The Sky expert Stefano De Grandis analyzed Inter’s draw against Saint-Etienne:
“In the first half it was the best Inter seen for the season, then in the second half they played worse. Dodo missed out on the header for the goal and Vidic couldn’t control it and that’s how the opponents scored. The Brazilian is growing on the left wing and thats great news. The problem remaining is Vidic who isn’t succeeding in doing well in the back three. Mostly the players who have played in a back four don’t have problems adapting to a three man defense but he is having a few problems. In the first half Mazzarri’s team attacked a lot. It was the best Inter seen until now and then in the second half the opponents did better, Inter defended well and they can advance through the group and rest players without having to push their forces to much.”
Source: Fcinternews.it
Maybe Campag – Andreolli – Juan could work. Ranocchia and Vidic proved to be a liability
I think rano is better at center and campagnaro on the right.
You’d think Vidic would be able to keep up and learn fast with all the top level experience… I guess the language barrier is also proving to be a difficulty among other things, but I don’t think he’s 100% there. Perhaps, if a 4-man defense was to be deployed…
4-2-3-1 is the best formation to switch to with this team but that will never happen with Mazzarri as coach !!
I disagree, Inter lack the squad depth to be able to play 4-2-3-1, especially in the sense of offensive wingers. If Palacio and Osvaldo were to play on the left and right offensive winger positions, respectively, in case one of them went down with injury, Inter would have no replacement and would have to improvise with players like Obi or Guarin (neither of which is a winger). I think that’s the reason he doesn’t go for 4-3-3 either.
I’ve said before, it’s not JUST about the formation, teams have been known to achieve great results with 3-5-2 (Juventus most of all, they’ve won 3 Scudetti with it and I am pretty sure they will win a 4th one this season) because they have the right players for it and it is used in a different way. Besides, the approach that Juve had in terms of motivation while Conte was there is something Inter hasn’t touched upon since Mazzarri arrived.
I am very skeptical as far as Mazzarri implementing a different system is concerned, though. He’s never done it before 😛
4-2-3-1 would be a much better formation and we definitely have the depth to play it. During Mourinho’s era we played with Eto’o and Pandev on the wings in the same formation. Neither of those players is a natural winger either.
Err, have you read what I said? :/
What happens in 4-2-3-1 if Palacio or Osvaldo get injured?
It’s not just about whether Palacio and Osvaldo are wingers (which, once again, they’re not, and please make no comparisons with Mourinho 🙁 ), it’s about depth. Who would play?
This team has been built for 3-5-2 above all, it takes modifications before it can be safely transposed to a different one, especially one as drastically different as 4-2-3-1.
If they get injured they Obi, Kovacic, Guarin and even Hernanes can fill in. We also have Dodo and Nagatomo who can play higher up as wingers if need be.
Again, Eto’o and Pandev are both center forwards, and they both played on the wings. Backing them up were Stankovic, Balotelli, Sneijder if it was absolutely necessary, and Quaresma, who despite being the only natural winger on that list stunk hard at Inter and never really played anyway.
In terms of depth on the wings, we have more of it now than Mourinho did when he won the Champions League.
That’s too much fluidity for a squad of this (lack of) class and compactness. And there’s also Mazzarri’s rigidness.
Stankovic had played as a deeper winger at Lazio occasionally before arriving at Inter, he was decent at providing crosses and long balls. Balotelli (the dumbass that he is) still cannot be compared to Nagatomo/Obi/Dodo. The guy wreaked havoc (remember the Coppa final against Roma) when he had to play on the flank. Quaresma was loaned out when we won the CL. Eto’o was a striker and was played out of position, but his role gave him goalscoring opportunities while also taking advantage of his pace (the same could be done with Osvaldo if he had a wing back of Maicon’s class marauding behind him), but Eto’o was always a class above anything we have today. Pandev was always a forward and was compatible with playing on the flank (as much as Palacio is today, I guess). Guarin and Hernanes are simply not wingers, never will be, and as for Kovacic, he reminds me of Iniesta a bit, so I’d like to see him play more similarly to Andres. He *could have a role on the flanks, but in a much different setting to the current one.
