtesy of Valter Birsa’s second-half double.
The former Ajax boss, appointed following Roberto Mancini’s departure earlier this month, only took charge of one friendly in pre-season, and his side looked like one who had endured a chaotic summer with a sub-standard performance.
But, Slovenia’s striker, Birsa cool strike opened the scoring – the first goal Inter have conceded on the opening weekend of a league campaign since Luis Muriel netted for Lecce in 2011 – and the same man added a second from distance with nine minutes remaining.