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GASP TO CHANGE: HERE'S WHY

False start for Inter.  After the defeat in Palermo, Champions League test arrives immediately.

The formation, shaky defense, players out of position, attack cannot take off, possible remedies.

So the coach of Inter is preparing to correct the track: starting tomorrow with Trabzonspor.

GASPERINI IS THINKING TO CORRECT HIS INTER.

Five questions for him to answers and an emergency: between Trabzonspor and Roma, his future is at stake.

There are, so it seems at least, two substantial differences between Gian Piero Gasperini and Rafa Benitez, his predecessor a year ago began the season limpingly (and then we know how it ended) and thus represents the spectrum of a precedent that can be a problem.  First: the team believes in the coach and his ideas more than what happened last  year, though they will soon need to see the effectiveness of all the things that they are doing in training on the field.  The second: Benitez was self-imprisoned with handcuffs of his own stubbornness by staying true to certain ideas that at the moment were incompatible with Inter; Gasperini seems willing to consider that his ideas or beliefs are not untouchable dogma.  One of the many to recognize this quality of Gapsperini, after being cornered in a sort of chess game on the field, was Jose Mourinho: one that started at Inter using the 4-3-3 but then he was able to admit that Inter, at that time, did not have the suitable players to play it.  In five questions, we will try to understand how Gasp will handle this delicate moment.

1. Some changes, tactically, are already for tomorrow night?

That is a possibility that cannot be left out.  Changes that could be for the defense with a more rigid defensive line of four because for the attack, Gasperini will find it difficult to give up the three strikers.  A solution that gives stability to that department as he is also waiting to get a better balance in the defense collectively.  The coach still does not seem to take for granted the need to model his ideas based on the men he has as he remains convinced of being able to realize his ideas with those he has.  But at the same time, he does not hide the urgent need in his defense during this delicate moment and knows that, with the offensive potential that he has in Inter, not allowing goals would be winning half a battle.

2. Is the defense or defensive phrase a problem?

This question is rhetorical.  There is no defensive model that cannot be penalized or exalted by collective participation when a team doesn't have the ball.  But it is also true that in the absence of this assumption, a line of three can be in difficulty more easily.  Especially if the contingency leads to the suffering of the two central midfielders with the risk of sudden vertical penetrations.  The contribution of the two outside midfielders in Jonathan and Nagatomo as Maicon is still out due to injury for Gasperini.

3. Why can't the attack take off earlier?

Only after the 2-2 in Palermo, and just shortly before suffering the double blow for the KO, that we saw Inter in an offensive attacking football of Gasperini though the first two goals were not the result of it and the third was a situation of nostalgia for the 4-3-1-2 (assist from Wesley Sneijder in the midfield for Forlan with a move from a pure striker) and for the rest, Tzorvas, Palermo keeper, had a quiet evening.  Not only that, convincing Sneijder to take the role of a winger has been going on for a while now and in Palermo suggests that there is not much time for Forlan and Zarate to adapt to their new roles.  Lastly, we have the central striker situation and that is one of Milito and Pazzini must accept the idea of rotation.

4. A problem of players out of position?

They are not completely out of position but there is a need to adapt to the new role.  We would say that, on paper, almost all the players seem perfect for a 4-3-1-2.  Or at least, in case of central defenders, they would be perfect for a line of four.  For Sneijder, trequartista is obviously his position; Forlan appeared to be penalized due to tiredness for being on the wing and he, perhaps, is playing to far away from the goal; Zarate did not leave with the features of a Gasperini winger; and Zanetti, as a central defender, also has his doubts.

5. Are the next two matches decisive?

The head of Gasperini is not already under the sword of Democles due to Moratti's impatience but rather of his very high level of attention.  The president refuses the idea of having another bad start like last season and in this sense, all radars are well lit: if against Trabzonspor and Roma, problems continue to exist or the difficult period, then Moratti could trigger an examination of the situation which would be deeper that one currently in these days.

Source: Gazzetta dello Sport