Thiago Motta has the “physics of the role” to coach Inter in the future. There was no need, but confirmation also comes from the comeback 2-2 draw snatched by Bologna at San Siro. Where not even the deadly one-two scored by Acerbi and Lautaro manages to knock out his team, shaped in a year of work. Despite the absence of three out of four starting defenders, the rossoblù seen yesterday afternoon seem distant relatives of the disoriented and outclassed players 6-1 in November 2022. The 41-year-old Italian-Brazilian coach was good at understanding which players to focus on and making them grow, and then be heard on the market by society. Which in the summer provided him with other functional elements for his game. “You can’t afford to always do the same things on the pitch, you have to study alternatives”: Thiago Motta’s words resonate like a message to some illustrious colleague.
As had already happened in the past with Conte, Inzaghi is criticized for not having a “plan B”. The truth is that Inter is a team built around the table to play practically always and only with the 3-5-2. There are no real role-playing external attackers in the squad: Cuadrado and Sanchez are no longer old enough to fly on the wings, Thuram would be an emergency solution. Instead Bologna is spoiled for choice between Orsolini, Ndoye, Karlsson and Saelemaekers (another former AC Milan player who emerged unbeaten from San Siro after Castillejo of Sassuolo).
Yesterday on the pitch the person who caught the eye the most was Lewis Ferguson. The Scot born in 1999 is the physical and “strong” midfielder that Inzaghi lacks. Just look at the direct competitors for the scudetto: Milan have Loftus-Cheek, Juventus have Rabiot, Napoli have Zambo Anguissa and Inter (despite being able to count on a large, quality midfield) has no one like that. Not surprisingly at the start of the market Inzaghi had expressed to the owners and management his (unfulfilled) desire to coach Milinkovic-Savic again.
2023-10-08 08:00:00
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