Inzaghi rebels against Inter: Lautaro leads, Asllani believes in it. Brozovic and Lukaku out

And no, this match doesn’t happen at the best of times. It is both a trap and little opportunity to synthesize it. Because the defeat against Fiorentina has shifted all reasoning and changed priorities. Salerno is definitely worth more than tonight’s match. If not for the players – how many of the current Inter are ready to throw themselves into the fire to qualify for a tournament that maybe they won’t even play next year? -, certainly for the club, which has the obligation of fourth place. And it is a concept that Simone Inzaghi has very clear, because he has always discussed this with the managers from the first moment. That’s why some line-up choices for tonight’s match are the result of what happened last Saturday at San Siro and what will have to happen on Friday on the Salernitana pitch. Inzaghi prepares six substitutions compared to the eleven he lost against Fiorentina. With a rejection, a repechage, a couple of launches from the first minute and three important returns.

It changes

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The rejection goes to Brozovic, destined for the bench after yet another disappointing performance last Saturday. The Croatian is a sentence on the contrary: far from the best psychophysical condition, he was the starter in all four Nerazzurri defeats of the last five games, on the contrary he is a reserve in the positive results (the victory against Lecce and the double confrontation with Porto). Asllani is ready to replace him, to the delight of the club which has invested 14 million euros in him, certainly in a better general state of form than his partner. Together with the Albanian, Bellanova is also waiting for a chance on the right: his entry with Fiorentina, for enthusiasm and availability, was liked. And his race against Kostic, decisive in the two Nerazzurri defeats against Juventus this season, could be fundamental. The other band is a run-off between the favorite Dimarco, who has returned to training regularly, and Gosens.

Port and attack

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Inter’s goal is also destined to change. Inzaghi has chosen to alternate Onana and Handanovic between tonight’s match and that of Salerno. And the indications lead to the captain’s return to the pitch tonight, with the Cameroonian starting on Friday (and obviously next Tuesday with Benfica). In front of the goalkeeper, the defensive line shouldn’t undergo any changes: another bench for De Vrij, while D’Ambrosio is hoping for a chance from the first minute. But the question is: how to give up Darmian, one of the most positive even last Saturday? And then the attack. In Appiano yesterday Inzaghi tested the Dzeko-Lautaro duo for a long time. And she is the favorite to start at the Stadium. Lukaku, among the four forwards available, is the only one to have played the whole match on Saturday and therefore should start wide. Correa, as usual, has disappointed expectations and maybe he will have space in the ongoing match. The plan is to pass unscathed from Turin and postpone the qualification speech to the final to the second leg. And the road can only be that of turnover. Inzaghi seems oriented towards an extreme line, he who has always sipped the changes. But there is no other way, evidently. Also because the general physical condition is not the best: mental and physical energies must be sipped. And, it sounds strange to say, of the next three games, the least important one is tonight.