Can Inter’s defense propel them to an upset Champions League title vs. PSG? How Simone Inzaghi’s side press

As internet Overcome the chances and win the final of the Champions League It seems inevitable that their defense will have a big word in it. If things go well for Simone Inzaghi, that does not mean in the same way in the same way as in the semi -final, true Wonderful Yann Sommer saves Keeping Barcelona at a distance. Instead, Inter will ensure that the ball never gets that far.

Inter’s off ball shape may just be the bait in the hole that the draw waves in their favor. How will it be set up? Well that makes them so impressive. It’s really hard to say.

Take the opening fairs in the second stage against Barcelona. Inzaghi starts with some of the most aggressive urgent Inter that has so far been used in the competition in the competition, and pushes his wing back against their opposite full backs and trusting that his wide central defenders can win their duels against Lamine Yamal and Raphinha.

In the image above follows Henrikh Mkhitaryan de Run to the ball of Frenkie de Jong, who discourages a pass more that Marcus Thuram already protects against. Federico Dimarco has refurbished the field to close the pass where Pau Cubarsi should eventually be satisfied with Eric Garcia. If Barcelona was not gone that Avenue would probably have been a case to force the ball back to Wojciech Szczesny, who then goes to Ferran Torres for a long time and a duel that he will probably not win against Francesco Acerbi.

Nicolo Barella is crucial to make all this work. His dynamics enables him to cover both striker when they press on Szczesny, both block the fast pass to the center of the back and protect the pass to De Jong. He functioned over both legs as something that looks like an off-ball syruper. Even in a stationary image of a television camera that is explicitly not on his face, you can see the sparkle in his eye when Pedri is played the ball in a difficult position with his back to him.

It is easy to see how the aggression they have shown against Barcelona is perhaps an approach that they want to replicate against one side of the Saint-Germain in Paris who wants to play through the line. However, it would not be a small gamble. The wide escape routes of Barcelona in the San Siro were Eric Garcia, a center rear shot out of position, and Gerard Martin, an impressive young entire back, but not completely Alejandro Balde.

For PSG, that will be Nuno Mendes and Achraf Hakimi, both among the two or three best players in the world in their position. When Denzel Dumfries was deeper in the second stage, an attempt to illuminate Yann Aurel Bisseck against Raphinha, Martin was able to bend his muscles and offer two assists. Imagine that the damage that Mendes could do, or Hakimi on the opposite flank.

On the other hand, Inter does not have to play in this way. Certainly, they are very prepared to call their press back; In the course of the competition, their passes per defensive action (a measure of the urgent intensity) is 15.7, slightly below average. If they have to park the bus, that’s exactly what they will do.

Pep Guardiola put back just as much at the start of the Champions League campaign, before his side was held on a 0-0 draw in the Etihad Stadium. “They have a good high -penetration and go to man … and after they defend with typical Italian mentality where they have to suffer.” Sometimes suffering can change in masochism and it was certainly more happiness than the last man defending that they saw them hold a beautiful slate against Manchester City.

Yet this is a team that can survive under great pressure in their box. Of the 36 teams from the competition phase, only nine their opponents allowed more than 30 penalty box touches per match. Inter and Feyenoord are the only ones of those who have sniffed the right knockout stages. Although that number is naturally stimulated by the meetings with Barcelona and Bayern Munich, this is a team that feels perfectly at home when it collapses in its box.

The road through the competition is prepared to trust their shot blockers. Ten times Arsenal’s effort hit a black and blue shirt. Bayern was refused eight times in the San Siro and even young boys were able to make Yann Aurel Bisseck and the company hurled for seven of their efforts. With the excellent Yann Sommer behind them, Inter Bunker can go down if the opportunity requires it.

You would not want to trust it for 90 minutes, just as Inzaghi did not want to gamble that his players could chase over the Allianz Arena for an hour and a half. With a little from column A and a sprinkling of column B, however, Inter can have the waving factor on these largest occasions.