UCL Preview - Key player, tactics and unpredictability: What Atletico Madrid should expect from Inter
What should Atletico Madrid expect from Inter? We’ve asked our friends at Football Italia for a preview of the Serie A champions-in-waiting ahead of their Champions League meeting with the Colchoneros.
It’s not hard to sign the praises of Simone Inzaghi’s Inter this season; they’ve looked a team reborn since their Champions League final loss to Manchester City last term, being a far more decisive and punishing squad in their quest for glory.
The Nerazzurri have been almost flawless in Serie A this season, dropping points just four times across 28 matches, with only one of those occasions being a loss. They hold a 16-point lead with 10 games left to play and have all but guaranteed their 20th ever Scudetto.
Inter are now able to place full focus on Europe’s premier club competition, where they’re clearly looking to complete some unfinished business after last campaign’s second-place finish. They completed a controlled and quiet group stage but now the gloves are off in the knock-out stages.
Inzaghi’s squad are in fine form, having won their last 10 consecutive league matches, and all of their core stars are fully fit, with the only real absences being backup options Marko Arnautovic, Carlos Augusto, Stefano Sensi and Juan Cuadrado.
Inzaghi’s Inter have a defined and efficient game plan that they’re unlikely to stray from in their trip to the Spanish capital – they’ll line up in a 3-5-2 formation, with a focus on lightening fast transitions, punishing counter-attacks and dynamic work from their central midfield trio.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Nicolo Barella and Hakan Calhanoglu will all play key roles in the match, able to switch focus from hard-working defensive efforts to punishing attacking moves at the blink of an eye. Wide
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