Next experiments

Mancini tried new solutions against Sampdoria. He tried a defense with D'Ambrosio, Ranocchia, Vidic and Juan and we played a good match defensively speaking. I think this defensive asset could be fine even though I'd prefer another defensor and not Ranocchia and with Juan sat on the bench  with Santon on the pitch.

I guess that when Mancini will understand that the perfect set up would be D'Ambrosio (Nagatomo)-Vidic-Andreolli (Felipe)-Santon will be always too late.

With these four players the defense could be fixed up: Vidic has the right experience to play there and to be the leader of it, Andreolli has the right pace and velocity as Juan (but with more experience and intelligence), Santon and D'Ambrosio could give their help on both phases, defensive and offensive.
Once the defense is settled, Mancini will be able to work on the midfield. He wants to play with the 4-2-3-1 and I'd start experimenting the duo Brozovic-Medel as soon as possible. Guarin? He could play wide on the right side with Palacio on the left and Shaqiri in the middle behind Icardi that is the player that has improved more with Mancini.

Podolsky could play as a change of Shaqiri or Icardi but not on the side because he's not a wing. Another point is that Podolsky is a striker and he needs to shoot a goal to shake the critics and the fears off.

This could be the best Inter from now to the end of the season:

Handanovic

D'Ambrosio (Nagatomo)-Vidic (Ranocchia)-Andreolli (Felipe)-Santon (Juan)

Brozovic-Medel

Guarin-Shaqiri (Kovacic)-Palacio (Camara)

Icardi (Podolski)

Continue playing with the asset of last matches is useless because we are out of every competition and the qualification for one of the European Cups (Champions League and Europa League) are too far to act conservatively.

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