Inter head coach Simone Inzaghi is ready to introduce some tactical tweaks to the team for the return from the international break, with more of an emphasis on defending deep and counterattacking.

This according to today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, who report that the Nerazzurri will not deviate from his customary 3-5-2 formation but that he wants to make the team more solid at the back and get the best out of Romelu Lukaku and Robin Gosens’s prowess playing in transition.

Inzaghi has tended to set the team up with a high defensive line and an aggressive press this season, which he had also done last campaign, but this time around it has been much less effective as the team have shipped eleven goals from just seven matches in Serie A.

Accordingly, the coach is ready to drop the defensive line a few meters to guarantee greater compactness and protection for the defenders.

To compensate for the diminished attacking presence that this will cause, the coach believes that he can rely on the qualities of Lukaku and Gosens in attacking open space in behind, something that was not exploited in the first few weeks of the campaign, particularly with the Belgian injured.

Meanwhile, the coach is ready to start handing midfielder Kristjan Asllani more of a role in the team starting with filling in for the suspended Marcelo Brozovic against Roma, and also plans to make Francesco Acerbi the first choice over Stefan de Vrij at the centre of the back three.