The Premier League New Year's War, chelsea and Liverpool match, attracted the attention of a large number of Inter fans and Italian media celebrities.
Not because of Romelu Lukaku (who was banned for the fight), but also because Liverpool are Inter's next Champions League rival.
In the 26th minute, Chelsea's multi-player defense tightened the fence, but arnold Salah's "death line" was threatened again. Italian media are discussing: how should Inter defend against Liverpool's fierce and changeable rib attack?
Liverpool's flanks and rib attacks have always been the team's signature. Murderous and fierce, it has been perfected.
And it's flexible.
Salah and others can pass and shoot, can carry energy bursts, even if they run without the ball and cut in the air, they are also world-class.
"Prince" Arnold, after the wing pulled open the cross or breakthrough is very strong, and now has developed a new skill point - the "De Bruyne ball" after receiving in midfield, making it more difficult for opponents to guard.
Italian media stressed that with Inter's current routine, it will be very difficult to deal with Liverpool.
Three big center-backs, dealing with the "Red Arrow Three Heroes" will be very difficult.
Perisic will also be under a lot of pressure – he is one of the team's few "big-scene killers", and the team also points to him for destroying the city and capturing the flag. But with a weak opponent to base on defense, Perisic's rebound pressure is also very large, he will be very hard.
Even more worrying than that is Inter,The Facti perisic is a veteran, and it is difficult for him to get a rotation in the intensive schedule.
Since Di Marco had to go to the left centre-back to fill the gap, Perisic could only start consecutively, playing as a wing-back who needed to sprint back and forth, and the physical load was extremely heavy.
The Nerazzurri have been bringing in a left-wing defender in the Zhang Luodong window, but it takes time to clean up and then bring in reinforcements, and it also takes time to bring in players to integrate into the team. And the killing gas from Liverpool is already at hand.
What to do? Many famous Italian media have given Inter a trick: we should pay attention to the "jewel behind Ashraf" - Damian.
Why damien?
Last season, under Conte, Damian's situation changed several times.
Before Ashraf fully integrated into Inter, Damian had a momentum to suppress moroccans as the main force because of his outstanding performance. Later, Ashraf became more powerful, and Damian was reduced to a substitute.
However, Damian still reversed the situation - to know that Conte does not like rotation, Inter is a one-line operation in the second half of the course, in this situation, how difficult it is to turn over on the bench.
But Damian did. He relies on the qualities of a "universal patch."
Playing right wing-back, playing left-wing-back, playing left-centre-back... No matter what position he plays, his performance is above the average level of the team.
"I admire Damian very much," Conte finally convinced him, "you can always point him out!" ”
This season, the same plot is repeated again.
At the beginning of the season, Dumfries's integration into Inter was blocked, and Damian became the main force on the right, with outstanding achievements. His outstanding performance made Dumfries look difficult to compete for a while, so that the Italian media began to speculate, will Dunfer be purged by inter winter window?
However, Damian was once strained, and within a few weeks, Dumfries managed to take the position.
Now, Damian is completely healed from injury and has a strong desire to fight - he has a second child, and he can't wait to go to the stadium to celebrate.
But he had no choice but to find that Dumfries was now the main force, and he had to prove his value to the manager again.
Italian media asked: If the way Dumfries seized the main force this season is to copy the plot of Last Season's Ashraf, then what about Damian, will the subsequent development be the same as last season?
In fact, for a month, Inter coach Inzaghi Jr. has been thinking about more than just the opponent in front of him.
He rotated drastically, allowing the main players to accumulate energy.
He experimented with new tactics (such as the goalkeeper's frequent long passes and Dumfries playing the fulcrum), apparently not against Salernitana or Bologna, but with Liverpool as an imaginary enemy.
Little Inzaghi's attitude has been praised by Capello, Saki and others. Experts generally agree that Before the fierce battle against Liverpool, inzaghi Jr. will try something new.
The facts must be faced. At present, Inter is not manpowered enough, and there is not much money to support the manager to "invent".
Dzeko, Satriano and Kordaz are currently in quarantine for COVID-19.
In the first match of the new year, Qarhan Oulu accumulated yellow cards and was suspended.
Kolarov, Besino, Sensi and others are distracted by the transfer, and whether they can concentrate on the game is a question.
Although Correa has recovered from injury, but after all, he has been absent for a month, his body is relatively brittle, he needs time to find rhythm, and he hastily increases the weight, which is too risky.
Italian media pointed out that for Bologna, after Inter made a start of 11 people, the bench was not injured, not distracted by the transfer of the substitute, eliminated the second goalkeeper, there were only five left, it was difficult to deal with five substitutions, and the manpower was really tight.
The more in this moment, the more the importance of Damian can be reflected, he can play multiple positions and can play well, and having such a person to press the team can indeed provide a great "sense of security" to the coach. Therefore, one cannot underestimate Damian's role just because he is now reduced to a substitute, he was "a jewel behind Ashraf" last season, why not this season!
Will Inter let Damian try it out in another location next? Or, at certain times of the game, let him become the key to the success of the game?
There is a possibility.
Next, Inter league opponents have many strong opponents, the Champions League is more against Liverpool, the common feature of these games is: the opponent is too strong, a second of mistakes may cause irreparable consequences, so Inter can not only consider the start, can not only consider 1 set of plans, let alone do what "even if playing a small piece of bad ball does not affect the overall situation" dream. Damian definitely has a chance to show his worth.