Valencia - Inter (6 Mar 07)

[ragazzofortunato]

Anyone remembers Mallorca? This summer? 5-3-2?
So maybe in this midfield crisis situation Mancio will go for that.. We played shit but our defence was good and we somehow managed to get a goal..

Julio
Cordoba Materazzi Burdisso
Maicon Maxwell
Dacourt Zanetti
Stankovic
Crespo Ibrahimovic

It ain't great but there's no Figo

 

[Knightz]

Screw Crespo, He couldn't finish if he was using a Tennis Ball.

 

[ragazzofortunato]

Screw Crespo, He couldn't finish if he was using a Tennis Ball.

I consider that having very little or nothing to do with reality since:
a) tennis ball is pretty much harder to hit than a football one
b) Crespo is one of the best finishers out there and one or two wasted chances cannot undue that
c) I suppose party boy would be a better choice? Not only can he miss impossible but can also miss the entire ball.. or not be able to stay on his feet... Oh, I've seen it more than once..

No to Crespo?
Ok... Cruz then!
After all it was his goals that brought us where we are now...

 

[snake]

Recoba may be inter's secret weapon??

 

[lonewolf19]

Recoba may be inter's secret weapon??

I wouldnt count on that

 

[Marcello]

I wouldnt count on that

I would

ild also put my money on him!!

 

[Hasan]

Recoba may be inter's secret weapon??

We all love him too much, I hope too. That kind of genius must do something big in his career.:star:

 

[cloudq]

while im sure everyone's bummed out with vieira and cambiasso out

we wont lose because they are key man, but because valencia made the most of their chances, while we didnt

with that being said, our destiny is firmly in our hands and is only a matter of how much luck valencia has

 

[1919]

Well one thing is sure, that with both Viera and Cambi out we will be fielding a more attack-minded team.

Personally i wud put Solari on the left side of the 3-man midfield. and yes to Adriano if he does not again gets drunk. I want some action from the free-kicks.

 

[1919]

Recoba may be inter's secret weapon??

what makes u think he will be fit for this match? he has not played for ages and altho he is back in training i wont put it behind him to get injured after playing 10 mins in a 5-a-side practice match.

But, if he is fit ....

i tell u one thing. i will have Stan in midfield and put Recoba in the hole behind Adri and Ibra

 

[Waleed]

Oh man are we screwed without Vieira AND Cambiasso or are we screwed?

This takes this game from near impossible to have a pleasant flight home.

Now people are pinning their hopes up on bums like Solari or injury prone Recoba? Give me a break ppl when has Solari ever stepped up for us in any game meaningless or otherwise to show us that he is even capable of commanding a starting spot in this game? As for Recoba the guy is a genius but he will prolly be watching this one from the treatment table after injuring himself another 4-5 times before the game.

Might be a huge risk but maybe Mancini can play with a makeshift 4-3-3 with Adriano, Crespo and Ibra on at the same time with Ibra a little withdrawn between the front two. Just a thought but it would take massive team training in the next two weeks to make such a drastic change work and allow the team to compensate for the imbalance something like that will create.

 

[Interista nr.1]

Well, Solari can start the game, he's great attacking player, who's weeknes is that he don't have energy to play more than 60 min. Yea i wouldn't mind playing with Ibra, Adri, and Crespo from start, with Ibra or Adri withdrawn..After all, we need to score some goals here hopefully!

 

[Waleed]

Guys I have been thinking about our midfield problem for a while. We NEED Stankovic in an advanced position to help us attack this Valencia line with force. Figo is a decent option but he only guarantees you one half of worthwhile football and putting Stan out of position as well strikes me as a bit of a double negative that is not going to help us at all.

Then I thought about it a little while longer we have 1 real CM (Dacourt) and 1 player that can play CM (Zanetti).

We also have FOUR CDs (Materazzi, Samuel, Cordoba, and Burdisso) two of them who will surely ride the bench. But why?

We tempted fate once and got rewarded for it by pushing Zanetti into the midfield so that we would not waste Maicon on the bench. No reason why we cant try it out again and that is why I propose we move Cordoba into the midfield. He is the fastest out of the four and instead of making stupid FK tackles close to the box he will make them further out and they will not be near as dangerous.

This is how I want to see it played out:

Maicon---Burdisso---Materazzi---Maxwell

-----Dacourt-----Cordoba--------------
----------------------------Zanetti

----------------Stan-------------------

----------Ibra--------------------------
--------------------------Adriano/Crespo

I generally do not post formations or line up but our makeshift squad really needs some help right now and this is the best of both worlds right now. Everyone aside from Cordoba is in a natural position for them.

