Tactical Analysis : Ac Milan 0-2 Inter Milan | An Big Win For Inter |

What tactics did we see play out in this encounter?
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[@Cynorkis]

Can’t believe how much space inters midfield had at times. Milan were so spread out

[@pwdajjal]

It's the way Inzaghi plays his game. 1 regista in Calhanoglu and 2 ball carriers in Barella and Mhki flank by both offensive and defensive capable wing backs in DiMarco and Dumfries. Milan on the other hand has only try 352 recently to imitate Inter’s but failed miserably as Pioli could only field 3 defensive midfielders with clueless wingbacks thus left gaps in between in what is apparently poorly drilled team move. Inter has been playing the way they were ever since Conte era and now with Inzaghi more preferred fluid style Inter no longer depend on counter attacking but they can smashed open opponent defense at their mercy.

[@lucaferlisi2486]

I still don't get why Milan has so many troubles with facing teams that employ 3 defenders. This also happened against Cremonese and Roma.

[@monoapoel234]

​@@lucaferlisi2486 Pioli is horrible at adapting

[@MehdiReddaa]

Inzaghi prepared well for the match, taking advantage of Leao's absence to implement a 1-on-1 marking and press Milan higher. Inter's players were superior in winning second balls due to their crowded midfield and physicality. Pioli relied heavily on long balls to the target man this season, making them vulnerable to high-pressing teams that excel in winning second balls. This strategy contributed to Milan's crisis in January. I believe it would have been more effective if Pioli had opted for a 3-4-3 formation, which has proven solid against teams utilizing a 3-5-2 formation.

[@jimbobulator2.085]

Yes I agree long balls are piolis main tactic and with the absence of leao there aren’t really any good rebounders if a long ball goes short. I also think that we were giving away way too much space in their attacking stages. I’m not sure what formations we could use for next season to fix some of these problems we had

[@jimbobulator2.085]

Yes I agree long balls are piolis main tactic and with the absence of leao there aren’t really any good rebounders if a long ball goes short. I also think that we were giving away way too much space in their attacking stages. I’m not sure what formations we could use for next season to fix some of these problems we had

[@zakzk1257]

​@@jimbobulator2.085 The 4-2-3-1 formation was effective when we had the right players. We witnessed our best football in the 20/21 season. Zlatan was instrumental, dominating most of the long balls and also dropping deep to combine with his teammates. Hakan was quite good at the attacking midfield role, consistently supporting the double pivot in midfield and moving around the pitch. The pairing of Kessie and Bennacer was S tier duo, a formidable combination of physicality and technical ability. However, we have now lost these crucial elements, which is why I believe it's time to switch to a 4-3-3 formation. This formation is simpler to implement and easier to find players who can excel in this system.

[@nigelbhebhe2805]

An absolute masterclass from Inzaghi. I think the 2nd leg they should be less aggressive but still look to get 1-2 goals that really finish the tie off. You don't want to allow Milan to score a goal that gets them back into it.

[@YungG1]

The same tactic they used to destroy Barca. The wingbacks were terrifying

[@crisis_za6491]

Only time they "destroyed" was a narrow 1-0 where barca were robbed and the 3-3 all there players were injured

[@jackname49]

​@@crisis_za6491 FC Inter deserved 3-4 at Bernabeu

[@t-boneskillet1496]

​@@crisis_za6491 🤔barca robbed....now that's funny!

[@slenderman2697]

@@crisis_za6491 this inter is weaken compare to other inter version though they smashed barca and now they are goint to Istanbul

[@crisis_za6491]

@@jackname49 what? That's not even barcas stadium but ight go watch football they ain't deserve they only tied coz of piques mistakes and the first match was a robbery

[@islandyouth1744]

The problem i have with a 3-5-2 is the back five structure makes it a little more difficult to press effectively in so your team can be pushed all the way back into a low block against a good ball moving team but its excellent in transition i guess every shape has it's bright and dull sides

[@nix8260]

Now you know ball

[@nigelbhebhe2805]

I think it's fine if your team is comfortable playing in a low block. I'd prefer my team to be flexible; comfortable sitting deep against high quality opponents, but also proactive and aggressive at other times.

