The Ninja clearly possesses quality but it’s also obvious that he needs more time to grow with his new teammates, as October has been labelled as his own personal pre-season after he was injured during the Summer and has only recently started playing for his new club.
Ideally, Spalletti will be hoping that this process is accelerated in some way, as he is the key in both of the tacticians preferred formations (4-2-3-1 and 3-4-2-1), since he brings unpredictability and physicality to a team that has previously been missing these things, as Tuttosport emphasises.
This is nothing to be concerned about, as even the Croatians still look tired from their historical run in the World Cup. Unlike, the Belgian who can catch his breath during the international break, the Croatians are still key components in their national sides. While Vrsaljko remains unavailable following his injury during Croatia’s Nations League game against Spain. Perisic is still visibly leggy despite his occasional flashes of skill which are simply part of his Football DNA. Finally, Brozovic was criticised for trying too much, particularly against Parma, but this concern was quickly dismissed following his Champions League performance which demonstrated his clear acknowledgement of his coaches criticism.
Inter’s true strengths and weaknesses will become a lot clearer once everyone recovers their legs, which is mostly out of the hands of Spalletti and his staff.
