Inter, the midfield goes triple of Milan and Juventus

Watch out for those three. Always on the pitch, never questioned, often decisive. The Inter midfielders are in fact irreplaceable and produce at industrial levels even in the few cases in which the rest of the team is engulfed. Above all, however, in the goal zone the Simone Inzaghi trio is producing goals like no one in Italy. Only Napoli holds up, while Juventus and Milan are floundering well below half. The overwhelming confidence that the Nerazzurri instill in this season finale also comes – or first of all – from them.

Inter Milan (32)

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Against Roma the spoils swelled further: double assist from Hakan Calhanoglu and a splendid goal from Marcelo Brozovic in the middle. That number in brackets indicates the sum of goals and assists of the three, commonly referred to as “goal stakes”. The 3-5-2 favors the contribution of the whole trio compared to those who use, for example, a 4-2-3-1 that forces the two midfielders to carry out more coverage tasks: that 32, however, remains impressive. Calhanoglu has gone up to 7 goals and 10 assists, Brozovic has recently added 2 goals to the assists he has already produced in the past and Nicolò Barella boasts 3 centers and 9 assists. If Inter are the best attackers in the league, it’s their credit too.

Naples (27)

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Luciano Spalletti’s team is the only one that manages to keep up with Inter and in fact the three Neapolitans in question enjoy the esteem of many professionals in Italy and abroad. Piotr Zielinski is in double figures of participations equally divided between goals and assists (5 and 5), Fabian Ruiz has struck 6 times in the first person by serving 3 chocolates to his teammates and Eljif Elmas – of whom there is always too little talk – has played half a thousand minutes less than his teammates but has an excellent score (3 goals and 5 assists).

Milan (13)

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Let’s start with the painful notes. As anticipated, Stefano Pioli’s 4-2-3-1 does not favor the presence of pure midfielders in the goal zone, but the overall production of Sandro Tonali, Ismael Bennacer and Franck Kessie does not stand up to comparison with their Inter colleagues. Their performances have a weight beyond these numbers, but if we talk about the goal area, the data is clear. The young blue with yesterday’s goal in Rome rises to 3 goals while the assists are 2, the Algerian has served one less and the Ivorian has 5 centers to his credit without any assistance to his neighbor. In total, the three Rossoneri reached 13 goals, well below half of the three Nerazzurri cousins.

Juventus (12)

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A hair below Milan, the same difficulty in making oneself heard in the goal area. Twelve participations in the goals can be translated with a flash every three games, while Inter is close to a hit for every championship match played. In fact, the 2 assists of Adrien Rabiot are added to the 3 centers of Weston McKennie and the production of Manuel Locatelli, the only one who holds the comparison with the competition thanks to 3 goals and 4 assists in the championship. At Juventus, the situation of the owners is more nuanced, but the fourth most present midfielder of the squad – Arthur – is still dry in all the rumors. And the bitter rivals gloat.