The upcoming Serie A season is set to be one of the most entertaining iterations yet, with many players who have been loyal servants for their sides moving on to new challenges. With Internazionale, this is very much the case, with players such as Milan Škriniar and Edin Džeko leaving the side for free, Romelu Lukakus loan spell coming to an end and the likes of Marcelo Brozović leaving for a fee to Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia.
The side has managed to retain some key players, with their wing-back pairing of Denzel Dumfries and Federico Dimarco still at the club and players such as Lautaro Martínez and Nicoló Barella. In addition to this, the signings of Marcus Thuram and Yann Aurel Bisseck have been brought in to replace the outgoing key players from last season.
With their local rivals AC Milan strengthening significantly, as well as the fact that Napoli are likely to retain Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Simone Inzaghi has a difficult task on his hands in maintaining a title challenge this upcoming season.
This scout report and tactical analysis will look at the fundamental tactics of Interanzionales build-up last season and whether or not Inzaghi has appeared to make any adjustments in their pre-season matches.
Internazionale Build up and attack
With 64 goals scored in the previous season from open play and 71 in total, Internazionale were one of the most potent attacking sides in the division, with only the scudetto holders Napoli bettering them in this metric.
Internazionale last season were able to create excellent opportunities when pressed relatively aggressively due to the superiorities they were able to create in the first two-thirds, through committing many players to deeper areas in the earlier stages of build-up as well as the positions of these players. This would allow them to maintain a controlled tempo, allowing them to circulate the ball before waiting for the right opportunity to inject speed into their movement and passing actions.
This can be seen in the image below, with goalkeeper André Onana basically becoming a centre-back, with Francesco Acerbi advancing into a midfield position. Due to Onanas ability on the ball, one of the centre-backs can take up slightly more advanced positions with Inter, as a result, able to create a 3v1 in the first line of build-up and a 4v3 in the second line of build-up.
