Inzaghi-ultras, Spalletti and the jab at the Inter coach

“I have never experienced situations like those of Simone Inzaghi, neither in Milan nor in other moments of my career.” Luciano Spalletti commented on the Inter-ultras investigation on Raisport, for which the Nerazzurri coach Simone Inzaghi was also interviewed as a person informed of the facts. “It has never happened to me that someone has called me about these things, it’s something new that surprised me,” continued the national team coach, “because then I don’t know what the previous relationships were: someone calls you, you don’t. you know, you’ve never had to deal with him, I think it’s difficult to exchange words. I answer everyone, even numbers I don’t know, but then I know how to hang up.”

Spalletti then spoke about this evening’s match against Belgium, scheduled for 8.45pm at the Olympic Stadium in Rome: “We have rediscovered our individual and team qualities. Now we are more aware to face a delicate match like this. The victory with France in Paris perhaps it was a click, one of those moments, of those results, which give security for the future, to be more calm when you have to absorb pressure.”

However, beware of underestimating Belgium, orphaned by Lukaku and De Bruyne: “The key to the match is this, staying in order even if you lose the ball, because they have those very fast four in front of them and they hurt. You have to be good at playing one-on-one and doubling up where they have something extra. And even if they hadn’t missed anyone, perhaps they would have played even if there were others.”