[ITA] Serie A 2011/2012 (51 Viewers)

[Trequartista]

Did El Shaarawy get some playing time?

 

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[acmilan]

Did El Shaarawy get some playing time?

no, he was left in Milano as he is recovering from injury. He's yet to feature for Milan this summer

 

[Red]

I think Milan's performance in the first half - mostly sitting back and containing Inter's attacks - fruitless and energy consuming - may well have been a plan to conserve the players for the 2nd half considering the lack of fitness at this stage of the season. Even then, however, Milan had actually more clear goal chances than Inter, who looked more dangerous in the 2st half only due to their superior ball possession.
Inter attacked a lot in the first 35 min but they also looked gassed for most of the 2nd half when Milan started pushing forward - all in all, a tactical display by Milan influenced by the team's lack of stamina.

From what Allegri has said, I don't think Milan's start was planned.

Inter pressed quite high up and Milan couldn't get out of their own half.

considering Milan has been training for 3 weeks only before this game, with only 2 competitive friendlies under the belt, I would.

Any slight lack of fitness on the Milan side was not as big a problem as Inter missing Lucio, Maicon, Nagatomo and Cambiasso, while Milan were pretty close to full strength.

they offered as much as they were allowed

Nah.

Inter never committed enough men forward to really threaten.

As good as Eto'o and Sneijder are, they still need support from the rest of the team.

Did El Shaarawy get some playing time?

No.

 

[acmilan]

From what Allegri has said, I don't think Milan's start was planned.

Inter pressed quite high up and Milan couldn't get out of their own half.



Nah.

Inter never committed enough men forward to really threaten.

As good as Eto'o and Sneijder are, they still need support from the rest of the team.



No.

not sure how to reconcile those two

Inter had to consider the possibility of being taken on the counter after all, they couldn't just throw everything forward without risking their asses being handed to them at the back.
All in all, for all their possession and seeming superiority in the 1st half, Inter were contained quite well by Milan, who even then had more goal chances while Inter's only memorable opportunity - and the goal came after a free kick.

You can't just say Inter didn't do enough in some aspect of the game without giving credit to Milan for that.

 

[Red]

not sure how to reconcile those two

They stepped quite high up the pitch when Milan had possession, but didn't push players forward as aggressively when they had the chance to attack.

There were plenty times when they had good possession in wide areas in thefirst half, but they never got the players up in support to turn a decent position into a situation where they could really look to trouble Milan.

Inter had to consider the possibility of being taken on the counter after all, they couldn't just throw everything forward without risking their asses being handed to them at the back.
All in all, for all their possession and seeming superiority in the 1st half, Inter were contained quite well by Milan, who even then had more goal chances while Inter's only memorable opportunity - and the goal came after a free kick.

Inter were playing three CBs.

When you do that, you only need to leave one midfielder back and pretty much everyone else can push on without any great fears of being caught on the break.

As it was, Stankovic stayed deep with Motta and Sneijder and Alvarez didn't get close enough to Eto'o to give him a chance to do anything.

How did Inter plan to score?

Were they just hoping to nick a goal from a mistake or a set piece like they did? They never looked capable of doing anything else because their movement was largely non-existent.

 

[Trequartista]

no, he was left in Milano as he is recovering from injury. He's yet to feature for Milan this summer

Will he be ready for the start of the season?

 

[IrishZebra]

From what I've seen neither Milan or Inter have 'progressed' over what they were. It's early days yet but relative to the two of them I can easily imagine us being the 3rd best team in the league. That doesn't mean we'll get third though.

That being said it was a generally entertaining game only marred by the fact that when it flowed you got to see what Italian football can be and when it didn't it was absolute queef. A good curtain raiser IMO.

 

[acmilan]

They stepped quite high up the pitch when Milan had possession, but didn't push players forward as aggressively when they had the chance to attack.

There were plenty times when they had good possession in wide areas in thefirst half, but they never got the players up in support to turn a decent position into a situation where they could really look to trouble Milan.



Inter were playing three CBs.

When you do that, you only need to leave one midfielder back and pretty much everyone else can push on without any great fears of being caught on the break.

As it was, Stankovic stayed deep with Motta and Sneijder and Alvarez didn't get close enough to Eto'o to give him a chance to do anything.

How did Inter plan to score?

Were they just hoping to nick a goal from a mistake or a set piece like they did? They never looked capable of doing anything else because their movement was largely non-existent.

I don't disagree with the above, Red, but I am gonna quote myself from my previous post :

You can't just say Inter didn't do enough in some aspect of the game without giving credit to Milan for that.

I am not saying Milan played an amazing game but one cannot/should not so easily brush aside Milan's role in how tamed and toothless Inter looked today.

Personally, I think it's a bit too early to judge teams this early in the prep season, especially a team like Inter who is getting used to a new coach, some new players, and a new tactical system.
I still think that this game was influenced quite a bit by the lack of fitness from both teams and in Milan's case - only two serious friendlies prior to this match.

 

[Red]

I don't disagree with the above, Red, but I am gonna quote myself from my previous post :

You can't just say Inter didn't do enough in some aspect of the game without giving credit to Milan for that.

I am not saying Milan played an amazing game but one cannot/should not so easily brush aside Milan's role in how tamed and toothless Inter looked today.

I'm happy to credit good defending when I see it, but Inter offered so little going forward that Milan had little to do.

Van Bommel did a decent job on Sneijder, but there was no reason for Eto'o to be so isolated so often.

I happen to think that Boateng is a very poor player, but he suits Milan because he runs. Put Boateng into the Inter team instead of Alvarez, so that Inter would have had someone to get close to Eto'o and run in behind to move the Milan defence around and Inter would have found it much easier to get Eto'o and Sneijder involved in dangerous areas more often.

Personally, I think it's a bit too early to judge teams this early in the prep season, especially a team like Inter who is getting used to a new coach, some new players, and a new tactical system.
I still think that this game was influenced quite a bit by the lack of fitness from both teams and in Milan's case - only two serious friendlies prior to this match.

Of course.

I'm looking at that game on a stand-alone basis. I certainly won't be changing my ideas about the coming season on the basis of one glorified friendly.

 

[Kasaki]

Boateng doing kung-fu kicks

ibra looking like a samurai....

 

[Salvatore]

Seedorf is so cool, really enjoyed his performance today, made the game very watchable.

 

[Cheesio]

Ronny was @ the final today.

 

[indojuve]

Ronny was @ the final today.

this guy is so famous in my country, and he's known as "RONALDIKIN"

 

[Salvo]

Seedorf is so cool, really enjoyed his performance today, made the game very watchable.

Always really liked Seedorf, class player.

 

[Salvatore]

Always really liked Seedorf, class player.

Exactly. Although I really hated his performances against Juventus throughout his career, always steps up.

 

[Avalanche]

Can't stop laughing at the Ronaldinho look a like

 

[Salvatore]

 

[Bianconero81]

These 2 teams are clearly superior to us, probably in every department except goalkeeper.

We will be fighting hard for 3'rd with Napoli and potentially Roma, who may surprise. With the way the Mercato has gone so far, I see us missing out on the CL yet again with a 4'th place finish.

 

[Juventino[RUS]]

Inter is pathetic :lmao: Today Sneijder said in interview that they need money and he may leave inter

 

[acmilan]

Seedorf