Coaching acumen: 17/20 Style: 14/20 People management: 14/20 Communication: 14/20 History/achievements: 6/10 X factor: 8/10 Total: 73/100
Inzaghi capped the third year of his Inter tenure by winning the Serie A title in the most impressive of manners. Not only did his Inter side score the most goals in the Italian league (89), but also no club in the top five European leagues conceded fewer (22).
With Antonio Conte leaving the club after they were champions in 2020-21, Inter acted smartly to recruit a head coach who represented some of the same basic principles and who had impressed in a five-year spell at Lazio in his first coaching job.
An advocate of the 3-5-2 (or 3-4-1-2) system, Inzaghi has progressively created a robust, highly structured side and instilled an exceptionally strong mentality. Inter are immaculately organised and confident in possession, while the energy of the wing-backs — Federico Dimarco and Denzel Dumfries — provides width and attacking supply. The central midfielders often interchange positions naturally, and playing with two centre-forwards also offers Inter’s best goal scorer, Lautaro Martínez, extra space to attack. There are few coaches in European football more capable of setting up a well-organised XI.
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SIMONE INZAGHI, 48, Inter Milan
Coaching acumen: 17/20
Style: 14/20
People management: 14/20
Communication: 14/20
History/achievements: 6/10
X factor: 8/10
Total: 73/100
Inzaghi capped the third year of his Inter tenure by winning the Serie A title in the most impressive of manners. Not only did his Inter side score the most goals in the Italian league (89), but also no club in the top five European leagues conceded fewer (22).
With Antonio Conte leaving the club after they were champions in 2020-21, Inter acted smartly to recruit a head coach who represented some of the same basic principles and who had impressed in a five-year spell at Lazio in his first coaching job.
An advocate of the 3-5-2 (or 3-4-1-2) system, Inzaghi has progressively created a robust, highly structured side and instilled an exceptionally strong mentality. Inter are immaculately organised and confident in possession, while the energy of the wing-backs — Federico Dimarco and Denzel Dumfries — provides width and attacking supply. The central midfielders often interchange positions naturally, and playing with two centre-forwards also offers Inter’s best goal scorer, Lautaro Martínez, extra space to attack. There are few coaches in European football more capable of setting up a well-organised XI.