Inter, Atletico Madrid arrives: Simone Inzaghi warns his team
Simone Inzaghi’s words ahead of Inter-Atletico Madrid
After settling Salernitana with a peremptory 4-0 win, Inter è await the first act of the Champions League round of 16 against Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid, which in the last league round responded to the Nerazzurri goleada by winning 5-0 over Las Palmas. On the eve of the San Siro challenge, Meneghini coach Simone Inzaghi wanted to send a clear warning to his players.
"We know what we did last year and we hope to give more magical nights to our fans this season as well. Atletico è an opponent of absolute value, a team of quality that has changed 22-23 players in the last matches without changing the tactical scheme. It will be a very complicated round for us, but we will play it great. Tomorrow è the first match in the 180 minutes, in our home and we know that there will be a beautiful atmosphere. We will need the best version of Inter to be able to get a good result" began the Nerazzurri coach.
"I don't feel like a favorite at all, because they have so many players, they have played so many competitions on the international field, including Champions League finals and inside-out competitions. It&eagrave; will be a beautiful challenge, between two teams that play good soccer, have solid principles and will give their all to achieve qualification to the quarterfinals. We know it will be a hugely difficult round of 16, but the boys know that and we have tried to prepare the match in the best way, we will have to be good at managing the moments of the match" continued the former Lazio coach.
"Predicting what will happen" tomorrow night is not easy, seeing the last matches of Atletico they have changed so much: I saw the match with Las Palmas and they were very aggressive. In the Super Cup it è was not the same attitude, the penultimate game in Sevilla è was different again. È a team that dribbles a lot more than in the past, they have a lot of technique and players of very good quality. I have no certainties about what the match will be, we know that we face a great team with a coach who has given great mentality" added the Piacenza coach.
"It will beà a pleasure to meet Diego again as an opponent. He's been a great teammate, we won with Lazio, then èwent to Atletico, but we never lost sight of each other. You could tell he was going to be a great coach, he won so much and, beyond the impression he gives from a tactical point of view, he developed a very beautiful soccer to watch" commented Simone Inzaghi about Diego Simeone.
