Italy betrays its 'catenaccio': why is its League the highest scorer in Europe?

The Inter that Valdebebas visits is an exponent of the offensive revolution that occurs in Italian football, interpreted as a step forward in search of a greater spectacle after years of crisis in the 'calcium' or as a betrayal of the old 'catenaccio' to which so much owes the four-time champion Italy.

After scoring an all-time record for goals last season (1,154), the current Serie A is on track to beat it, with an average

of

, more than the bubbly Premier (3.2) and, of course , than the League (2,3).

With one game less, Inter have scored two more goals (15) in their domestic tournament than Madrid (13).

On the other hand, he has conceded twice as much as the whites (10 against five).

It is the 'calcium' in reverse, a growing phenomenon since recent seasons.

Four years ago, in the 2016/17 academic year, both tournaments tied in the production of goals (1,118).

Since then, Serie A has always been ahead until the aforementioned record last season, when it added 112 more than the League.

The explanations for this phenomenon that is no longer a matter for a few, such as the powerful Juve, the emerging Atalanta or the reborn Milan, are several, in the opinion of

, who before arriving at Valencia shared in Parma, Sampdoria and Rome some of the best years of the last great calcium era, in the late 80s and early 90s. «During the last years, Italian football assumed that it had to change, evolve, because it was clear that it had lagged behind with respect to the Premier or the Spanish League.

This not only brought a greater investment in forwards, as the clubs recovered economically, but also a

“explains the Italian.

Defenders trained as midfielders

“The new generation coaches - he continues - started looking for higher levels of possession, something that had never mattered before in Italy, because for us the perfect match was 1-0.

Consequently, the profile of the defenders was transformed, educated today almost as midfielders for the exit of the ball, but worse in the man brand, in the one on one.

We hardly see

or

».

They are 33 and 36 years old, respectively.

The Uruguayan

, at Inter, can be considered of that profile.

He's 34. “Younger defenders come with a different style more suited to possession, but they lose most of their games with attackers who are among the best in the world.

That translates into more goals, of course, ”Carboni continues.

Inter itself is a good example of that bet, with names like

.

The second, who will not finally play this Tuesday in Valdebebas, scored 34 goals in 51 games in his first season in Italy.

Even

tyranny

has yielded to emerging strikers like

, who snatched the top gunner scepter from him last season, or to the brilliant return of

.

At 39, the Swede has scored 16 goals since his arrival in January, seven in four games played this season.

The last one, from Chile against Udinese, keeps Milan leading.

The five changes and the Covid crisis

“Contrary to years ago, the great Calcium teams already have attackers of the highest level, although it is difficult to compete economically with the Premier and the League.

The trend will also increase, along with the appearance of national strikers such as

[Lazio] or

[Torino], because this new culture will generate them, ”he continues.

For the former Valencia player and sports director, however, the Covid-19 crisis has also produced a situation favorable to the increase in goals, in general, in the last season and the current one.

"The five changes are very influential, because normally attacking players are always replaced and with so many options you can refresh the entire forward.

It is very strange to see the change of a central, except for injury.

This means that the same defender must face two different forwards in each game, much fresher, a fact that increases the difficulty, together with the less training and experience in marking the man, "concludes Carboni, for whom the 1-0 yesterday, today no longer works.

Nor for Inter.

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