Benjamin Pavard could play at wingback in tomorrow’s Champions League showdown between Bayern Munich and Inter Milan.
This according to today’s print edition of Rome-based newspaper Corriere dello Sport, via FCInterNews. They report that the Frenchman could fill in if Matteo Darmian doesn’t see out the ninety minutes.
Inter Milan will be without wingback Denzel Dumfries against Bayern Munich tomorrow.
And that creates quite a headache for Nerazzurri coach Simone Inzaghi.
Matteo Darmian is available. The veteran former Manchester United and Torino has played all of Inter’s last three matches.
However, that has naturally taken quite a toll on Darmian.
The wingback role is a physically demanding one. Therefore, it may be difficult for the 35-year-old to see out yet another ninety minutes after going the distance against Parma over the weekend.
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And Matteo Darmian is really the only natural right-wingback in the Inter squad besides Dumfries.
Nicola Zalewski has played there a couple times off the bench.
However, Zalewski has not looked comfortable playing on the right flank.
Therefore, Inter coach Simone Inzaghi had even tested Carlos Augusto in the position in training recently.
However, Augusto could have a different task at left-centre-back or left-wingback tomorrow.
That leaves Inzaghi somewhat short of options, if Darmian reaches his limit.
One would be to move Benjamin Pavard into the attacking wingback role on the 3-5-2 shape.
That is not the Frenchman’s natural position. He prefers to play in the back three.
However, Pavard could be the most effective option in the position at a certain stage of tomorrow’s match.
