"The Croatian inside from the first minute in the derby?" Headlines La Gazzetta dello Sport on Mario Mandzukic.
Ibra calls Mario and for the derby it can be a likely solution. Yesterday the two did not train as a couple (Zlatan was in the gym like the veterans of the match, Mandzukic struggling on the pitch) but the feeling is that it takes very little to find the right alchemy. You don't need so many words, that there won't be. The two can understand each other and coexist: Zlatan acting as center forward, or as an offensive play, and Mandzukic more moved to the side. A solution that the former Juventus player knows: it was in Juventus that he built a part of his career as a winger, when the center of the area was left to Higuain or Ronaldo. The last time he challenged Inter, December 2018, he played from the left wing: Allegri left Ronaldo in the middle and entrusted the other side to Cuadrado. In addition to the tactical disposition, Pioli is also convinced by the athletic and managerial aspect. After the experience in Qatar, which ended last July, Mario showed up at Milanello in excellent shape. The final twenty minutes on Saturday against Atalanta prove it: he was the only Rossoneri to find the opponent's goal. Two shots in the mirror (rejected), but also two tackles won, two aerial duels in which he prevailed, two balls recovered, one intercepted.
