Inter Milan insists on 352 and is Qiwo’s helpless choice! The midfield needs to rotate flexibly, and the new midfielder has made its mark!

After Inter Milan defeated Ajax away from the Champions League, coach Ziwo's comment in a post-match interview is quite interesting. At that time, Inter Milan's former player Pandev, who served as a commentator at Sky Sports in Italy, asked his old teammate Zivo a question: Do you plan to adopt a 352 formation since the beginning of the season, or do you have other ideas? Satisfied with the transfer market?

Ziwo replied: That's right, I wanted to use the 352 formation at the beginning because I didn't want to lose the team's existing advantages and certainty. We just need to make some additions to the details and regain our strong confidence and mental state. I want to reiterate: I am not stupid, I will stick to my football philosophy and not destroy this already strong team.

If you remember correctly, this should be the first time since taking office that Ziwo has made a clear statement in front of the media that he wants to use the 352 formation.

In fact, since Ziwo became the head coach of Inter Milan, it has been a hot topic about what formation Inter Milan will adopt under his rule, because he played more four-guard system during his coaching at Inter Milan youth team, and used various formations such as 352, 433, 3421 during his time in Parma. During his leadership of the team in the Club World Cup, all the teams played with 352. At that time, we guessed that Qiwo had just taken office and had not yet had time to implement his technical and tactical concepts. In order to stabilize, he chose to use the formation that the players are familiar with. During the preseason, Inter Milan's formation was still 352, but during this period, the team was pursuing Lukeman's operations in the transfer market. Under the interpretation of various media and reporters, it was precisely because he just met the needs of Ziwo's change to the 3421 team, but Inter Milan failed to sign Lukeman as he wished.

Since the start of the new season, Zivo still chose to use 352, but when he was leading Turin 5:0 in the first round, he briefly tried the 3421 formation, but the effect was average. This proves that Zivo still has ideas about changing the team, but why did he say that he wanted to use 352 from the beginning after this game against Ajax?

I think there are two factors that prompt Ziwo to give up or temporarily give up the choice of changing the array. First, the team's lineup structure is not suitable. Inter Milan's summer window signing operation is still completed according to the needs of the 352 formation. Lukeman, who is most suitable for use as a burst point in 3421, was unable to buy it. In this case, forced change of the formation regardless of the characteristics of the players, may be half the result with twice the result. Not only will the predetermined tactical effect be achieved, it will affect the team's normal strength.

The second is the choice under the pressure of the team's record. After the first round of the fantasy victory, Inter Milan suffered two consecutive losses in the next two rounds. The team suffered huge public pressure. After the Champions League started, it started to face multi-line battles. If you rashly choose to change the formation, it may bring greater turmoil in the record and pressure on public opinion.

So, under the comprehensive evaluation, Ziwo chose the most conservative but safest choice, that is, to use the 352 system that the team is most mature and is also good at. This is the best solution at present!

If Ziwo really decides to use 352 as the main formation, the team's staffing configuration in front and back courts is relatively clear, and they are basically a combination of main + substitute, but there are some problems with the personnel structure of the midfield. In the three-midfield configuration, Cialhanolu and Barrera locked in two main positions. The other candidate was originally Mkhitaryan, but his physical fitness, speed and reaction ability are no longer suitable for the main requirements. So who can replace him?

Currently, in terms of ability and effect, Susic is the most suitable candidate, and has been verified in the Club World Cup and the first round of the season. However, Susic's most suitable position should be the right midfielder. He struggled in the left midfield position in the second game against Udinese, but if he was placed in the right midfielder, he would squeeze out Barrera's position. In this case, there are two solutions. First, Barrera moved to the left midfielder and played in the left midfielder. He also played this position many times during his national team and club. He is not unfamiliar with the other two. The positions of the other two remain unchanged. Second, Barrera changed to play a midfielder and moved Carhanog to the left midfielder. Barrera's own defensive hardness and running ability will be better. Carhanoglu was originally introduced by Inter Milan as a side midfielder, but he was later changed to play a back midfielder. His offensive ability and creativity are still online. If he is placed in the left midfielder position, he can also reduce his defensive pressure and play a greater role in the offense.

These three people should be the most balanced combination of the team's offensive and defensive strength at present, but I think the original position arrangement should be changed. People are still those people, but rearrangement and combination may have unexpected results!

In the 352 formation, the back midfielder has always been like a team eye. Inter Milan's two main midfielders Brozovic and Cialhanoglu have performed very well recently, but the substitutes are not very good. Moreover, the management has been criticized for this summer window, which is that it has not introduced new midfielders, and there is no sign of the successor of Carhanolu.

Alexander Stankovic is a rising star in the team's position. In order to allow him to grow better, the team chose to sell him to the Belgian Bruges team for 9.5 million euros in the summer window to level up, retaining the repurchase terms: the amount in the summer of 2026 was 23 million euros, and it rose to 25 million euros in the summer of 2027.

After joining Bruges, Little Stan performed quite well as the team's main midfielder. In the five rounds of the A-level match this season, the pass success rate was 88%, creating one goal opportunity in offense and sending four key passes. The defense averaged 0.8 steals, 0.6 interceptions and 1.6 clearances per game, and the success rate for the top was close to 73%. In the last 4-1 Champions League match against Monaco, he still started and played the whole game. He played a good role in the offensive and defensive transformation hub in the game. His passing success rate was 87%, and his 4 physical confrontation success rate was 100%, proving his outstanding physical ability. He sent one key pass, another 2 steals and 3 clearance data.. Of course, the team's goal conceded was related to a headshot error in his penalty area, and there is still room for improvement in defensive position and experience.

However, Alexander Stankovic's defensive hardness, running ability and offense and defense conversion hub performance can prove that he is a midfielder with full potential. Perhaps he is the correct answer to Inter Milan's position! I hope he can wear the real blue and black belonging to Inter Milan as soon as possible from Bruges, and accept the cheers and applause of Nerra in Meacha!