Andy Diouf is carving out a new role for himself in Chivu‘s Inter. The Frenchman, deployed on the right flank, scored a brace in the rescheduled match against Karlsruher, a German second division team, overturning Inter’s initial deficit.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Diouf‘s smile after the match reflected surprise and satisfaction at the way the victory was achieved. In the last second, against an opponent motivated to impress their home crowd against the Italian champions, the Frenchman turned what initially seemed like an experiment into a certainty. Chivu had the right intuition.
The newspaper highlights that the term “crazy idea,” coined by the coach himself to describe the move to the wing, will continue to accompany this tactical adaptation. On the pitch, however, there is little craziness to be seen: running, focus, drive, shooting. A variation on the theme of wingers never seen before. Inter now knows exactly what to expect from that side: something different compared to what is seen with Dimarco on the opposite flank and compared to the work they were used to with Dumfries.
Diouf on the right pushes forward and cuts inside, creates and finishes. He had already scored a brace in the friendly against the amateurs of Aasen, and against Karlsruher he repeated himself. Two clues that are starting to become evidence, even if the player continues to stress that this is not his natural role. “I just want to help the team and give my best. I feel good on the pitch but I have to work a lot because that is not my natural position,” he said after his performance in stoppage time.
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