APPIANO GENTILE – The Italian champions Inter will open the Serie A on Saturday 17 August, at 18:30, at Marassi against Genoa. On the eve of the match against Gilardino’s team, Simone Inzaghi he clarified the Nerazzurri’s objectives for this season: “Last year the boys were almost perfect, but we still have to improve. In general, I don’t like the starting grids, but we have the responsibility to defend the title. The opponents have invested a lot and there will be new coaches in Serie A. We have strengthened ourselves with three new signings, but we need a replacement for Buchanan, who is injured. The directors know that an important player is needed there”. As for the championship that will be, “I see it leveled upwards. The strongest teams have strengthened, those that follow are of excellent quality”.
Inter, Scudetto and Champions League: what Inzaghi’s team needs for the double match
by Paolo Condò
The challenge of Genoa
Looking ahead to the match at the Ferraris, the Inter coach warns: “We will have a difficult debut, on a pitch that has been difficult for us in recent years. They are healthy, they have an excellent coach and I expect a warm atmosphere”. In Genoa, Inzaghi’s Inter have drawn four times in four matches, against Genoa and Sampdoria: “That’s the statistic, and it’s no coincidence. Marassi is never an easy pitch, we are preparing in the best possible way”. At this start of the tournament, Inter are asking a lot: the Italian champions, playing for the first time with two stars on their shirts, have the opportunity to take advantage of the advantage of not having changed coach and key players, while their direct rivals may need a period of running-in: “We know that we are facing opponents and that the starts cannot all be the same, but we have worked to be ready from tomorrow. I am satisfied with the preparation”.
The longest season
Looking ahead to the never-ending season that awaits his team – with the super Champions League and the Club World Cup – Inzaghi said: “Winning the Scudetto and the second star was a great satisfaction and it gives us the equally great responsibility of defending the title. In recent years, those who have won the Scudetto have not repeated themselves”. If asked to choose between the Tricolore or the Champions League final, he doesn’t commit himself: “I don’t have an answer. In recent years, we have had great emotions”. What is certain is “the pride in starting the fourth season at Inter. Also thanks to a competent management, we have managed to win a lot, making capital gains, keeping the team competitive in Italy and in Europe”.
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Training and Nursing
Inzaghi is not giving away anything about the composition of the team that will challenge Genoa. Starting from the attack, he is keeping his cards close to his chest: “Lautaro has worked well, without slowing down, he is in good shape. I will decide whether to start him or bring him in during the race. He and others returned a few days earlier to retreat from national team competitions”. Only Zielinski and De Vrij: “We have decided to keep Zielinski, but he will be there against Lecce. And we won’t have De Vrij”. He spent a few more words on Bisseck: “He’s working well, he was already very important last season because he played many games, maybe even unexpected ones at the beginning. Now he’s done an excellent preparation, like all the others: in that role I can choose between him and Pavard, it’s one of those doubts that I’ll carry with me until tomorrow”.
Full back wanted
Waiting for offers from other clubs for Arnautovic o CorreaInter currently has five strikers in the squad and it is realistic that one of the forwards will remain out of the UEFA list. “Evaluations were made together with the club, we have chosen at this time to stay like this, with the five forwards that we have at the moment. We know that the market is evolving until the end of the month, at this moment we feel well covered: we have a department that convinces us, we are missing a left defender that we are trying to identify. The market is complicated for everyone”. In the meantime, Inzaghi is enjoying the working climate at Pinetina: “We have had a difficult preparation, due to the staggered arrivals. But the lads train with a smile on their faces, which means they train better”.
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– 2024-08-17 06:20:22
