“Liverpool are one of the strongest teams in Europe, but I am happy to be able to face an opponent of this rank. Then the games start at 0-0: they are favorites, but the games must always be played”.
So the Inter coach, Simone Inzaghi, in a press conference on the eve of the San Siro match against Liverpool, first leg of the Champions League round of 16: “It will be complicated – continued the Nerazzurri coach -, but we will play it with our weapons. In these races determination makes the difference, the boys have shown it: they have a lot to sell “.
Inzaghi continued talking about any doubts in attack: “Ballottaggio Sanchez-Lautaro Martinez? They all have the same chance to play, we still have two training sessions to do. We have played many games in this period – continued the coach -, we will evaluate the conditions of all the attackers, two will play and one will join when the game is in progress. I am fortunate to have very mature players, who always accept my choices. When I have the opportunity, I always try to rotate them. ”
“Liverpool – added Inzaghi – are a great team, they have a long squad, you have to be good at any time against them. When they have the ball they can restart at any time, they have two full-backs with refined feet, almost like directors, you they can always create problems in every part of the field “.
Finally, the coach returned to his performance in the derby with Milan and in the match of Maradona against Napoli, which ended 1-1: “I am very satisfied, for 70 ‘we played a great derby. In Naples we played an excellent second half, in the second half the team had a reaction and we had an excellent match. I am not satisfied with what we collected, one point out of six available, but we have had two great games against two great teams. There are Milan, Naples and Juventus, as well as us: it will be a championship that will be played until the end. Bologna-Inter? Last year it already happened that we had to recover some matches, we will think about it in due time. For us it will be a very important match, at the moment our priority is called Liverpool “, Inzaghi concluded.