Simone Inzaghi: “Sometimes they say we are unbeatable, others say we have weakened…”
Simone Inzaghi’s words on the eve of the dervy d'Italia
Simone Inzaghi spoke in a press conference on the eve of the derby d'Italia: "Tomorrow will be a big game, in a full stadium: first against second, we all know what Juve-Inter means and it will be an important match for both teams. They are both scoring points, they have similar forms and we will have to do well in individual duels".
"Clearly Juventus has a coach like Allegri and è a very good team – he added -. They always want to win, like Inter for that matter: they have great ambitions and this year they have more time to prepare matches, we all know that è a great advantage. We don't hide, we take responsibility; and it's an incentive to improve every day. There are times when they say the team to beat è Inter and others when they say we have weakened, but it always depends on results".
He then updated on the condition of the squad: "Bastoni and Pavard will not be there, Cuadrado and Sanchez are to be evaluated today. Sanchez è returned yesterday from the national team with a slight ankle sprain: he didn’t train yesterday, while Cuadrado had his first full workout yesterday. È a great player, who so far has had a tendon problem he has never had in his career. It has penalized us, we will evaluate after today's training".
On the importance of the challenge: "So much, but I don't consider tomorrow's game a decisive one. It's going to be important, but we all know that tomorrow we get to a third of the championship: there will be so many games after that and we all know what Juve-Inter means. We will try to play our soccer, we know we are facing a compact team, which defends very well, has many champions and can solve the game from one moment to the next. We will have to have a lot of concentration in the 90 minutes, we know how è difficult it is to face Juventus".
" You never sign for a draw, except in a return match after winning the first leg. We will go thereì aware of the difficulties that will be there and the path we have been on the road. We know that between now and December 23 we will have eight games: the next four in the league will be against the top three from last year, by the way, all three away, with two very challenging Champions League games in between,³quot; concluded Inzaghi.
