Thierry Henry called Simone Inzaghi ‘a genius’ after Inter scored an extraordinary goal against Bologna in Serie A. ‘I have never seen it before!’
The Nerazzurri are in action this evening in the Champions League against Atletico Madrid and Inzaghi already took them to the Final last season, where they narrowly lost to Manchester City.
In the build-up to that match, legendary forward Henry performed an analysis of the Inter 3-5-2 formation for CBS Sports Golazo and it is safe to say he is a big fan.
“It is quite often said that strikers cannot be good managers, but he defies the logic. The way he sets up his teams is second to none,” said Henry.
“When a team is trying to build out from the back, the wing-backs press forward, but then they retreat and that is where they are comfortable.
“Now you can see it is virtually impossible to play inside them. They are ready for you. They also have to defend lower and can do 5-3-2, we can see Barella try to close the gap. They don’t have to try to play cute, with two strikers at the top, they can combine straight away.”
What really stood out for Henry was the goal scored by Yann Bisseck on the cross from Alessandro Bastoni, both of them central defenders, for the victory away to fourth-placed Bologna.
“Wing-back to wing-back, we’ve seen it before, Antonio Conte did it, they do it better. But what I’ve never seen before is centre-back to centre-back, they did it this weekend! I’ve never seen from open play, 0-0 away from home, a left centre-back crossing for the right centre-back to score a goal.
“I’ve never seen that, this guy obviously is a genius.”
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