On the one hand, Inter are old-school Italian. Towards Bayern within the quarter-final, they had been glad to defend deep for lengthy intervals and made some glorious last-ditch blocks. In home league competitors this season, they’ve the best aerial success fee, 59 per cent, of any facet.
The three-man defence means they’re the one high facet in Europe taking part in wing-backs, so their wing play is about off-the-ball working quite than dribbling. They tried fewer dribbles than any facet in Europe’s main 5 leagues final season.
They depend on breaking rapidly greater than the opposite sides within the competitors, typically taking part in around-the-corner passes to maneuver ahead rapidly, and they’re additionally the one facet taking part in a strike partnership.
On the similar time, Inter additionally really feel like essentially the most progressive facet of the 4 semi-finalists. Their midfield is comprised of three genuinely proficient ball-players in Hakan Calhanoglu, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Nicolo Barella.
Most strikingly, Inter play rotations by their staff that really feel fully not like the rest in Europe, with the potential exception of Atalanta. Someway, they by no means appear to lose the ball and invite counters when their defenders are out of place.
Inter weren’t good towards Bayern and it’s debatable they’ve been extra formidable in earlier seasons, however nobody will relish going through them. Actually not Barcelona.
