Tactical Analysis ||

Admit it or not Antonio Conte Is one of the best Managers in the world, he Hopefully will end Juventus monopoly of serie a, with only 4 points needed To seal the title for internazionale. But how Antonio Conte changed inter Milano?
Build up:
The Philosophy of the buildup for inter Milano starts from Handanovic, who Often plays as a libero To support the buildup whenever the team is under pressure(Image below). However Mainly he have 3 Choices As the line formed by Skriniar, Bastoni and De Vrij gives Handa a
lots of passing possibilities, The mentioned back three will often circulate the ball looking for opportunities either for Barrela and Brozovic in the middlefield or for The Wing back Haki and Perisic.
De Vrij is the centre-back that looks to break the lines and passes into midfield or deep enough into Lu-La.
However if De vrij doesn't find a target man in the attack, he Will play a Horizontal long pass or switch Towards the wing-back to stretch up the field.
Brozo's role is often dictating switches of play and spreading the ball wide to haki or peri, or vertically to a dropping striker(Lukaku or lautaro)
However, his first line of vision is not always toward a progressive pass, and he may instead opt to play in one of the two outside centre backs first, in helping the team further open up wide spaces by giving Haki and Perisic the space to Run on the touchline.
Antonio conte's team often condense the field vertically, but stretch it horizontally. The wing-backs remain high and wide to stretch the field and give The back Three or two central midfield More chances of passing, and to create variety to their attacking play,linking up with.
The central midfielders(Perisic With eriksen, and on the other side Haki with Barella ) along with the two strikers, and then advancing into the box for through-balls, or crosses coming down the other side.
The Duos:
Barella-Hakimi, Eriksen- Perisic

Conte's team is fantastic at creating overloads in both sides, Barella’s wide role on the right gives Hakimi the freedom to work in different attacking areas.
Moreover, The duo Barella-Hakimi change into a trio Making an inverted triangle with Romelu lukaku dropping deep.
Vital Overload on the right hand side
It's not the same For Perisic-eriksen, Although Perisic Plays a significant role in the 3-5-2 nowadays, but he wasn't born for it. However conte Realized that So he made Peri more like a defensive player but with strict attacking requirements. The overload we mentioned before
Done by hakimi - Barella free up even more space for conte's team to attack down the other side (Left) , so With a small switch of play or cross into the box, Perisic will find himself facing the keeper( Similar to Perisic goal against spezia and Darmian against Verona).
Lu-La:
Lautaro Martinez and Romelu Lukaku are the best Duo in the world currently (From my perspective) they are known to swap positions and make varying runs in the final third. Both are elite goal-scorers and chance-creators.
Lukaku is extraordinary important for conte's tactics. Maybe the Most important player on the field. Not only he uses His body strength to keep the ball waiting for passing options with his back to the goal.
But also he especially can be used to win aerial out balls, hold up the ball, or drop off, and to control long balls from the defence. He uses his head to link-up directly with teammates supporting him from the midfield. He wins an average of 42,8% of aerial duels (Last Season%)
Not mentioning Lukaku's speed When combined with his body Strength which Is really vital. (His goal against lazio or Shakhtar last year).
Whereas lautaro's Role is also indispensable as he aims to open a lot of spaces by running forward centrally. Moreover he often makes great runs in the back of the Defense to Exlpoit Deadly passes from Lukaku. Not mentioning his great ability in shooting from outside the box(R2)
Attacking Transitions:

As you all know by now, inter is maybe the best team in the world in Counter attacks and the speed of there attacking Transitions.
The moment inter regain possession, The 2 strikers are joined by A wing back dropping deep to exploit the free space (often hakimi), and w central midfield(mainly Barella). While Perisic will drop deep and central towards the box, changing into a third striker
You will see Lautaro also exploiting Lots of free spaces, searching for a pass to Lukaku in the free space or the opposite.
By now I would say Antonio Conte plays chess on the field, I Think he remotely manipulate his team. When Charisma, Grinta, and Brilliance mix up you will see Antonio's face.

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