Frattesi: only Thuram has a better goal frequency then him
The midfielder is finding more and more space this season with Inzaghi and responds by scoring with great continuity
The midfielder is finding more and more space this season with Inzaghi and responds by scoring with great continuity.
He certainly can't be considered a reserve. Davide Frattesi is finding more and more space in Inzaghi's Inter Milan and responds by scoring with great consistency.
The midfielder is an asset for the coach, a player who sees the goal like a striker.
"Frattesi is not a problem, he also mentioned that. He is a solution. And Inzaghi is using this solution much more frequently than in the past.
And it's not a random trend: the difference compared to last season is evident. The result is: a goal every 165 minutes in the season, counting also the games played since September in the national team.
It is the fruit of a player with an uncommon talent. At Empoli in the first half he was one of the worst, involved in terms of balls touched less than half as many times as Barella and Mkhitaryan.
In the second half he scored practically on his first touch. In the Inter Milan team, adding together club and national team appearances, only Thuram has a better goal frequency.
To be clear: Lautaro is below Frattesi. The reference is obviously only to goals on action, excluding those on penalties and free kicks.
In Europe, just to give a reference, Frattesi is more strongly than Florian Wirtz, who his role is an attacking midfielde (one goal every 183 minutes on action for the German from Bayer Leverskusen).
Frattesi is the one who solves your problems. Inzaghi knows it too, who has changed his approach to his player.
So far he has played 664 minutes: to be clear, a year ago this number of minutes was reached after 16 league matches and a whole round of the Champions League. It is a sign of growth." analyses Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport via Italian website Fcinter.it.
"In Empoli he decided the match, today against Venezia he should start again, also to take advantage of a particularly positive moment of form, in every respect.
The current season is the result of a synthesis that Inzaghi is succeeding perfectly. That is, exploiting Frattesi's forwards characteristics even at the cost of slightly changing the way the team plays.
Less dribbling and more verticality, that's how it works with Davide on the pitch.
At Empoli, in the final, when the score was gone, he placed himself in front of the defence, leaving Barella the task of going to assist Lautaro, as punctually happened on the Argentine's goal. And the whole of Inter Milan enjoy the steps forward.
Frattesi is aiming for Arsenal in the Champions League, because he also wants to decide a big challenge.
With the national team he has already proven himself to be a European player, he is by far the top scorer of the Spalletti era.
He misses Inter Milan, at least here. But it is a matter of time, the road is traced" the newspaper adds.