[@user-iz4oy8gd4l]

I disagree. Against a back 4 you can press like shown in the video above, against a back 3, where your 2 strikers are outnumbered you push up one of the midfielders (usually Barella at inter) to press the third CB. Wingbacks press opposing wingbacks and the defensive midfielder (Brozo) and other midfielder (Miki) keep an eye on the opposing midfielders. I think its fairly flexible as a formation and very dependant on good wingbacks. Dumfries has been a little disappointing this season in terms of scoring but is very athletic and thus makes up for it. Does my explanation make sense?

[@islandyouth1744]

@@nigelbhebhe2805 that's true your right But isn't spending majority of the game in a low block against team's like man city, real Madrid etc dangerous? Giving those ball players chance after chance of picking their moments as they are good at finding spaces and exploiting them

[@islandyouth1744]

@@user-iz4oy8gd4l yeah it does but what i am saying is pushing your wingbacks that high in this shape can lead to a lot of exploited space in behind against teams that move the ball effectively into their wingers so in order to be effective your wide center back would have to get across to cover for your pressing wing back until that wingback gets back into shape if he is bypassed leading to you being pushed back constantly throughout the game if the wingback goes forward and wins a tackle that's good but if he is bypassed then you are compromised badly

[@abdotaher9109]

Man to man press is op against teams who don’t have good build up quality

[@dwex8596]

i hate teams who play out the back just hoof it

[@abdotaher9109]

@@dwex8596 so other team get the ball easily not so clever

[@dwex8596]

@@abdotaher9109 But you risk losing the ball in dangerous positions close to your net is that a good idea?

[@dwex8596]

@@abdotaher9109 You have mote chance to concede playing it out from the back then to get a goal scoring opportunity but everyone has different opionions on how fotball schould be played

[@abdotaher9109]

@@dwex8596 if it was bad idea best teams in the world , Real Madrid ,Manchester,etc .. would not do it

[@dwex8596]

ac milan with more possesion but inter created all the chances possesion can be overrated

[@kesh_r]

Your explanation of tactics are always clear and on point with clean graphics supported by match footage. Great work

[@kestonsmith1354]

My only problem is that alot of inter are leading, they tend to get complacent. So for me, the job isn't done until the next leg is over. I'm very elated at my team's performance

[@marcomargarita2855]

Inzaghi has used the same tactic in the last 3 derby…it worked out, but Pioli (especially without Leao in the 1 vs 1) has to create something different!

[@enriquevasquez3342]

Brooo thanks for this content I love understanding football this way 😊

[@YungG1]

Inter will go to the final and trust me they will cause serious problems for either City or Madrid depending on who qualifies😊

[@josephjaphet726]

you were right

[@emmanuele7441]

Ac Milan expecting leao to help them advance in the second leg just shows how bad the team is built

[@kesh_r]

Sadly I have to agree

[@rishikeshbhaskar5666]

Yeah every Milan fan is talking about Leao's return as if he is Cristiano Ronaldo who is gonna smash 3 goals himself in the second leg to get his team through

[@lalos9782]

Great video mate

[@chazclifford327]

I was saying that within 5 minutes after noticing inter's man marking, pioli should've instructed giroud to shift to the left onto darmian, and then instruct Kruger and diaz to push up and shadow giroud waiting for the 2nd ball. This couldve allowed maignan to continuously have an outlet to the left because inter were more combative and aggressive when the 2nd balls came especially on the left. I think that 2nd leg i would use both origi and giroud as my wide target men on the flanks to shift the battles to the wings

[@dinoperta3576]

Who in the blue fuck is Kruger😂😂😂😂

[@fungool]

@@dinoperta3576 Lord Krunic

[@fillipe4700]

I1'm happy that both Italians teams made it to the semis, but I'm even happier for Inter than Milan

[@homeboy_lp]

for a channel called “football made simple” you should analyse matches from other top leagues too. if not that then atleast the europa league games

[@Danielkozina]

They stopped the other teams progression phase and pressed them well letting them have limited chances on the ball, and they failed to make adjustments to that as well.

