Original title: New Inter shows four new faces fifth in the league? The three new forces expressed their disbelief
Inter beat Genoa 4-0 to get off to a great start.
Before the start of the season, many experts – including some Inter fans who were distressed by the departure of Conte and Romelu Lukaku – believed that the Nerazzurri's best result in the new season could be fifth in the league.
But Galando insists Inter are still Juve's biggest rivals for the title, reasoning: "People spend too much effort discussing what Inter have lost, but it should not be overlooked that Inter have gained some strength!" ”
Before the match, Inzaghi Jr. and Marotta both said: Lukaku is iron-hearted to go, and the national rice spent a day and a half to coax and persuade and can't keep people. At this point, the two giants can only remind fans: Lukaku is gone, and there are strongmen coming.
That's it: Dzeko.
Now Inter are not rich, old as Marotta, since they are willing to give Dzeko a contract with a salary not much lower than Lukaku (Dzeko has no tax benefits), it is not doing charity, but really finding Dzeko useful.
This is Dzeko's 200th Serie A game, and he shows the role of the center to the fullest: there are goals, assists, goal frames, scrambles, can use all parts of the body to make the ball, can be skillful in controlling the ball under multiple pressures, and can benefit his teammates around him.
Sky reporter Pavinti said: "Before, I thought Dzeko was the player who could earn Inter 10 more points all season. Now, I suspect I'm a little conservative? ”
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And Çalhanoğlu.
It was his 95th time playing in Meazza (he played at home in League Cup friendlies during his time at AC Milan). The color of the jersey was changed (from red to blue) and the family and friends group changed the stands (from south to north).
Also changed luck.
He was involved in AC Milan and scored the first two goals in a full nine games.
But at Inter, he only took 14 minutes.
And, of course, Inzaghi Jr., who quickly injected his own color into the Nerazzurri.
Inter's victory continued some of the records left by Conte's era, such as clean sheets, home streaks and so on. But obviously, this Inter team is completely different from the Conte era.
Gazzetta dello Sport describes the new Inter in four words: smart, changeable, radical and free.
In fact, as early as the beginning of the summer training, it was pointed out that Inzaghi Jr.'s approach was very different from his predecessor.
For example, the training methods are different, his body, strength, running laps and other no-ball training are less, and the passing training, shooting training, set-piece drills are more ball-based training.
Inter sealed the win in 14 minutes, scoring two goals and breaking the deadlock from set-pieces – a small strength. When he was at Lazio last season, he didn't have a good free throw shooter and didn't have as many top "knife centre-backs" as Inter, but his team's set-piece scoring percentage (18.3% of all team goals) was higher than Conte's (12.4%).
The other is the passing cooperation of Sensi returning and many people quickly shifting and transposing during the backcourt backwards.
It's something the coach has been practicing and reacts to the pitch. It can be seen that although it is only the first battle, the influence of Xiaoyin has been reflected in all aspects.
For example, the difference in on-the-spot command.
Inter were a little distracted after leading by two goals, and after the opponent used up five substitutions in 70 minutes, the attack once picked up, and Handanovic, who had nothing to do in the first half, was busy in the second half.
The situation is grim, and everyone is waiting for the coach to make a move.
In the Conte era, Inter could have piled up sappers, retracted formations, strengthened their defense, and countered with long passes.
However, Inzaghi Jr. kept making press gestures on the sidelines, and simply removed Bastoni, leaving only Shik and De Vry in the back, and put in more players to participate in the attack.
The opponent wants the Jedi to fight back? Then stab him a few more times!
It's an adventure. In view of the fact that today's opponent is too weak, although this battle works, but when encountering a stronger opponent so ineffective, draw a question mark first.
But in any case, in the first game, the new Inter coach told everyone: now the Nerazzurri belongs to Inzaghi Jr., this kind of radical and bloody courage will not be rare in the future!
Inter's most important change is to give the star players plenty of freedom to make sure they play more comfortably.
This is the key reason why Dzeko and Çalhanoğlu can "plug and play" - all the arrangements of the coaches are for them to play what they do best.
In international football, there have always been two kinds of coaches: one is with a very detailed, meticulous and strict tactical arrangement, the coach does not like the players to have too many of their own ideas, hate to control each player's range of motion, running route, passing direction. This kind of coaching team is as tight as a machine, but occasionally seems rigid and mechanical.
For example, Eriksen has been adapting to Inter for a year, because when he plays, how to run, he can't help himself.
Another kind of coach, whose tactics are to serve star players, and the ultimate purpose of all routines is to build a platform for star players to play their personality. After the victory of this kind of team, the media praised the players for their super ability.
Today, the Italian media frantically praised "Çalhanoğlu lights up Meacha", "Dzeko dreams back to 25 years old", "Shike shows the aura of future captain"... These praises prove that if Conte's Inter are the "most commonal", then the new Inter will be the team with more freedom and personality.
Which instructor is more combative? I don't know.
But Inter have changed, that's a fact.
The opponent in the first match is only a district relegation team, the strength is too weak, a big win is not enough to be happy. Inter's future state will inevitably have ups and downs, and the road in distress cannot be smooth.
But this battle of new Inter's new faces should silence critics who have been clamoring "Inter at most Serie A fifth" all summer. Do you dare to watch a few games and then draw conclusions!
THE FACTS: Inter did lose some of their treasures this summer. But Inter have also gained some new strength, which will try to prove that this team is not finished playing, and the Nerazzurri will not completely collapse because of the coach and striker who do not want to live a hard life!