Preview of San Giros United VS Inter Milan: Inter Milan has a big rotation in the starting lineup, can they get all 3 points in the away game?

The UEFA Champions League has resumed. Inter Milan will challenge the Belgian First Division champions United Saint-Giroir away away on October 22, the first match day of the third round. For Inter Milan, this is also a relatively weak opponent in the recent competition, and it is also the first stop of the devilish schedule of double matches in the next three consecutive weeks. Head coach Chivu will rotate most of the main players, and there may be up to 7 unconventional starting players. Facing the Belgian champions who have performed strongly in recent years, can Inter Milan get all 3 points on the road?

Under the coaching of new coach Chivu, Inter Milan is entering the best stage of the season. After losing to Juventus in El Clasico, Inter Milan has won 6 consecutive victories in various competitions, including 4 consecutive wins in Serie A and 2 consecutive wins in the Champions League. Currently, Inter Milan is 1 point behind AC Milan and ranks second in Serie A. Together with Bayern, Real Madrid, Paris, Arsenal and Qarabach, they are the only 6 teams that have maintained a complete victory in the first two rounds of the Champions League. However, Inter Milan's winning streak in the early period also benefited from their weak opponents. Except for Sassuolo and Roma, which caused a little trouble for Inter Milan, Inter Milan won the rest of the games easily.

Inter Milan will soon face a relatively difficult schedule. From October 22 to November 10, Inter Milan will play 6 games in 21 days, with double matches per week for 3 consecutive weeks. The six opponents are San Giros United, Naples, Fiorentina, Verona, Almaty Kairat and Lazio. Especially after playing San Giros United away from home, they have to go to the away game to face Naples for the top spot in Serie A.

Double matches in a week, continuous double matches in a week, is the best test of the head coach's ability to organize his troops. Currently, there are several injured players in the Inter Milan team, namely Thuram Jr., Damian and Di Gennaro. They all stay at the Inter Milan training base and did not go to Belgium with the team. According to media predictions, Inter coach Inzaghi is likely to form such a starting lineup, with goalkeeper Josep Martinez, defenders Bastoni, Devere and Akanji, wings Augusto and Dumfries, midfielders Calhanoglu, Suchic and Fratesi, and forwards Boni and Esposito. Compared with Inter Milan's theoretically strongest lineup, at least 7 players have been replaced. Chivu's courage is not small.

As for the goalkeeper position, Inter Milan has gradually put Josep Martinez in the position this season, forming a rotation with Sommer. Basically, Sommer is used in tough battles with strong opponents, and Martinez is used in ordinary games, and Martinez's performance in several appearances is also reassuring. De Vrij replacing Acerbi and Augusto replacing Dimarco are regular rotations for Inter Milan. Considering Acerbi's age and Dimarco playing 180 minutes in the national team, these two rotations are particularly important. Bastoni, Akanji and Dumfries were not rotated. These three are the absolute main force of their respective national teams. Especially Akanji and Dumfries both played 180 minutes and were not rotated. This was because their substitutes (Bicek and Luis Enrique) were not so reassuring.

In the midfield, Calhanoglu still starts, because he is the only player among Inter Milan's regular starters who does not have a substitute, and Inter Milan must find a substitute for him in the winter window. Sucic is the most capable of Inter Milan's midfield substitutes, and there is no problem for him to replace Mkhitaryan in the starting lineup. Fratesi started in place of Varela, which had something to do with his previous complaints about too few playing opportunities. At the same time, Chivu was giving him opportunities. If he couldn't seize it, it would only be a matter of time before he left the team.

On the front line, the two young players Boni and Esposito are likely to start together. First, because Thuram is recuperating from injury and has not even traveled with the team. Second, captain Lautaro has been tired after returning from Argentina. Both Boni and Esposito have performed surprisingly well this season. This is also the first time they have started at the same time this season, which is worth looking forward to.

Inter Milan's opponent in this game, United Saint-Girois, was the champion of the Belgian First Division last season. This season, it also beat Brugge and Anderlecht to rank first in the Belgian League after 11 rounds. The team coach is 37-year-old Belgian Hubert. He took over from Poconioli who went to Monaco to coach as the team coach on October 13. In the first game of coaching, he led the team to defeat Charleroi 3-1 in the Belgian League. The game against Inter Milan will be his second game since taking office.

The players on the San Giros United team are worth a total of 90.6 million euros, which is about the same as Lautaro alone. The most valuable player on the team is the 24-year-old Canadian forward Promis David, who joined the team for 600,000 euros last season. Estonia's Kalilu transferred to United San Giros. He played 41 times for the team last season and contributed 23 goals and 4 assists. His performance was astonishing and his worth has soared to 13 million euros. This season, he has scored 5 goals in 12 appearances for the team. He will be the main threat to Inter Milan's defense.

Inter Milan and United Saint-Giroir have not played against each other in official games before. In the first two rounds of the Champions League, Inter Milan 2-0 Ajax away and 3-0 Slavia Prague at home. United Saint-Giroir 3-1 Eindhoven away and 0-4 Newcastle at home. From the perspective of strength, Inter Milan clearly has the advantage, so even if it is an away game and many substitutes are sent to start the game, Inter Milan still has a great chance to score all 3 points.

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