The worlds eyes will be on the UEFA Champions League Final between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan on Saturday, May 31st.
Both teams have come a long and challenging way to reach the Munich Football Arena.
Inter were good from the first stage, ending up fourth with 19 points, which is equal to Barcelona and Arsenal, just two points behind Liverpool.
After that, Simone Inzaghis side knocked out Feyenoord, Bayern Munich, and then Barcelona.
On the other hand, PSG suffered more in the initial stage, ending up 15th with 13 points, which led them to play-offs.
The Luis Enrique-led side passed Brest in the play-offs and then knocked out Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal.
Small details could be crucial in this tough final, so in this tactical preview, we will examine each sides tactics in set pieces.
This tactical analysis is a set-piece analysis of each sides most important tactics in set plays, which we predict will be crucial in this Champions League Final.
We discuss how these tactics will affect the other sides defensive scheme.
Inter Milan Attacking Set Pieces
Starting with their amazing performance against Barcelona, we will see how Inter attacked a man-marking defending system.
As shown below, they target the far post and the middle area behind the two zonal defenders (red), and they prefer to use an out-swinging cross to be far from the goalkeeper.
Three players (white arrows) make decoy runs to take the attention of the two zonal defenders, but how do they free the targeted player from marking?
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Here, their trick appears, which is to ask most of the attackers to start far in a group next to or behind one another (pack or stack), as shown below.
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This allows the targeted p
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