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Inter Milan s midfield arrangement analysis in the new season! With a full team of 6 players, the problem of strong offense and weak offense is difficult to solve!

1:36am, 14 August 2025【Football】

Early this morning, Inter Milan's second official warm-up match started. In the end, he shook hands with Monza at 2:2 on a regular time, and finally scored 5 penalty kicks and won the game 7:5. Perhaps seeing such a result, many fans have begun to worry about the prospects of the new season, but please relax. It’s just a warm-up match, there’s no need to pay too much attention to the results.

Moreover, in this game, except for Dimarco, Inter Milan started almost all players who were positioned as substitutes. The overall strength of this lineup itself is not particularly strong, and in fact, Monza's tie is an obvious offside ball, which is normal for Inter Milan to win 2:1, but in the warm-up match, it is not a bad idea for everyone to have fun and play a penalty. If you are not satisfied with this result? Inter Milan won only one goal away from home and 3:2 in two league games last season, which is enough to prove that Monza is not easy to deal with, so it is not unacceptable to be able to defeat the opponent's main player with a substitute lineup in the warm-up match.

The four "newcomers" from Inter Milan started in this game. In addition to scoring the overtake, Pio had outstanding roles in confrontation, making balls and grabbing points in the frontcourt, and the functions of the big center were fully utilized. It is also uncommon for Boni to push the ball with the ball and get out of the game, but the weaknesses of weak shots and header differences are also visible. All four shots missed, and one excellent scoring opportunity was missed without anyone's interference. I hope to improve my scoring ability in a targeted manner in the future. Susic has performed in his offense, sending one key pass, and scheduling all three long passes successfully, but the problem of weak physical confrontation is also prominent, and he only won one time in 5 ground scrambles. Enrique sent one pass, two physical confrontations and two key passes, but failed in two long passes and six crosses, which also reflects to a certain extent that he did not cooperate well with his teammates. That is, the previous mention of Inter Milan's "not on the same channel as his teammates" needs to continue to work together.

Warm-up match is used to find problems and run into the lineup, so the result is not that important, after all, the opponent may not necessarily devote all his efforts. A typical example is that Milan warm-up match played Manchester City, punched Real Madrid, and defeated Barcelona at a penalty, which was as if Europe was invincible. But everyone knows what the result will be after the season officially begins. Of course, discovering the problem is only the first step, and these problems need to be solved before the season, which will test Qiwo!

It is worth mentioning that Inter Milan's starting midfielder is still Aslani. Although he is no longer in the team's plan, because Zelinsky just recovered from injury and did not meet the conditions for playing, Cialhanolu had to continue to arrange for him to start due to muscle fatigue. Moreover, he also performed outstandingly in the game, with the highest number of passes, accurate passes and successful long passes data in the game. Especially in the game, he dispatched a long pass in the game and found Lautaro in the penalty area. Then the inverted triangle made Pio's goal for Damian. It can be said that Aslani was the planner of this goal. In the post-match rating of FCINTER1908, his score was second only to Pio, tied for second place with Devrey, Lautaro and others. But even so, it still cannot change the fact that he is about to leave the team.

It is gratifying that Pedula said that Satori watched the warm-up match in Bologna yesterday and planned to communicate with Inter Milan afterwards. Turin is also very interested in Aslani. There are even rumors that Turin plans to submit a quotation of 9 million euros + 30%-40% second transfer share to buy. This is basically the same as his 13 million euros worth. Although it does not meet Inter Milan's 18 million euros asking price standard, it can bring the team a profit data of 6.4 million euros in the account, and at the same time release a salary space of 2.4 million euros, and maintain a relatively high proportion of second transfer share, which is also a good deal. Let’s see if Bologna can bring bidding after joining, allowing Inter Milan to recover more transfer fees from Aslani.

Perhaps Nera feels that after Aslani leaves the team, Inter Milan can add another midfielder, especially the beast waist with strong defensive interception skills like Frendrupp or Mandela Keita. However, after Aslani left, Inter Milan still had 6 midfielders and had no room for signings. One more player must be cleared. At present, Zelinsky is the most likely to be sacrificed, but it is difficult for him to take action smoothly, which determines that Inter Milan wants to introduce a midfielder again!

If these 6 players are the midfield configuration of Inter Milan in the new season, how can the team match the midfield in the new season?

Under normal circumstances, whether it is a 352 or 3421 formation, the main position of Cialhanolu and Barrera will definitely be unstoppable. Under the 3421 double-back midfield formation, Vlatesi is likely to be in the sideline and front midfield position. Substitutes Zelinsky and Susic have played double midfield tactics in the past, so there should be no problem of inconsistent play. Mkhitaryan can serve as a mobile personnel as a supplement to the sideline and front midfield positions and double midfield positions. Under the formation of

, the team's midfield is relatively easy to arrange, but if they play in the 352 formation, there is still no suspense in the starting lineup between the middle and the right, but who is the main player in the left midfield?

The physical and ability of the main player Mkhitaryan in the previous few seasons has been severely deteriorated, and his speed advantage and offensive creativity have declined, making it difficult to continue to be used as the main force. Vlatesi always plays on the right side, and does not have the ability to move on the left side, so there are only Zelinski and Susic.

Under the conventional thinking, Susic's previous main position was also the right midfielder. Although he occasionally appeared on the left side of the national team, the right side must be the area he is most familiar with.. In contrast, Zelinski has long appeared in the left midfield position of the 433 formation in Naples. He was also introduced as Mkhitaryan's successor at the beginning, but due to frequent injuries and discomfort in playing style, he failed to replace Mkhitaryan as the starting left midfielder last season.

Under Zivo's new season, Zelinsky is expected to get the opportunity to prove himself again. After all, as the main midfielder of the top Serie A team for many years, his ability is absolutely no problem. The rest depends on how the head coach uses him well! In this case, Susic will appear in the drag-back midfield position, and his excellent running and court coverage can allow him to perform well in this position.

But judging from the warm-up match, Zivo is still trying to find the best way to use Susic. In the last game against Monaco, Susic started as the left midfielder, while in this game Monza appeared in the right midfield position. There was no obvious difference between good and bad performance in the two games, which also proves that he can be left and right in multiple positions. If Zelinsky cannot show convincing performance, Susic will likely become the starter in the left midfield position. If this is true, Zelinsky will appear in the midfield position behind. Last season, he also appeared in this position under Xiao Yin's men many times, so he is not completely unfamiliar.

As for Fratesi, it is highly likely that he can only appear in the right midfield position as Barrera's substitute. If he can become an important tactical weapon under Zivo, the number of appearances and time should be much higher than in the previous two seasons. In order to make a place for him, Barrera even went to the left, otherwise he would have to continue to sit firmly on the bench!

In fact, I am a little confused about Inter Milan's midfielder planning. If I had decided to retain Flatesi, I should have terminated Mkhitaryan's contract in advance. In this way, when the Aslani is sold, a strong defensive midfielder with the style of Frendrup can be introduced, so that the team's midfield style will be more complete. It now seems that Inter Milan's midfield has stronger technical elements, but they are basically characterized by strong offense and weak defense, and lack hardness and anti-grabbing interception capabilities.

Inter Meritorious Player Bergomi said: If an attacker (change 3421) is added to the 352 formation, a midfielder who is better at regaining the ball will be added to the starting lineup.

However, Inter Milan has no room for signing in the midfield, so they can only tap potential internally. This is another difficult problem raised by the management, let’s see what kind of answer he can give!

source:7m en