There is a famous saying in Italian football: it is better to choose the wrong wife than to choose the wrong striker and goalkeeper.
That is to say, in a league where tactics are supreme, most of the kraft candy playing style, and efficiency dominates the results, excellent strikers and high-level goalkeepers have a relatively greater impact on the record than other positions.
Inter milan have many problems this season, but a closer look at where the crisis first broke out is mostly due to the lack of hard power in these two links.
As another example, Juventus brought in Vlahović at a high price in the winter window, which became a key tool for the Bianconeri's adjustment period.
After joining Juve, Vlahović scored four goals in six games during the run-in period, and his total number of goals of the season was only one less than that of Dzeko and Lautaro combined, and his strength was indeed fierce.
The results are immediate. Juve trailed just seven points from the top of the table, just five points behind Inter (one less game for the Nerazzurri).
Although Allegri deliberately low-keyed, juve has no chance of competing for the title (the coach said that the Serie A title needs 84-85 points, and now 50 points are 11 rounds left juve is impossible to achieve).
According to the Juve boss's algorithm, Milan can win 9+ games in the last 11 rounds, and Inter Milan will win about 10 games in the last 12 rounds. With the current form of the two Milan teams, it is difficult to complete such a task.
Therefore, the Italian media believes that Juve has returned to the ranks of the championship, even if the probability of winning the bid this season is slightly smaller, but the identity of locking in the first favorite of next season in advance is beyond doubt. This proves once again how important a shareholder increase and high-priced reinforcements are to a team. No team in Serie A can be as rich and expensive as Juve, and in the face of such an opponent, Inter Milan's response has also become the focus of discussion in the Italian media.
Italian media pointed out that Inter's response is three, short-term, medium-term and long-term.
The short-term plan is to expect the team to welcome back the injured, straighten out the interior, return to the winning track, and strive to impact the championship this season to help the coach break through himself.
After the downturn throughout February, Inter are trying to do a wrap-up reflection internally.
According to the Milan Sports Newspaper and the team reporter, the coaching team believes that the lack of communication, poor coordination and difficulty in forming a synergy among the three forwards needs to be improved, and hopes to do some work around this.
Most of the season has been played, several forwards have not cooperated well, and they have fought their own battles in difficult periods, which should be involved, and may even need executive help.
In addition, Inzaghi Jr., Lautaro and others currently have different degrees of psychological problems. For Inter now, instead of expecting any sudden tactical magic, it is better to hope that everyone will adjust their mentality and return to calm.
Inter hope the return of the injured will inspire the team spiritually. If nothing else, Gessens could make his debut in the Coppa Italia derby, and Correa will also return to practice this week.
Of course, the most important signal is that Marotta has not mentioned the title slogan for most of the year (only talking about one game of kicks), but instead openly talks about "winning the championship" when the record is dismal. Because Inter is very clear that if they cannot further accumulate championship experience through winning the championship this season and help Little Inzaghi to achieve self-breakthrough, then next season Inter will be more difficult to participate in the championship competition.
Unifying your thinking helps to regain your fighting spirit.
The medium-term plan is to transfer out through the summer window + send away some high-paid substitutes, raise funds to introduce young rookies, and complete the rejuvenation of the team.
Recently, when introducing inter ball city actions, the market experts have repeatedly emphasized the names of several people, of which the three people with the highest frequency are Canevali (CEO Sassuolo), Mino-Raiola (de Frei, Pinamonti's agent), Lucci (correa, Dzeko, Scamaka, Costic and other agents).
The top management has a clear idea, hoping to return the funds through some transfer out trades, and then bring in young people such as Skamaca to reduce the average age of the team - playing in the battle of Genoa, Inter's average age is more than four years older than the opponent, the running distance is more than 8 kilometers less, and after five days of rest, it is still full of old age, and the problem has reached the point where it must be solved.
The media estimates that inter's three transfer targets (Scamaka, Fratesi, Bremer) have a total asking price of about 100 million euros, and even with vouchers, installments, etc., tens of millions of real money must be prepared. Under the premise that the capital behind the scenes is unable to increase the capital, the name of the devil's agent is repeatedly mentioned, which is very normal.
The long-term plan is a long-term strategy of firmly "ensuring that the lower limit is greater than the upper limit", and firmly establishing a firm foothold and a firm foundation.
As Inzaghi Jr. said, Inter chose him to coach this season, and the primary purpose is to protect the lower limit.
Everyone knows that for Inter at this stage, it is unrealistic to hope for the "blood transfusion" of the behind-the-scenes investors in the short term, to maintain the qualification for the Champions League, to ensure that they participate in the Champions League every year, whether it is waiting for a new strong boss or shareholders, or waiting for Nike and other sponsorships to expire to increase the amount of sponsorship, or gradually increasing revenue after surviving the severe winter of the epidemic, there is still hope.
If once the top four fall out, the lower limit is not guaranteed, it will hurt the bones.
In the inter cycle, Suning has always regarded "guaranteeing the lower limit and rushing the upper limit" as the development of the team. After consecutive champions league entries and firm roots, they encountered favorable opportunities during Juve's adjustment period and successfully hit the ceiling last season. Nowadays, there are many difficulties, and adhering to this line of thinking is both a pragmatic move and a way to do it.
In summary, in the face of the pressure brought by Juve, although Inter is currently in deep trouble, the team still has a clear plan and ideas.