Preseason matches. Get 'em for what they are

Reading everywhere I find people worried for this summer preseason matches. 'We haven't scored a goal', 'we have lost with everyone', 'we don't play well' and 'Mancini is a bad manager because he isn't figuring out our situation'.

I could understand if these complaints arrived from some supporters because we have one of the most demanding supporters in Italy, but I'm really hard to understand why journalists, former soccer players and other experts don't say the reality. That is just one: the preason matches are useful only for mixing up every part of the puzzle (every player is like a piece of a team that is like a puzzle to be composed) in order to find the right set up for the future.
If we don't experiment at this moment when results are not important, so when?
If we don't try something new, if we don't try players in other roles or zone of the field where they could act better, so when?
If we don't try with any pressure some actions learnt during the training sessions, so when?

I'm not worried. I understand what Mancini is doing.
Last year he got a bunch of players chosen by Mazzarri and that Inter was based on one idea of soccer: a big defence with at least seven defensive players (Ranocchia, Vidic, Juan, D'Ambrosio, Nagatomo, Medel, M'Vila) leaving the commit to attack to the other three offensive players (Hernanes, Icardi, Palacio, Guarin, Kovacic and so on). The focus was on the defence, on the fact that we had to pay attention on our oppositors than trying to score a goal more than the others. This could be a good system if you have players like Cavani, Lavezzi, Hamsik, or Ibrahimovic, but what if you have players like Hernanes and Kovacic that still have to understand their positions, Icardi that was only a good striker (not like now that is a total forward), and the worst Palacio of last years? With no quality in the midfield and with no good wide backs (Dodo and Jonathan were embarassing players, Nagatomo has been injured for the whole year and D'Ambrosio should "learn" how to play for Mazzarri) how could we have a good game? The results were what we saw until december.

Since his arrival Mancini has tried to change the mentality, bringing the desire to score a goal, trying to improve players skills. Players like Palacio, Medel, Icardi, Hernanes have improved their soccer, but it wasn't enough. We needed something more, we needed strong players with rock bodies and fine minds. We also needed better players, and it's easy to see that we have improved:
Jonathan --> Montoya
Ranocchia --> Miranda
Juan --> Murillo
Nagatomo --> Santon or someone else
Medel (as director) --> Kovacic
Kuzmanovic --> Kondogbia
Osvaldo --> Jovetic
Don't you think we have improved? The others are the same: Brozovic, Guarin, Palacio, Icardi, Hernanes, Shaqiri, Kovacic, Handanovic. At last, let me add guys such as Gnoukouri and Biabiany that will play a good role in the next season.
I think we have done a huge step forward, but we need time. It's not easy, we need time to set up everything, every honest expert can say this.

According to the our past preasons we can see that:
2006/2007: Lost against: Milan, Juventus, Napoli, Tottenhem. Won against: Alto Adige (2-1), Porto, Maiorca (1-0). Draw against: Monaco, Aja, Watford, Sporting Lisbona.
At the end of the year we won the Scudetto with a record number of points.
2007/2008: Lost against: Valencia, Arsenal, Aston Villa, AZ Alkmaar, Barcellona (0-5). WOn against: Cina Olimpica, Man Utd, Napoli, Juventus, Milan.
At the end of the year: Scudetto
2008/2009: Lost against: Juventus, Milan. Won against: Al Hilal (1-0), Bari, Bayern, Ajax, Benfica. Draw against: Siviglia.
At the end: Scudetto
2009/2010: Lost against: Chelsea, Club America. Won against: Milan, Monaco, Bahrein (1-0). Draw against: UCLA College (2-2), Juventus
At the end: The Triplete

These are the preseason matches of an Inter that was destined to win everything.
I prefer to lose now and winning afterwards than the opposite. Moreover, we should understand against who we have lost: Bayern Monaco (with a goal scored thanks to the usual error in positioning by Juan), Real Madrid, Milan (with an impossible goal by Mexes and with our youngsters for more than one hour on the field) and Galatasaray.
This time last year we won against Roma and Real Madrid, and all of experts talked about a good Inter gelled by Mazzarri. Then we know how it finished.
So, please Mancini, do every experiments you want and let th others talk just to sell some copies of their newspapers feeding supporters that see a doom in every aspect of their lives.

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