Serie A 2021/22: Juventus vs Inter

Inter.html?fr=operanews">Juventus and Inter played a very close game on Sunday. Inter won the game. Juventus came into the match in fourth place, one point behind Inter. The Bianconeri came unbeaten in their last 16 league matches. In this article, I provide a analysis/luciano-spalletti-napoli-202122-tactical-analysis-tactics">tactical analysis of the encounter.

Juventus were without Luca Pellegrini, who was serving a one-match ban. Leonardo Bonucci and Denis Zakaria were on the bench. Massimiliano Allegri switched the formation from a 4-4-2 to a4.2-3-1. Marcelo Brozovic returned for Inter. Stefan De Vrij was still missing for the game.

Juventus started the game on the front foot and played with a high tempo. Massimiliano Allegri's team played in a 2-4-5-1 formation. Inter usually play in 5-3 formation, but Juventus played a different way. Juventus created space and attacked in numbers. Ivan Perisic was drawn out of the defensive line and into the wide areas. Marcelo Brozovic was pulled out and replaced by Alex Sandro. Juventus had two attacking lines of four. They created an overload on edge of Inter's penalty area.

Juventus started the game pressing high up the pitch and cutting off the central passing lanes to stop Inter's midfield three from controlling the match. Inter were losing possession of the ball through long balls and not being able to play through the centre of their pitch. Pablo Dybala was deployed to cut the passing lane to Marcelo Brozovic off from the one to Bastoni.

Marcelo Brozovic switched the build-up structure of Inter's game against Juventus. Marcelo's move allowed him to control the tempo of the game. Juventus were blocking the central areas with a high block. Nicolo Barella was playing in the space Marcelos vacated. Adrien Rabiot was following him and creating gaps in Juventus' defensive lines. Juventus lost the match. Inter won the Serie A match 2-1. The next game is against AC Milan.

After Inter scored their goal, their performance improved. They controlled possession a lot better and their defensive structure was more cohesive. Juventus couldn't play through the spaces that Inter controlled. Inter managed the game better by holding their shape at the right time. Juventus could only play into the wide areas before going long. In the example below, Sandro passed the ball inside to Chiellini.

Juventus lost 1-0 to Inter. It was the first time Inter won at Juventus’s home ground since November 2012. Inter is undefeated in both league meetings with Juventus since 2008/09.