Inter Milan will take on Como at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final tomorrow.
According to Corriere della Sera via FCInterNews, the Nerazzurri could finally line up in a 3-4-2-1 formation.
Despite vowing to deviate from Simone Inzaghi’s trademark 3-5-2 setup upon arrival, Cristian Chivu has not lived up to his promise.
Indeed, with Inter failing to sign Ademola Lookman in the summer, the 45-year-old has decided against making this change.
However, he is ready to experiment tomorrow.
Five Inter Milan Fighting for Two Starting Spots vs Como
With Lautaro Martinez and Ange-Yoan Bonny injured, Inter will transition to a 3-4-2-1 formation tomorrow.
Therefore, out-of-form Marcus Thuram could start on the bench, with Francesco Pio Esposito expected to lead the line.
Meanwhile, five players are competing for the two available spots behind the lone striker.
Indeed, Davide Frattesi, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Andy Diouf, Luis Henrique, and Piotr Zielinski are the men in question.
It would be exciting to see the Brazilian start in this role, given that he was outstanding in advanced positions at Marseille last term.
I have a feeling he might just play a youngster or play a mid in attack. As he played andy as RB. Though a youngster would make sense. That is the whole point of the u23 team. And he already did it in the previous round. Both wings. Forward is not the most important possition in terms of ballance. We lived with marcus being lazy. I think we can do with spinace or lavelli being green. Just tell them to avoid interractions, provocations and late challenge. Another solution could be kamate in and luis just a striker. One thing is sure – we’ll see some youngsters at some point.
Forza Inter
“a youngster would make sense”
It would not make sense at all. After the UCL debacle, we can and must win both the Scudetto and Coppa. There is no room for experiments at this point. After we secure the Scudetto, there might be one or more league games left where we can give minutes to youngsters, but at this point nah.
When the line up is official – swing by to check again buddy. How can other teams play their youngsters when a possition is down on players. But we shouldn’t.
Anyway. Just hit me up tomorrow when the squads come up.
Forza Inter brother
I expect that he will start with the two strikers (pio and Thuram) and change formation in the second half. Just don’t see him experimenting from the start but hoping to be surprised
Zielinski should play in the double pivot. Mikhi should be one of the 2 AMs. The other being either Frattesi or Diouf.
Idc about the three back, it’s a staple now in the serie a. i’m just glad we aren’t playing with 2 strikers, hopefully we can create more chances