After a slow start to the season, Real Madrid have begun to turn a corner as they came into this game undefeated from the previous three encounters, which also included the 3-1 victory in El Clásico. Inter, on the other hand, had a forgetful October as Antonio Conte’s men failed to register a single win during the last month.
Group B has so far proved to be one of the most fascinating groups of this year’s UEFA Champions League as the underdogs Shakhtar Donetsk sit in the top half of the table along with Borussia Mönchengladbach while the likes of Real Madrid and Inter languish in the bottom half.
The latter two teams were pitted against each other during the third game week of the campaign as this tactical analysis report aims to showcase the tactics that were used by both the managers in what was supposed to be a crucial battle for both the teams in terms of their survival in the tournament.
Lineups
Zinedine Zidane started with his preferred 4-3-3 system and made three personnel changes from his side’s 4-1 victory against Huesca over the weekend. Ferland Mendy came in for Marcelo, Raphaël Varane replaced Éder Militão, and Toni Kroos in place of Luka Modrić as the trio, who played in their previous Champions League game against Mönchengladbach, returned to the team after getting rest over the weekend. Eden Hazard started for the first time in this year’s UCL campaign.
Conte, on the other side, had also rested his key players over the weekend in their 2-2 draw against Parma. Hence, the Italian manager made wholesome changes for this game which included the return of Danilo D’Ambrosio and Alessandro Bastoni for Andrea Ranocchia and Aleksandar Kolarov respectively, Ashley Young for Matteo Darmian, Marcelo Brozović for Roberto Gagliardini, and Arturo Vidal for Christian Eriksen.
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