With the upcoming arrival of the Sassuolo midfielder, Inzaghi’s team should field six Italians out of eleven, in total contrast with the last championship. And the coach rejoices
In the 2010 final at the Bernabeu, not even the coach was Italian. Inter got rid of Bayern with Mourinho on the bench and eleven (very strong) foreign players. Materazzi, the only native player on the list, had the honor of a few minutes in extra time, before breaking up in a farewell hug with Mou. Thirteen years later, in Istanbul, City took the Champions League. But Inter, beautiful and unlucky, was already starting to turn blue: Darmian, Acerbi and Bastoni in defense, Barella and Dimarco in the middle, D’Ambrosio and Bellanova taking over in the dramatic final. Seven Italians in the table. An anticipation of what will be the next Inter, increasingly Inter-National with the imminent arrival of Frattesi.
Countertrend
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Now it’s too early for long-term calculations: market paths are tortuous and certain offers (Barella?) could be difficult to oppose. But at the moment the situation is quite clear, also considering Simone Inzaghi’s loyalty to men and systems. The Inter ’23-24 collection should field six Italians out of eleven, in total contrast with the last Italian championship in which only Monza almost permanently had a prevalence of Italians, and Lazio in second place in this special classification .
You are for Mancini
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The story can change and the beauty is that the six theorists are all owners of Mancini (Acerbi, Bastoni, Barella, Frattesi and Dimarco) or in any case orbit within the circle of those who almost always play (Darmian). Frattesi (23), Bastoni (24), Dimarco (25) and Barella (26) are still the future. Good news also for the coach who today finds himself a list of selectables around 30 percent and is scouring all continents in search of “double passports”, a new technical category as well as defenders, midfielders and forwards.
blocks and successes
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The great successes of the national team are often linked to blocks. The apotheosis probably dates back to Argentina 78, the most beautiful Italy even if not winning, with eight Juventus players on the field plus Bellugi, Antognoni and Rossi (against Hungary, with Cuccureddu for Bellugi, we reached nine). In Spain in 1982 there was still a Juventus block: six world champions were black and white. In 2006, with formations no longer memorized and a forced turnover, the Juve-Milan-Roma group offered an average of nine starters. No blocks at Euro 2020, but a very successful mosaic with a Nerazzurri: Barella.
Marotta boost
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Inter, keeping faith with its original name, in recent years has stood out for a more “internationalist” vocation, occasionally arousing some well-meaning controversy on “where will we end up with all these foreigners”. The turning point with Marotta who has always believed in the Italian block in his clubs to take advantage of a sense of belonging that foreigners often lack (often, not always, just think of the magnificent Zanetti exception). Marotta built a winning Italian Juve with Buffon, Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini, Pirlo, Marchisio…, and now he is gradually choosing young and/or reliable Italians for Inter. Deputy, courted for a long time, could have been the seventh blue, but it is said that between now and the end of the market, the Italian/foreigner balance will shift again.
July 5, 2023 (change July 4, 2023 | 23:34)
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