[@maurodiporzio2566]

Football made even more simple N.1: Milan tactic: let's give the ball to Leao, he will dribble a few opponents and either put it in the net or pass it to Giroud in front of the keeper. Milan stats this season with Leao: 2.2 points avg per match in Serie A Milan stats this season without Leao: 0.8 points avg per match in Serie A. Fact. Football made even more simple N.2: Inter has the lowest number of dribblings per team in the whole SERIE A! and second lowest as average per match in the champions league (after Viktoria Plsen). Still, Inter are able to score a lot, create chances over chances through exceptional team play, 1-2 touches football (like the second goal in this video) and interchangeable positioning on the pitch amongst players. Mr Simone highly underrated in my opinion 🖤💙

[@kesh_r]

Milan fan here, Pioli has no effective tactic besides park the bus and counter which only works against teams like Napoli (and potentially city lol). He’s brought the team as far as he can, we need someone else for next year

[@jimbobulator2.085]

During the game we saw inter with so much space in the attacking stages I think if pioli had focused on the right hand side in his tactics the score line could’ve been much different

[@kylerodd2342]

Came back to watch this because of the changes this summer. If Milan plays a 433 with a deep regista then we’ll cut out a lot of the problems Inter hit us with early in the match. When starting with a gk, the fullbacks can press higher up, not allowing Inter’s wingbacks too far into our space. Then Inter’s 2 strikers have to try and cover 2 CBs and a DM along with Maignan; an easy 4v2 for Milan. If Inter commit a midfielder to press then their DM will have to push up on one of Milan’s 8s and this will allow Milan to be 3v3 vs Inter’s backline. And with Giroud as a target man and Leao and Chukweze running in behind this would be suicide for Inter. So Inter will have to either retreat their wingbacks back to create a 5v3 in the back, freeing up Milan’s fullbacks. Or Inter will have to take the L on the high press and allow their DM to come back to help the backline which would allow their wingbacks onto Milan’s fullbacks. Either way, a 433 is likely the best way to counter Inter’s 352. It’s going to be much trickier for Inter this season to try and beat Milan. It’s not going to be so cut and dry. I think the only chance Inter will have to beat Milan this season is to sit back, defend very narrowly and compactly, and hit on the counter. Milan, for a long time, have a hard time breaking down teams that sit back. Maybe it’ll change with the new signings. So hopefully we fix that because I’m betting that’s how Inter approaches these future games. And if they don’t they will lose.

[@beez15]

Please do Roberto De Zerbi Beighton tactics

[@hungotuan4431]

Great play from Inzaghi 😆

[@HeadShotKilla10]

after watching this video, i realized that Inter might have actually gotten better this year not worse. For this style of pressing defense Pavard is a huge upgrade over Darmian, Frattasi will be able to press much better then Mkhitaryan and Thuram has alot more legs then Dzeko or Lukaku to assualt the high press.... Onana will hit though

[@suyashshukla149]

make one on arsenal vs Brighton please

[@slenderman2697]

Expérience play big rol also

[@HimanshuYadav-xr2jb]

Can you please make a video on the Tactical side of Busquets carrer ???❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sqq3985]

You didn’t say a lot about ‚inter with the ball‘ 😔

[@theodornielsen516]

this was only an ac Milan review basically almost nothing about Inter from his point of review inter only defend and didn't attack

[@JamesandSabeenThisIsJS-zm5py]

De zerbi brighton vs arsenal please 🙏🏾⚽️

[@dwex8596]

pressing is a risk and reward

[@debojyotighosh6733]

