Inter: Brozovic, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan and Barella for three places

And now, in the middle, who’s out there? For the Inter midfield there is a game of chairs: four participants, only three places. Calhanoglu, Barella, Brozovic and Mkhitaryan dance, sprint and sprint, but when the music stops – when Simone Inzaghi will be forced to dissolve the reserve and decide who will go on the pitch – there will be no room for one of them in the 11 starters. And if it is true that the calendar is dense and there are many matches to face, with the need therefore to rotate, it is also true that there are appointments that are more important than others: who will Inzaghi entrust to when there is time to field the better training?

The new median

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Brozovic’s injury has had a cascading effect. From there the new Calhanoglu director was born, who at the moment seems irreplaceable in front of the defense. And the Turkish player’s move into the middle freed up the place for Mkhitaryan, who took advantage of the opportunity without being asked and, game after game, proved to be fundamental. The only one who has remained stationary is Barella, in the last period less talked about than the other two starters but a fundamental presence: in Bologna he started from the bench and his absence in the middle was felt, against Lecce he participated in the two goals providing the ‘assist to Mkhitaryan and sending Dumfries into space before the Dutchman’s ball for Lautaro.

The hierarchies

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Inzaghi has found the new joint and now Brozovic must convince him to go back to the original scheme. But it is not obvious that he will succeed: at the moment, the median formed by Barella, Calhanoglu and Mkhitaryan gives more guarantees. The Turk seems to be in a competitive trance, the Armenian continues to have an impact: in his last two league outings at San Siro he has scored heavy goals, the momentary 2-1 with Udinese and the 1-0 with Lecce. Two beautiful goals, which directed matches that could have gotten complicated. Brozovic has entered well with Porto, but is otherwise postponed. In Bologna, as owner, he appeared far from his standards. When there’s plenty in a department – ​​and there’s plenty in Inter’s midfield – the coaches talk about a “big problem”: will Inzaghi be able to exploit the possibility of choice without displeasing anyone? The next appointments will be Spezia, Porto and Juventus: above all the match in the Champions League and the one at San Siro against the black and whites will be able to give important signals on the new hierarchies in between. In the typical line-up, Brozovic is currently starting behind. Who would have thought.