Dacourt and Cordoba will sit in front of a standard defensive line. I have seen Dacourt push out to the right on many occasions when he is playing with Cambiasso and Vieira is absent so it is not a new position for him. Plus with him there he will be able to better cover for Maicon's runs and Cordoba will cover for him in the middle.

Zanetti has been playing on that left side of the "3" for many games and with Maxwell playing we will need him to cover for the attacking runs. Alternatively if Mancini wants to go ultra defensive like he did in the first game and play Burdisso at LB he can play Samuel in the middle and lose little in terms of defending.

Stan will be given freedom to do his damage in the middle and be backed up from the wide positions by the fullbacks and not have to worry too much about it cause he has a dedicated set of defenders behind him both in the midfield and on the backline.

The more I think about it the more I like this formation. We may lose some of our passing potential in the middle of the park because of the loss of Cambiasso and Vieira but the steel remains and that is what we are going to need in this game if we get an early goal. Then if things do not work he can take off someone and move Stan back and allow Figo to come in and create havoc with his fresh legs.

Time for Mancini to take a page out of QSF's book when he played Marchena in place of the injured Baraja and replace our midfield steel with a defender.

This formation puts a lot of emphasis on Cordoba's ability to stay mobile throughout the match but at least now his running abilities will be of more use and as a defender he will be able to protect his buddies on the backline cause he knows what causes them trouble. The only downside is his terrible read of the game but this is the only way I see Mancini being able to keep the team similar to his favored formation. All he needs to do is give Cordoba some Valencia tapes to help him out so that he can recognize their movements a little better. Plus this may be one game where Mancini can get away with something like this because Valencia hardly ever attack down the middle so all Cordoba would have to do is take the ball up the pitch and pass it off to the right player to start moves, something he does as a defender anyway and will only have to keep Villa from causing any trouble to the defenders from in deep.

What do you guys think??

 

[rockball]

This is how I want to see it played out:

Maicon---Burdisso---Materazzi---Maxwell

-----Dacourt-----Cordoba--------------
----------------------------Zanetti

----------------Stan-------------------

----------Ibra--------------------------
--------------------------Adriano/Crespo

Not bad..

I ll play Recoba though....think we have the league in our bag now...

CL is still a dream.
This could finally be Recoba's time...where he repays all the faith bestowed on him.

 

[Knightz]

I consider that having very little or nothing to do with reality since:
a) tennis ball is pretty much harder to hit than a football one
b) Crespo is one of the best finishers out there and one or two wasted chances cannot undue that
c) I suppose party boy would be a better choice? Not only can he miss impossible but can also miss the entire ball.. or not be able to stay on his feet... Oh, I've seen it more than once..

No to Crespo?
Ok... Cruz then!
After all it was his goals that brought us where we are now...

Party Boy or not, he get's the job done. Something that Crespo lacks.

 

[Waleed]

Party Boy or not, he get's the job done. Something that Crespo lacks.

What job is that?

The guy was in a huge slump for like a year and he scores a couple of goals and now we should rely on him in the biggest game of the season? While the predator that is Crespo who has been scoring for us all season misses a couple of chances and suddenly he is dogshit?

Come on ppl get some sense, not necessarily just calling you out knightz.

 

[1919]

What do you guys think??

I think we better put Burdisso in at DM sitting in front of the back 4. He is a much more composed player than Cordoba, with better passing ability and a calmer head.

 

[Waleed]

I think we better put Burdisso in at DM sitting in front of the back 4. He is a much more composed player than Cordoba, with better passing ability and a calmer head.

I was thinking abut that but Cordoba's speed would be a good asset in the middle of the pitch when Valencia counter.

I dont think it will happen though.

My thinking is that Mancini will play the same midfield we saw against Valencia after Cambiasso left. Hopefully Dacourt can remain injury free until then.

 

[Stefan]

If one of the 2 has to play dm it has to be Nico. He has played there for Boca before Cordoba has never played dm.

But I think we will see one of these.



Dacourt


Deki JZ


Figo

or

Deki Dacourt JZ Grosso

 

[Khalifa]

Screw Crespo, He couldn't finish if he was using a Tennis Ball.

LOL!!...Crespo can finish using a tennis ball with eyes closed even.