Inter, tomorrow night the test with Monaco: here is Inzaghi’s “menu”

First ten days of preparation behind him at the Nerazzurri and off to the second phase, the one in which we begin to get serious. It applies to the athletic leveling, with the latest arrivals (Wednesday) grappling with a specific program to get up to speed as soon as possible, but it also applies to assimilating and refining modules, mechanisms and any variations on the theme. If with the first home test against the Milanese and the first friendly against Lugano Inzaghi has officially opened the “laboratory”, anticipating the main news in store for his Inter 2.0, other experiments are in store on Saturday evening against Monaco. With the addition of illustrious performers thanks to a group that is finally complete.

everyone at work

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First of all, the wait ended with the return of the many national teams who enjoyed a few more days of relaxation. The last two days were used to make a general picture from the physical point of view after the holidays and to resume working between the field and (a lot) of the gym, but logically Inzaghi and his staff need to understand how many minutes (inevitably few) they will have. on the legs the various Dumfries, De Vrij, Brozovic, Barella, Bastoni and Calhanoglu. It is not certain that everyone will see each other again on the field already in Ferrara, more likely that the coach will grant a piece of the match to those who have shown to react better to the workloads of the first days, just to avoid unnecessary risks at the beginning of the preparation. To see the so-called typical formation at work, or at least a close relative of it, we will probably have to wait for the next tests against Lens and Lyon (respectively on 23 and 30 July), but the match against Monaco will still be very useful to evaluate everything. has been tried so far.

experiments

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In practice, Inzaghi will continue to test that 3-4-1-2 that he sporadically sketched last season and that this year he would like to refine, also thanks to a squad that seems to fit perfectly in terms of characteristics and performers. Thanks to the use of the attacking midfielder, Inzaghi understood that he could also “revitalize” Correa, still in search of the ideal location. But since it is always a question of balance, it is also essential to understand how to guarantee the necessary coverage in the midfield by reshaping the movements and tasks of forwards and midfielders. In this sense, Inzaghi’s other great experiment goes, that of the double play, with the curiosity to try Brozovic together with Asllani, who so impressed in this first phase of preparation. Logically the experiments do not stop there, because Inzaghi will also propose the new couple of exteriors made up of Gosens and Bellanova. The presence of Mkhitaryan is also likely, perhaps for a segment like against Lugano, because the Armenian needs to fit in and acquire rhythm after the muscular problems remedied in the Conference League final. Behind it will all depend on the amount of minutes in the legs of the owners (as well as the developments of the negotiations with PSG for Skriniar): the defensive trio, in all probability, will still see Darmian and D’Ambrosio. Barring surprises, Onana will also be at work again.