Inter, Brozovic number 17 scorer of this Serie A

After the Friday of the overtaking and counter-overtaking of Inter and Milan at the top of Serie A, three days before the derby of the Coppa Italia, every data is valid for comparing the two Milanese. Thus Marcelo Brozovic’s goal at La Spezia, surprisingly still dry in the league, leads the Italian champions to have 17 players with at least one goal in this Serie A. Only Fiorentina and Atalanta have done better with 18, the Rossoneri “chase” at 16.

The strength of the group

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Beyond the taste for numbers, the moral of this collective effort is rather encouraging for Simone Inzaghi. The coach from Piacenza can actually extract from the hat any man he has in the squad and he knows that he can potentially be thanked with a network. Of the outfield players with at least 200 minutes to their credit, only Stefan De Vrij and Andrea Ranocchia are missing. And from here to the triple whistle at the end of the season it would not be surprising to add the name of Robin Gosens, eternally in search of the debut as a starter but a regular customer of the opposing goalkeepers in the recent past. Of course, Lautaro Martinez and Edin Dzeko have scored 27 overall goals, but the cooperative of the goal also takes shape with the sporadic flashes of the various Matias Vecino, Arturo Vidal or Roberto Gagliardini, to mention the second lines that – not always convincing – have been in able to score in this championship. Whether it is against Milan in the Italian Cup or in the last six days of the championship, Inter’s strength also lies in the union of all its individualities, in every area of ​​the pitch as a sideline.

Shoulder

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The Italian champions are the best defense and best attack in Serie A but, in addition to the statistical dominance compared to the other 19 participants in the championship, it is the variety that is the source of pride for the Nerazzurri club. Indeed, it is curious that on the day when Inter beat Milan in the number of different scorers they scored, Danilo D’Ambrosio’s assist certifies the leadership of the Italian champions also in the number of players who have served a goal. A mate. The defender is 16th in the squad with at least one assist to his credit, a number that no A team has reached. Any Inter can score, any Inter can serve an assist. Not bad.

Secret weapon

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Finally, a final mention must be made of the weight of Inzaghi’s bench, understood not as pressure on the coach but as the incisiveness of the substitutes. Inter is ahead of everyone also in this heading: no Italian league team can boast 12 goals scored by players launched during the match in progress. This time it was Lautaro and Alexis Sanchez’s turn: next time – Tuesday in the derby – who knows.