Skriniar, De Vrij & Miranda – Inter’s Three Giants

Three central defenders on the field, but not tested as a three-man defense. Milan Skriniar, Stefan De Vrij and Joao Miranda were on the pitch at the same time but in a strange situation.

In fact it was more of a four-man defense completed by Asamoah on the left that faced Tottenham. A system that forced Skriniar to the right since both D’Ambrosio and Vrsaljko were injured and Spalletti did not want to abandon the 4-2-3-1.

All-in-all everything went well since the players did not have that much playing time together, one player was out of his usual role and the opposition was strong. FcInterNews analyze how Inter’s three central defenders did last night against Tottenham

Milan Skriniar

Difficult game due to reasons explained above, ended up on the right where he is not used to movements for such a position. When he sees space he prefers the pass instead of advancing. And defensively it was not the usual Milan Skriniar, he gets a booking in the 20th minute which complicates things, especially in the second half when Lucas Moura enters the pitch. With Son, really no problems but with the Brazilian with his dribbling and speed a lot of suffering.

Stefan De Vrij

He is the guy, out of the four in the back, that dictates the defense. Makes a mistake in the middle of the first half when Kane outsmarts him. He has leadership and elegance when he plays the ball with his feet, maybe without the capacity for his long passing that he showed at Lazio. But in order to do that you need to know your teammates better. After his adventure in Rome he has already brought an important feature to Milan: his presence in both areas, he is the guy behind the 2-1 goal heading the ball to Vecino who then scored.

Joao Miranda

Kane misses a great opportunity and then exits from any further role in the game highlights. That is much thanks to Miranda, who does a great job neutralizing the Englishman. The dangerous situations for Inter almost never come in his area, unlucky and not to blame for the deflection of Eriksen’s shot that put Tottenham in the lead. In competitions like this, his presence is felt because it is so hard to overplay him.