It is hard to imagine that at the critical juncture of this season's Serie A title race, Milan and Inter, the two major favorites, have invariably "stepped on the brakes". As the defending champions, Inter Milan has not tasted victory in several consecutive rounds, which has aroused the concern of many fans; as for the brothers in the same city, Milan, their life is also not good, and they have struggled in recent games. In this regard, the famous coach Zaccheroni gave a rather vivid description: "Milan two males are currently having difficulty breathing. ”
So the question arises: why do the ambitious Milan duos not fare well at such a crucial juncture?
At first glance, it seems that fatigue, injury, physical fitness and other objective factors are the cause. After all, neither the Rossoneri nor the Nerazzurri can match the thickness of the lineup as their respective peaks. At this point in the season, the two teams were extremely expensive but could not find enough qualified rotations, and it was not difficult to understand the decline in form.
However, the above statement can only be regarded as a superficial reason, and it is difficult to convince everyone. The reason is very simple, throughout the history of football, there are many teams that do not have enough depth of the squad to compete for the championship, but there are many teams that maintain a strong team in the key stage of the championship. Although the situation of milan is difficult, it is far from reaching the point of exhaustion. From this point of view, the recent poor situation of these two teams is far from being explained by fatigue, injury, and physical fitness.
In fact, as long as you often watch the game of friends, it should not be difficult to find that whether it is Inter milan or Milan, the performance of these two teams at this stage on the field has obvious problems. The anxious mentality is simply visible to the naked eye.
Start with Inter, who have a stronger squad. The shooting efficiency of this team at this stage has almost fallen to the point of male and female tears. On the surface, it seems that the Inter attackers led by Lautaro are too poor to grasp the fighters. However, looking at the content of the game, it is not difficult to find that there are serious problems in the entire Inter attacking system.
Specifically, the playing style is simple and rough, lack of patience and imagination, the number of crosses has increased significantly, and it is eager to tear apart the opponent's defense line with a one-foot pass. The result was counterproductive, not only did it not get what was desired, but it greatly reduced the opponent's defensive difficulty.
As for Milan, although the performance may not be as obvious as Inter, the mentality of the Rossoneri is also visible to the naked eye, which directly affects their performance on the field.
Everything has a reason, and the Milan duo invariably have a mental problem, and naturally there is a reason. On the one hand, the coaches of these two teams have too little experience in winning the championship. In terms of current achievements, they are not a championship coach and are destined to pay tuition fees during the championship competition. As we all know, those who lack experience in winning the championship can easily drop the chain at the critical stage of the championship, and there are simply not too many examples in this regard.
On the other hand, the backbone players of these two teams also do not have much experience in winning championships. Although Inter is a defending champion, it has only reached the top once in the past decade. Moreover, the two key players who won the championship last season, Lukaku and Ashraf, both left the Nerazzurri after winning the championship, making Inter Milan, who had no experience in winning the championship, more and more embarrassed. As for Milan, the experience of winning the title will only be more lacking. Although this team sits on the championship professional household of Ibrahimovic, the age of the "Swedish Tower" is placed there, it is difficult to guarantee their playing time, and the help for the team is naturally limited.
In summary, behind the recent poor situation of Milan Inter, it is actually the same problem, that is, the lack of sufficient championship experience, the essence of the problem is exactly the same.
The only thing to be thankful for is that Napoli, Milan's main rival for the title, is also not optimistic in this regard. As the coach of the team, Spalletti lacks enough championship experience, but there is also a black history of dropping the chain at key moments, which is difficult to rest assured. As for the Napoli players, this experience is even more lacking, and they can't even find a Ibrahimovic-style backbone among them.
This environment is doomed to the final attribution of this season's Serie A championship.