Inter Milan head coach Simone Inzaghi on their 0-0 draw with Manchester City in the opening game of the UEFA Champions League group stage
Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK
Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK
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00:00Questions for the coach?
00:02Live Sport.
00:08The top of the table is almost reductive.
00:11There were chances to take the lead.
00:13The analysis at the end,
00:15apart from finding a very solid team
00:17that played a great game,
00:19what is it from your point of view?
00:22I did the compliments.
00:24The lads were gigantic.
00:26I asked for a test
00:28of how we did.
00:30We all know Manchester City.
00:32We know the numbers,
00:34what this team has done in the years
00:36here at home, in the Champions League.
00:38So we had to play a great game
00:40and we did.
00:42It was a great game.
00:44It was a great game.
00:46It was a great game.
00:48It was a great game.
00:50We did it.
00:54We had some big chances.
00:56The one against Carlos,
00:58the one against Darmian
01:00and the one against Mkhitaryan
01:02were big chances.
01:04In one of them,
01:06the keeper was very good on Carlos
01:08and in the other we could have
01:10been better.
01:12But we worked together
01:14as we have in the last three and a half years.
01:16When we all work together
01:18as a team,
01:20we are a strong team for everyone.
01:22Please, Correa.
01:24Can you tell us
01:26what makes you different
01:28from Mkhitaryan?
01:30They are both
01:32quality players.
01:34Zelisky is a player
01:36that we wanted here
01:38with the managers
01:40because we know he can give us a lot.
01:42He had a problem
01:44in pre-season
01:46and then he came back to Italy
01:48and played two games
01:50as a starter.
01:52He came back to Monza
01:54and convinced me to give him this chance
01:56because he deserved it.
01:58There are many other players
02:00but Zelisky is a big player
02:02and we saw
02:04that we will need everyone
02:06with all these games coming up
02:08and from time to time
02:10I will have to be good
02:12and make choices
02:14but I will always have in mind
02:16Inter for everyone.
02:18Please, Repubblica.
02:20Good evening, coach.
02:22Three days from now
02:24there will be a derby
02:26and a historic derby
02:28because no one has won
02:30the derby in Milan seven times in a row.
02:32It is an important derby
02:34for Inter
02:36and I wanted to ask you
02:38how important it is
02:40for us to come back
02:42after such a good performance?
02:44Of course
02:46it is very important
02:48to prepare better
02:50after good performances.
02:54I would have liked
02:56to win even more
02:58but now
03:00we will come back
03:02and tomorrow
03:04the lads who played
03:06will train and when we come back
03:08they will go home
03:10and tonight
03:12it is not possible
03:14because the airport
03:16in Manchester is closed
03:18so we will come back tomorrow.
03:20Tonight the lads
03:22who didn't play
03:24are still training
03:26because they have done
03:28a lot of hard work
03:30including Mkhitaryan and Lautaro
03:32who were the first two to come back
03:34and we have four players at home
03:36and on Sunday
03:38we have Correa and Palacios
03:40who will help us
03:42thanks to Sport.
03:44Hi Simone.
03:46Compared to the two forwards
03:48Turam and Lautaro
03:50what do you think
03:52about their movements
03:54and their combination?
03:56He is an important player
03:58and I think he played
04:00an excellent game
04:02just like Turam did.
04:04I had to make a decision
04:06because in my opinion
04:08it was better
04:10to let Turam play
04:12even if he wasn't playing
04:14Marcus was helping us
04:16Taremi worked very well
04:18on Carlos' part
04:20and he worked a lot
04:22because we needed
04:24forwards
04:26because when we doubled
04:28on their wingers
04:30we needed a forward
04:32on the ball side
04:34and they would have
04:36brought him from the other side.
04:38Playing with Manchester
04:40is not easy
04:42and we needed forwards
04:44Taremi, Turam and Lautaro
04:46did a great job
04:48and we didn't concede a goal
04:50for the whole team
04:52and for the forwards who worked well.
04:54Good evening.
04:56There is a bit of tension
04:58at the end of the game
05:00and a point is always precious
05:02What did you think
05:04when Darmian
05:06didn't shoot?
05:12I asked him
05:14and he said he heard
05:16Barre calling him
05:18and he didn't shoot
05:20but I was more worried
05:22about Mkhitaryan
05:24because I saw Mkhitaryan
05:26coming and I thought
05:28it was a goal
05:30but Barre called him
05:32with the goalkeeper
05:34and their player did a good job
05:36otherwise Barre would have
05:38come and shot
05:40without anyone in goal.
05:42Any more questions?
05:44One last one.
05:46Yes.
05:48Hi coach.
05:50You mentioned Marco
05:52in terms of the derby.
05:54Can we keep him available for Sunday?
05:56He should
05:58but clearly
06:00we won't take any risks
06:02but there is a lot of confidence
06:04if Di Marco
06:06does a good training session
06:08on Friday
06:10and finishes on Saturday
06:12he will be clearly
06:14one of the call-ups.
06:16There is optimism
06:18but as we have always done
06:20in the last three and a half years
06:22we have very good physiotherapists
06:24who monitor every day.
06:26Di Marco did a good job
06:28and it looked like
06:30the situation
06:32was calm
06:34so we will evaluate him
06:36and if he gives the right guarantees
06:38Federico will be there.
06:40Great.
06:42Hi coach.
06:44Can you explain
06:46the decision to
06:48put Frattesi
06:50without Nanoglou?
06:52I can explain it
06:54Barella
06:56like Zeliski and Mkhitaryan
06:58had done 12.5 km
07:00so at that moment
07:02I called Frattesi
07:04and it was two and a half minutes
07:06with my assistants
07:08and then when I wanted to
07:10put Frattesi for Barella
07:12Cianaloglou
07:14came in
07:16and he also
07:18had a bit of a problem
07:20with Slani sitting for two and a half minutes
07:22so if Frattesi was there
07:24I know I can
07:26like last year
07:28put Barella in that role
07:30so I didn't want Slani to come back
07:32who had stopped warming up
07:34for three minutes
07:36so I put Frattesi.