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The two Milan teams are preparing intensely for the Milan derby on the sixth day of the Chinese New Year.
"Milan Sports" and SkyTai pointed out that Inzaghi Jr. and Pioli will choose the "containment" strategy to maneuver, and Leo and Brozovic will become the players who will be targeted.
In inter, in terms of inter, inzaghi jr., who was originally infected with the new crown, has just recovered and has thrown himself into intense work.
Inter originally gave the players a holiday at the weekend, but the two new signings, Kecedo and Gesens, chose to practice overtime, and they hope to integrate into the team as soon as possible.
The front page of the Milan Sports Newspaper pointed out under the title of "Little Inzaghi Thinks about 'Leo Cage'" that although the public opinion is most concerned about whether Ibrahimovic can play in the derby, in Inzaghi Jr., the focus of Inter's defense should be Leo.
The 22-year-old Portuguese striker has continued his momentum of progress since he will defect to Milan from Ligue 1.
In the 2019-20 season, he scored 6 goals and assisted 1 time in Serie A, playing 0.45 goals per 90 minutes.
Last season he scored 6 goals and assisted 6 times, scoring 0.56 goals per 90 minutes.
He has played 19 rounds this season, scoring 6 goals and assisting 4 times, and participating in 0.67 goals per 90 minutes. All of the above goals are sports goals.
Inzaghi Jr. attaches so much importance to Leo for two reasons.
First, Leo's tactical role stands out.
Until now, AC Milan have relied heavily on three players in terms of offensive advances. With the ball advancing more than 5 yards, Theo ranked third with 113 times, Salle Max finished second with 117 times, and Leo ranked first with 144 times.
What's more, in the number of times the "attacking three zones" dribbled forward, Leo ranked among the top 10 players in Serie A. In terms of the number of times the "CPA" (with the ball burst into the box), Leo ranked first in Serie A with 35 times. In addition, Leo has achieved 14 threatening shots through personal dribbling, which is also the top level in Serie A.
That's why Little Inzaghi was jealous of Leo. Judging from the style and characteristics of the players in the Inter defense line, compared with the big names who stand and play and walk, they are not good at dealing with this fierce "unreasonable" type.
In addition, the siege of Leo will also help Inter find opportunities to counterattack.
Leo's assault ability is indeed strong, but there are also many mistakes.
In terms of the "dribble is cut off and countered" data, Leo's total of 39 times is also the first place in Milan. OptA data shows that so far this season, Leo has given his opponent an average of one chance to counterattack because of a mistake every 7 minutes, which is also what Inzaghi Jr. hopes to take advantage of.
In short, Milan Sports believes that Inter's "encirclement and suppression of Leo" is to destroy opponents, reduce defensive variables, and increase counterattack opportunities.
The big scene of the derby is a game of "containment and counter-containment".
AC Milan boss Pioli is also a master of containment, and the Inter player he chooses to focus on may be Brozovic.
Skylight reporters pointed out before the game that what Pioli wants to find out most at present is whether Casey can play.
In extreme cases, he may even send a "To-Ben-Kai" three-midfielder at some point in the game to curb Brozovic's play, that is, let Casey play an attacking midfielder, together with Tonari and Bennacel, to form a three-midfielder with stronger interception and destructive ability to contain Brozovic, even if this change may sacrifice a more attacking midfielder.
Before Inter against Atalanta, Gasperini also put his posture very low, not hesitating to change the team's usual unrestrained playing style, but also to change the team and change his moves, in order to curb the opponent and make Inter play awkwardly.
The so-called "big game of few names", if Pioli has this tendency, it will not be surprising.
Derby is such a vicious battle, anything can happen. Any team needs to make a variety of plans, one of the key points is: what if the score is behind and needs to fight for the attack?
Italian media pointed out that AC Milan hopes to use the energy of Olivier Giroud (5 goals and 1 assist in the league), Messias (3 goals in the league) and others.
Inter have Sanchez (provided there are no injuries in the national team), Kecedo and others to use.
Italian tacticians pointed out that inter are now well-staffed and can consider making some changes around Sanchez, following the "trident" configuration of the strong attack in Conte's period, so that Sanchez can be used as a forward to support two forwards. In addition, during inzaghi Jr.'s coaching of Lazio, the two alternative formations (3421, 343) also played well, and if sanchez, Perisic, Chalkhanoglu and other multi-functional players can be used well, inter can now play some new tricks.
In addition, Kesedo may also bring "added value".
When the Ecuadorian joined, some fans looked down on him, pointing out that he was only a substitute in Genoa in the first half of the season, playing only 276 minutes in the league for half a season. Someone left a message asking me: "Inter Milan is fighting for the championship team, getting a weak brigade substitute, and a bunch of people are desperately cheering, what is the mystery?" ”
The mystery is that Kecedo has played 194 of the 276 minutes of playing time in Genoa this half season, and in these 194 minutes, he has scored 1 goal and assisted 2 times. During his previous work with Inzaghi Jr., he has played the role of "super substitute" fierce player countless times, and even if he has not mixed well this season, this trait is still magical.
Some people are capable, but the starters play, the bench are less smart, and Kecedo is the opposite. Little Inzaghi knew him very well and naturally knew how to use his talent.