BARCELONA, 3 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Inter Milan, Simone Inzaghi, praised the quality of FC Barcelona, the rival they will face this Tuesday in the third day of the Champions League, for which they will play “with all” their strength in a “transcendental” duel for both sets.
“Barcelona is a very strong and complete team. For us it should be an opportunity, we know the importance of the game, the classification is open, but we are Inter and we will play it with all our strength,” Inzaghi explained at a press conference.
Both teams have 3 points in the ‘Champions’ by beating Viktoria Plzen and losing to Bayern, so they will fight to secure second place. “Tomorrow is a great opportunity, we find ourselves with a very strong team, which went to Munich and lost undeservedly, because it is a result that does not reflect what was seen on the field, they have great quality, race and determination,” he added.
Asked about the physical condition of Lautaro Martínez, who left the Serie A match against Roma with discomfort, the Italian coach is still waiting for the evolution of the Argentine. “Lautaro had an exam this morning in which nothing stood out, he finished the game tired, today he will do a partial training. I still have to talk to the doctors, we will see the state. Brozovic and Lukaku will not be there, Gagliardini must also be evaluated” , indicated on the part of injuries.
In fact, against José Mourinho’s team they suffered their fourth defeat in their last six matches. “Today we will analyze the game against Roma and then we will go into details about Barcelona, we are coming from a difficult moment in terms of results. On Saturday we played a good game but we conceded two goals, we deserved more for what we saw on the pitch, but it is a moment in which we have to do more”, settled.
Asked about Barça, Inzaghi highlighted the quality of their players. “They know how to do everything, they are organized, I think they are the team that recovers the ball the most in Europe. This year they also have Lewandowski, who is a great player,” he said.
“Against Bayern Munich, despite playing a good game, we lost, we weren’t in the game at key moments and we had to defend better and take better chances. Tomorrow we’ll have to be good at limiting them and then hitting them right away. adequate,” he concluded.