Mourinho’s Inter was simply about 20 times better than what this Inter is right now, they could afford to improvise with the sheer class and experience at the top level that those guys had – these guys can’t. Some of them aren’t ready for that kind of a challenge yet, and some of them never will be.
Not gonna happen, mate, not without additions to the squad first, and not while Mazzarri is coach.
You just proved my point, we have MORE depth at the wings now than we did with Mourinho. And obviously the squad then was better than it is now, but that’s the case for EVERY position on the field.
Julio Cesar > Handanovic
Maicon > Dodo
Zanetti > Nagatomo
Lucio + Samuel > any combination of Juan, Rano and Vidic
Cambiasso + Thiago Motta > any combination of our defensive mids
Sneijder > Kovacic
etc…
There is no argument that can made regarding squad strength or depth that has to do with not having the right players. Individual player quality is an issue, sure, but we won’t fix that with a new manager. The tactics do need a change, and we have more than enough depth to revert back to the 4-2-3-1 formation we actually used to win games with.
If Palacio or Osvaldo gets injured you can go after Borini, he would be perfect for the 4-2-3-1 !
Teams should not being built under the fear of injuries.
The system that Inter should play and is the most updated now is, 4-3-3
d’ambrosio-ranocchia (medel)-vidic (juan jesus)-juan jesus (dodo)
medel(m’villa)-hernanes (obi)-kovacic (kuz)
palacio (bonazzoli) – icardi (puscas) – osvaldo (dodo)
If the team starts playing this way and get 1 or 2 good results, then, a bench player, can be well introduced in case of a sterting eleven injured one.
That is the right way to be thinking when building a team.
If you worry about injuries, then you will have only injuries and complain about poor roster, just like Mazzari does.
And the right way to introduce a primavera player, into the team is to put him in when your team is leading the score, and lot like fool Mazzari does. Because when you have conceded, all the pressure goes to the youngster.
As simple as that.
Ps 1: And then you will see what kind of player Vidic is.
Ps 2: You will also see how much more Branca will be missed from this s_n of a bi_ch, that is breaking our balls.
they should play 4-2-3-1 but inter needs a full team to do it dodo-vidic-rano-dambrosio medel-hernanes osvaldo-kovacic-palacio with Icardi up front but that would require extra work from Mazzarri to implement his system and he only makes 3.3 mill a year it’s not enough money for him to do extra work for it when he can sit on his ass and have this team run the same drill over and over and over agin 😛
I thought that the first half against cagliari was the best first half of the season it was fantastic soccer !!!!
ha ha ha
You fuck off mother fucker
it’s football you fool
Figc=federazione Italiano gioca calco and calcio=soccer
if it was called football then it should be called figp = federazione Italiano gioca Pallone because Pallone = football so pull a vidic.and shove in your rear end !!!!
yeaah i did shove it in your mom’s last nite..it stinks
i took a laxative and laid out inter’s future transfer market strategy in my toilet last night !
Zlatan disagrees. Calcio ~ “kick” in Italian; football. And pallone is just ball. Soccer is only USA signore “Mi manca Marco Branca”..
you are using the google translator which are “literal” translations you need to understand italian to comprehend “contextual” translations Pallone is literally “ball” contextually it’s “football” hence where they get the “ball” in “football” calcio does mean “kick” and in england to kick a ball you “sock” the ball so calcio = soccer. Hence it’s Soccer until they change FIGC to FIGP.
No… It’s called soccer because the English initially called both soccer and rugby football, they called them Association Football and Rugby Football respectively. After some time they used nicknames to refer to the sport, rugby football became known as rugger, and association football became known as soccer. The soccer is from the a”soc”iation part of the term.
The term “soccer” was originally coined by the English and popularized by Americans, it has nothing to do with the word “sock” though.
we can argue this one all day long i still think i’m right !!!
You can think what you want, facts are facts and research will show you you’re wrong.
Wkwkwk shame on you!
what is “wkwkwk” means?
wkwkwk = LOL
If it was soccer it would be FIGS. Technically the term is football, hence the “FC” or “CF” at the end of most club names.