In the middle of this week, the Champions League will begin to compete in the knockout stages. After 10 years, Inter Milan, which has returned to the Champions League knockout stage, will first meet the challenge of rivals Liverpool at home. Due to the inherent strength gap between the two teams, coupled with the suspension of The Inter midfield core Barrera, as well as the injury problems of Correa and defender Bastoni in the front line, the Nerazzurri's Champions League prospects have been further overshadowed. For this Champions League knockout match against Liverpool on Thursday, it is conceivable that Inter will have to beat their rivals at home.
In addition to the helplessness of suspensions and injuries, Inter Milan's recent state is also uncertain, in the February devil schedule, the Nerazzurri in three consecutive strong dialogues, only won the weakest Rome team, in the remaining two Serie A top battles, Inter did not take advantage, the Nerazzurri also temporarily handed over the top position in Serie A.
Facing the more powerful Liverpool team, Inter want to regain the taste of Champions League knockout victory after 10 years, the team must do two things, only then the Nerazzurri have the hope of winning.
First, take advantage of home field advantage. If Inter have any other advantage in this set of matches, I am afraid that only the home side of Meazza is left. According to Italy's epidemic prevention policy, Inter's home match against Liverpool will be allowed to have a 75% attendance. At present, 38,000 tickets have been sold out, and Meazza will be a blue-black ocean. With so many fans cheering on the spot, I believe that it can inject more passion and motivation into the Inter soldiers. At the same time, the referee of this game, Maziniak, has blown Inter for 4 games, and the Nerazzurri record is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and overall the Polish referee is quite friendly in the match of blowing inter.
Second, grab the set-pieces. In this game, Inter want to fight with Liverpool to fight back is definitely no play, coupled with the opponent's tough defense, the Nerazzurri want to rely on the position battle hole through the Liverpool team goal in the current situation of untidy personnel, the difficulty is also quite large. For Inzaghi Jr. and his disciples, if they want to score, they must grasp the set-piece. Keep in mind that so far this season, the Nerazzurri have relied on set-piece opportunities to score 15 goals. As one of the managers who are best at free kick tactics, it is believed that Inter coach Inzaghi Jr. will practice different free kick routines before the game, so as to increase the nerazzurri's winning chips.