Win it 💪

[@nasherlock17]

Calhanoglu wrong number

[@ajayrawtani5321]

This is clearly Fail Pioli Tactics! Nothing special about Inzaghi's tactics

[@gregoriuspascalis500]

Well the Messias was not even a serie a player 3 years ago, Diaz was also just a Madrid bench player. The only world class player is Leao, Theo, Maignan, Tonali, Bennacer. Inter have Martinez, with Lukaku and Correa ready on the bench, in midfield they have Brozovic, Barella. Sometimes I always thought that Milan punch above their weight and even if they have new owner, they refuse to spend.

[@hidajetsejdic4270]

Džeko scored more goals then half of them together, why is he not on your list? Why not Giroud?

[@gregoriuspascalis500]

@@hidajetsejdic4270 I know, I haven't even mentioned the backline, but my point is Milan don't have the same depth as Inter

[@ayo_chilt]

I’m an Inter fan and Joaquin Correa has been piss poor😂. The guy scored against Benfica 2nd leg and before that his last goal dates back to October 💀. He’s link up play go be fair is good but don’t be surprised if he doesn’t get a goal in the last matches of the season. Inzaghi loves him as their relationship dates back to Lazio days but we need someone to challenge Dzeko, Lautaro and Lukaku. He is just lucky Dzeko is aging like fine wine. It’s almost like he loves being a bench player

[@gregoriuspascalis500]

@@ayo_chilt Is he poorer than CDK? I seriously doubt that, Milan backup striker was Origi and Rebic whose combine goal doesn't reach 2 digits

[@ayo_chilt]

@@gregoriuspascalis500 CDK is young and not Serie A proven like Joaquin Correa. To me it was a big gamble AC Milan buying him with the price tag they paid for me from Club Brugge. Then again the market these days is inflated as hell. Look at Antony Gordon for example😂. The guy just had 7 goals and 8 assists in 78 games and got a £45 million move. Surely Newcastle are regretting now and I don’t believe he will come good at all if he continues to stay and continue to be a bench player. Then again the transfer isn’t hurting their pockets. Even Murphy is better than him and I didn’t think he would last long at Newcastle due to their takeover but he is shining kind of. I’m an Liverpool fan before Inter fan but for me Origi is a deserving starting player given what he did for Liverpool all those years but I feel AC Milan is kind of big for him to be a starting player. Hell he looks suited as a Winger then a Striker which is kind of like a back step behind for him. A mid table team if he wants to be a starter player is where he should be imo. As for Rebic, I’ve always wondered what happened to him. I never expected him to ever go on a bad run of form and even be behind the likes of Junior Messias who is also another bench player. Looks like a ghost from he’s Eintracht Frankfurt days. Glad Inter is not like AC.

[@Tj2k01]

Could you do Chelsea 09/10

[@francisdz6773]

You should be a coach bro.... seriously.... you're a coach in the making

[@omaari155]

Ac milan need real Dm tonali needs to drible as Dm it'S RISK and he lost more chances if he pass the ball quick milan can be danger

[@joeschmoe2030]

Btw the name of the team is Inter, Nerazzurro/i (singular and plural) or Internazionale. It's not "Inter Milan". Just in case you don't want to sound like a moron. The other team, in red and black, are Milan. Not AC Milan, just like the Abu Dhabi League team Liverpool are not FC Liverpool. Sound like you know what you are talking about, even if you often don't.

[@smnomad9276]

You really should stop showing your hands moving on the screen and instead show real footage with drawings and visual effect with that software instead to make it easy to understand. You should break down games like mitzo jr.

