There is great optimism at Inter.
Lukas Podolski could sign tomorrow morning as the papers are being finalized today by the Inter lawyers. In the mean time Mancini trained today using two different systems. One in which a playmaker played behind two forwards (likely a 4-3-1-2) and a 4-2-3-1 with attacking midfielders playing behind Mauro Icardi.
Quickly acclimating to the climate, Podolski toured Appiano Gentile, where he was immediately greeted by Mateo Kovacic and Zdravko Kuzmanovic. Both players conversed with the former Bayern man in German and showed him around. He was particularly fascinated by a picture of Ronaldo and Baggio standing next to each other years ago at Inter. We should know by tomorrow morning whether or not the world champion will be ready to be in the squad against Juventus. Should he be, expect him to come on as a substitute.
Source: FcInterNews.it
Author’s note: I love how dextrous Mancini is with using different systems, while still keeping a certain playing style. Something we never saw under Mazzarri. I also love that it was Kovacic and Kuz showing him around, as one is our best player, and one is the team funny-guy. Kuz will especially help Poldi as he speaks fluent German from his youth and time at Stuttgart. I’m not even surprised that Kova speaks fluent German, as I think we’ll slowly find out he’s also Superman.
What system do you want Inter to use against Juventus? And what do you think about Poldi’s tour of Appiano and his reverence of Ronaldo and Baggio?
EDIT: Even though I wrote his bio editorial piece when he first arrived, I completely forgot where Kovacic he was born…Austria. And Kuz was born in Switzerland. Forgive me of that. Obviously they speak German…
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as I think we’ll slowly find out he’s also Superman…. Epic line Mahdi 🙂 hhhhhh made my day thanx
as I think we’ll slowly find out he’s also Superman…. Epic line Mahdi 🙂 hhhhhh made my day thanx
as I think we’ll slowly find out he’s also Superman…. Epic line Mahdi 🙂 hhhhhh made my day thanx
defense line sucks. we need to transfer good defenders and kick out Ranocchia. we can’t win anything with this defence
Good news is that there are several young promising defenders available for FREE in summer if we sign them now: Fabian Schär from Basel or that other
Ezequiel Muñoz
Good news is that there are several young promising defenders available for FREE in summer if we sign them now: Fabian Schär from Basel or that other
Ezequiel Muñoz
The 4-2-3-1 with attacking midfielders = a tight option with no wingers? That sounds weird, don’t expect it to stick if Shaqiri arrives, I’m guessing he and Podolski would be wingers.
A 4-2-3-1 could be central focused with attacking midfielders or played wide with wingers. 4 defenders, 2 defensive midfielders, either 3 attacking midfielders or 1 attacking midfielder and two players out wide.
Wasn’t Kovačić raised in Austia? Of course he speaks German fluently.
Kovacic was born in Linz, Austria.
He speaks German better than Kuz 🙂
was about to say it aswell :D. even his first interview at inter was in german.
Exactly, German is the official language in Austria.
Kovacic is a Hrvat that grew up in Austria and speaks German, yes. But probably not better than Kuz who grew up in Switzerland and played in Basel and Stuttgart, while Kova was playing a few years in his homeland.
I forgot that Kuz originates from Switzerland. Thanks for the heads up 😉
nothing to thank for 🙂 lets hope we get shaqiri 😉
Wow. Lol good point. COMPLETELY slipped my mind. And to say I wrote a bio editorial including that information on Kovacic when he first arrived at Inter… -__-
It’s alright, you forgot. Just keep up the good work, love your stuff.
4-3-3
4-2-3-1 is 4-3-3, so i think it’s ok
OK dudd 🙂
Actually not quite. e.g. Madrid play 4-3-3; Chelsea play 4-2-3-1. There’s a big difference in that hazard and willian are expected to track back and defend while ronaldo and bale’s main function is attack.
4-3-3 is very general. 4-2-3-1 is a more specific formation of 4-3-3.
we will start with 4-2-3-1 and then maybe in a 2nd half 4-3-1-2
I support this idea as we try to minimize juves energy in the first half and 2nd half we bring on poldi and any necessary subs to formulate a 4-2-3-1