Sergey Shevchenko - about the changes in the team.
Let's start the presentation of Italian clubs from Milan Inter Milan. "Neradzurri", having dramatically made their way into the Champions League, ensured to themselves if not prosperity, then, on the whole,. Conversations about the departure of Ikardi, the leader and captain of the team, died down, and the main difficulty in the transfer market was the need to fit into the rules of the financial fair play.
Losses These restrictions, in particular, did not allow Inter to keep two players who were useful in the spring. Speech about Rafinha and Joao Cancela. Rafinha, despite the almost one-year simple due to injury, added to the attacks of Inter diversity, and Kanselu added during the season, shining with extraordinary technique. For the ransom of the contract of Rafinha, Barcelona had to pay 38 million euros, for Valencia Cancelo - 35 million, which did not fit into the budget of Inter. It turned out insulting for the "Nerazzurri" situation, because Kancelu for 40 million went to Juventus. By the way, Rafinho can be rented again.
Other losses, in fact, were not. The departed David Roma David Santon long and consistently disappointed, and his unsuccessful substitute in the match with Juve highlighted the image of the "downed pilot" (although the guilt of Spalletti there was no less). Going to China, Eder was also not the main. Another interesting thing is the mass withdrawal of 18-20 year old pupils of the club. Valletti, Bettelia, Odgaard, Carraro, Zanolo - on sale of ex-players "Primavery" Inter earned 29.5 million euros to fit into the FPP, while the Milanese have the right of repurchase. A kind of monetization of the exhaust of its own school, which contrasts with the approach of Milan, which gives a chance to the most talented graduates.
Gain Very decent. Dreams of Modriche, alas, remained dreams, but Inter, in any case, increased. Each of the lines received at least one cool beginner, with a noticeable bet on experienced players who can play on the move. If, for example, Roma builds a team for a long-term perspective, then Inter intends to extract the result here and now.
Defense can become a trump card Inter. The MMM trilogy (Miranda, Murillo, Medel) has sunk into oblivion for a long time, Ranokkia will please nostalgic fans sitting on the bench, and at the core, it seems, will be played by people who were not in the team two years ago. So, the deficit position of Centrbek will be closed by Stefan de Vray, whose transition from Lazio turned out to be scandalous (the last tour and dilemma for de Vray, who played the decisive match against the future team). The Dutchman, who got to Inter for free, has a good first pass, as well as Shriknyar who played last year. With such a pair of defenders, "Nerazzurri" will be able to quickly and efficiently launch attacks.
The flanks will be closed by Asamoah and Vrsalco - experienced performers who also will not have to adapt in Italy (Vrsalco played for Sassuolo before leaving Atletico). Both know how to work across the edge, which is advantageously different from D'Ambrosio, a more conservative "tercino".
Midfield now is sharpened for intense play with high pressure. In it there is hardly a place for Borche - a player of talented and unordinary, but still too soft and "pedestrian". There will be in demand a versatile Brozovich, a powerful Gagliardini and, of course, Nainggolan, the most eminent rookie Inter. Raja is well acquainted with Spalletti for working together in Rome. This is a player who can, in general, everything: at least tough to take the ball, even to decide the outcome of the meeting by a cannon blow. If only the harmful character of the Belgian.
The flanks strengthened. One of the problems of Inter was Perisic and Candreva. Now here there was a competition: on two strong players on a position plus young Карамо for подстраховки (Кандреву can sell in final days of a transfer window). Both Politano and the freshly arrived Keita are technical, they can play non-standard. In the past season, the Interists were often annoyed by predictable canopies, now their arsenal of receptions has become much more diverse.
The attack also intensified. Now Icardi will have an Argentine team-mate. Lautaro Martinez promises to grow into a top player. He is physically strong, works great with the ball and excellent completes the attack - which is only an acrobatic winning goal in the gates of Atletico Madrid. Martinez - the most promising newbie Inter. He is only 20 years old, the Argentines are historically easy to take root in the blue-black part of Milan. It is only to sympathize with Andrea Pinamonti, the main talent "primavery". Apparently, he will also go on sale.
Why wait?.
Judging by the friendly matches, Spalletti consistently plays 4-2-3-1 - the module that he used last season too. It is worth noting that on the flanks of midfield / attack is betting on inverted winger - that is, left-handers are playing on the right, and right-handers on the left. Even Kandreev moved to the left flank, from where he scored a beautiful ball in sparring with Zenit. It is characteristic that for the whole of last season, Antonio has never distinguished himself in 37 games - there is a benefit from the tactical move of Spalletti.
Ikardi and Martinez are still deliberately playing in a bunch, and they interact well - Mauro, as always, acts on the edge, and Lautaro runs out of the depths. True, because of the trauma yet missing Nanggolan, who in theory should play trekvartistu. Martinez in this case can be used as a "joker". The main module of Inter at the moment looks like this:.
(4-2-3-1): Handanovich - Vrsalco, de Vray, Shkrinyar, Asamoah (D'Ambrosio) - Brozovic, Galliardini (Vesino) - Keita (Politano), Nainggolan (Martinez), Perisic (Kandreeva) - Icardi This it is not difficult to convert the scheme to a more aggressive variant with two attackers. For Nainggolan there is no problem to play deeper. Probably, Inter will be reorganized to 4-4-2 if necessary to score in the end.
(4-4-2): Handanovich - Vrsalco, de Vrey, Shkrinyar, Asamoah (D'Ambrosio) - Keita (Politano), Brozovich (Galliardini), Nainggolan, Perisic (Kandreeva) - Martinez, Ikardi There is also the third, alternative module. Note that in the off-season it was not used, but theoretically - why not? There are three strong centerbacks and station wagons capable of closing the whole curb. With such a selection of players Inter becomes unpredictable.
(3-4-1-2): Handanovich - Shkrinyar, de Vray, Miranda - Vrsalco (Kandreva), Brozovich, Galliardini (Vesino), Asamoah (Perisic) - Nainggolan - Martinez, Ikardi Now about the variants of the development of events. Let's turn a little imagination.
Positive scenario: Inter perfectly prepared and from the first matches busily begins to stamp victories - we will remind that in the last season "Nerazzurri" long went on the same level with Juventus and Napoli. Now, however, the team has a margin of safety. Rotation keeps leaders from overwork. Protection is reliable, Nainggolan blossomed, Keita is stunned by speed, and Martinez is a real phenomenon. Inter confidently bypasses the weakened Roma and Napoli, who made a mistake with Ancelotti's invitation. In the Champions League, the team leaves the group and looks adequately in the playoffs.
Negative scenario: Inter for six years has already forgotten what is the Champions League. While the team, due to the low coefficient of land in a complex group vain beats in European competition, the championship begin losing. De Vray is injured, Martinez can not adapt to European football, Nainggolan begins to clash with everyone, Spalletti allows a number of tactical errors. In winter, the "Nerazzurri" traditionally begins a physical decline, which leads to a series of setbacks. The team can not shake off and barely finish the season, at the risk of completely losing space in the four.
Forecast author: in the league I tend to an optimistic scenario. Inter, already having a good base and an experienced coach, in addition,. I assume that the "Nerazzurri" in the championship will take second place after Juventus and certainly will not fall out of the Champions League. Eurocups are unpredictable, since success depends too much on the lot (Inter will be in the fourth basket when sowing), but should not fail.
Author: Sergey Shevchenko.