[@bannaboy5800]

4-3-2----

[@fillipe4700]

I miss the old Inter logo

[@pauladeribigbe4692]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Michael-yo3vu]

*A big win

[@hungotuan4431]

Inter decided to go gung-ho last night And succeeded 😆

[@oussamacheta7106]

I have to say, the ref had something to do with it, he let inter players be too agressive on the press (even for italien football), he refused to give fouls to AC Milan and didn't give yellow cards to inter which encouraged them to be even more agressive, and failed to protect the players, in my opinion, that’s what caused Benaser to get injured, the ref maid it almost impossible to beat the press by dribbling and carrying the ball (I'm not saying Inter bought the ref, I'm saying that inter successfully took advantage the ref's style)

[@sidthesloth107]

I wish the ref would give all the “fouls” to Milan that way inter would have gotten a penalty and krunic a red card

[@sexpistoln_5961]

yeah true but its true that var penalise inter for the boxing match of krunic on bastoni great mike tyson cosplay but always VAR off for milan this champions league.

[@dariasA88]

Yeah, the same ref that didnt expelled and give Inter a penalty for the punch krunic gave Bastoni

[@oussamacheta7106]

@@dariasA88 This is exactly what I'm saying, I'm not saying that the ref favored Inter over AC Milan, I'm saying that Inter successfully took advantage of the fact that the ref's style is letting the players be too agressive

[@dariasA88]

@@oussamacheta7106 dude, one thing is to be agressive, another thing is to punch a rival. Thats one missed red card and penalty that benefited milan in a huge degree for the return leg. They already lost bennacer and losing krunic was a fatal blow for their midfield.

[@Gaaei]

#ACMilan you better wake the fvkc up 2nd leg. #ForzaMilan everyday!

[@aslamaslam5520]

I think inter Milan will be champion of UCL

[@budiarjun]

Forza inter

[@hanunkredyansyah9108]

go interr road to final .....

[@PalestinianVictory96]

Inter will lose the final if they play like this

[@dwex8596]

wassup

[@philjonesfootball4696]

All this to get their asses handed by city

[@JonasElias-di5ub]

First 😁

[@fungool]

100th

[@smithswoodrookie]

Extremely disappointing from Milan 😞

[@aboutfootballhd9512]

Meaningless semi final Winner is between man City or real Madrid Milan team don't have a chance Two bang average team lucky draw through out the champion league

[@Cynorkis]

True but still anything can happen in a final

[@dwex8596]

Yep the cl draw sucked this year

[@dwex8596]

@@Cynorkis Haha cmon now city or real slaps either of these teams with ease

[@n3kuzya]

If Real does win against Man City there is totally the possibility in my opinion. If Man City goes to the final I agree it will be way more difficult, but nothing's impossible in UCL

[@nigelbhebhe2805]

​@@n3kuzyanope. Madrid just don't lose a final. If they go through, the trophy's got their name on it

[@madsnn4222]

The ref also let inter continously elbow our players and end counters

[@attilac7339]

and forgot to give 2 pens (Krunic punch '74, Thiaw hand '77) for them, not sure the Ref was that bad for Milan at the end

[@fungool]

@@attilac7339 thiaw situation, the ball hit is body first then hand which is not considered a handball. Ref was not calling many niggling fouls against Milan, the only situation that was not called in Inter's favor was Krunic hitting Bastoni.

[@attilac7339]

@@fungool i am not sure about the handball, i know the ball first hit his right shoulder but then that left arm was not in a proper position, and therefore it should not be ignored, just because first it hit/touched another part of the player (just imagine a situation when a defender is at the goal line, both hands, arms above his head, and the ball first touches his head, and then he blocks finally by the arms... by your logic, it is within the rules, but I would see the ref who does not give a penalty for that, even, the intention was to head the ball out) also there was a same issue, when Giroud hit Dumfries neck/chin , and the ref gave goal kick, when the same happened to Mikitarjan, gave yellow immediately.. I couldn't recall any other hit made on Milan players, and this one was sanctioned properly

[@madsnn4222]

The ref also let inter continously elbow our players and end counters

[@sexpistoln_5961]

The Var let krunic boxing

[@Luigi_Sgn]

Don't cry😂