Original title: Inter's biggest problem before two vicious battles, Mr. 31 million, disrupted the coach deployment
Italian TV stressed before warming up Inter's two vicious battles with Napoli and Liverpool: In the current situation of troops, Inter's biggest problem is how to reduce the burden on Dzeko. The wounded Correa was also a talking point in this battle.
Why is Correa a talking point?
There are two reasons for this. First of all, according to the agreement when Inter acquired Correa, the purchase agreement of Correa was forced to be activated when Inter received their first league points in February.
In other words, if Inter can score points against Napoli, they will have to shell out 25 million euros for Correa.
A race in which Correa missed could affect his future.
Moreover, if Correa was healthy, this battle should have been Correa's first start to relieve Dzeko's burden, allowing Dzeko to recharge and prepare for Liverpool.
The reporter pointed out that in fact, as early as Inter drew Liverpool (mid-December last year), Inzaghi Jr. regarded Dzeko as a key figure in the match against Liverpool.
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There are many reasons, the most important of which are three.
First, the means of counterattack.
After losing Romelu Lukaku and Ashraf, this Inter team often encountered the problem of excessive pressure and difficult advancement when talking strongly, and lacked the means to rely on individual advances to organize fast attacks.
Inter have tried a lot this season, but none of them have worked well. Many games so far this season have proved that the most effective means is for Dzeko to retreat to the front position, wrestle the opposing midfield, groom the team, and help Çalhanoğlu, Barrera and others advance on the counter-attack.
Such an option can be said to have mixed pros and cons.
Dzeko is one of the relatively strong ability to seize opportunities in front of this Inter goal, he is too far away from the goal, leaving the opportunity to fire to other teammates, although it can effectively improve Inter's ability to "create chances" during strong dialogue, but it will greatly reduce the team's ability to "seize chances".
The Milan derby is typical, Inter had an overwhelming advantage in the first half, but it was not well controlled, laying the seeds of the reversal.
But Inter have no other way, just these few guns, you have to create opportunities first, and then talk about other things.
Second, the experience of matchup.
At present, the Inter squad generally lacks experience in fighting with the top teams in the Premier League, and some players have only played Tottenham in the group stage, but given that Tottenham's style of play is different from Liverpool, the Champions League group stage and knockout stage are also different, and the reference value is not much.
Dzeko has been with the Premier League for many years and has worked with many Liverpool players (such as Salah, Alisson, Milner) and others, which is also highly regarded by the coaching staff.
The third is the confidence to win.
When Inter played against Liverpool, most people decided that Inter would lose, and some die-hard fans just expected "don't lose too unseemly". Among the players in the squad, there are not many people who think Inter have a hope of winning.
After all, Serie A is indeed far less powerful than the Premier League today, after all, the overall performance of Inter's strong dialogue this season is indeed average.
But Dzeko firmly believes that Inter have a chance to upset, and in interviews over the past few months, Dzeko has stressed several times: "Even if everyone is more optimistic about Liverpool, I still firmly believe that Inter have a chance to win!" ”
Coaches naturally tend to use braver, more daring, and more open-minded players to play this kind of vicious battle where the weaker is stronger.
However, this season's journey proves that Dzeko's problem is not ability, experience, but physical fitness.
If you want to bet on him when playing Liverpool, then in the league during this period, you must reduce the burden on Dzeko, which is a problem that Inter must face.
The reporter pointed out that the original national rice was planning to use Correa to cut Dzeko's playing time in the league during the knockout period of the Champions League, but because Correa's injury caused the Inter coaching staff's plan to go bankrupt.
Now Correa is absent due to injury, and the public opinion is full of accusations, and the view that "31 million has been smashed" is the mainstream statement.
However, many famous experts, such as Sacchi, Ravanelli and others, believe that if Correa can stay healthy in this Inter team, he is a player who can make a clear difference.
After joining Inter, Correa scored four goals and assisted one in 547 minutes.
Some people think that Correa's two best games were two goals (against Verona and Udine), but the celebrities believe that Correa's most obvious game was two strong conversations.
One was a first-round match against Napoli, with Inzaghi Jr. arranging Correa Lautaro to start the line-up, and Inter secured a 3-1 victory in the 62 minutes of the "Pampas combination", leaving Spalletti struggling to deal with.
The other was Inter's 3-0 win over Roma, where Correa started with Dzeko and was substituted 59 minutes later due to injury, giving Inter a three-goal lead at half-time, considered "Inter's highest level of football this season".
Both games are the kind of games that can compete in Inter's best tournament so far this season.
In a word: it is too early to say that Inter's investment in Correa has failed, because his problem is not ability, not exploits, nor ineffectiveness, but injuries. There will always be uncertainty about injuries, which are not the wishes of the players, especially since Correa's latest injury was caused by the opponent's "tricks", and it is even more unreasonable to criticize the players.
In any case, Correa's injury and Dzeko can only fight in a row is a fait accompli.
Now Inter can only try to keep Dzeko's playing time as short as possible, so it is expedient for Inzaghi Jr. to let Kecedo risk entering the squad with a limited number of joint training sessions.
Fortunately, Dzeko revealed in an exclusive interview that he has his own set of "secrets" for preventing injuries.
Now, the Inter coach can only hope that his secret will really work.