Simone Inzaghi had ‘no doubts’ Joaquin Correa would shine for Inter in and offers an harm replace on Francesco Acerbi.
The primary match again after the break for worldwide obligation is all the time a harmful one for a group like Inter who’ve so many gamers travelling all around the world.
Lautaro Martinez was dominated out by flu signs and Hakan Calhanoglu by harm, additional including to the problems, whereas Acerbi limped off with a
Nonetheless, they ran riot within the first half with Marcus Thuram’s brace, Tucu Correa contributing a objective and two assists, Stefan de Vrij and Yann Bisseck on course to win 5-0.
Inzaghi trusted Correa and Inter
“I do know Correa very nicely and he’s been coaching exhausting since July 13,”
“We all know that this can be a massive squad and there’s a lot of competitors for locations, however Correa already had a great substitute look earlier than the break for worldwide obligation and I thought of enjoying him. This time I had no doubts, I simply wanted to choose who could be alongside him.
“Lautaro would’ve been on the bench whatever the flu signs so he may possibly give us a hand within the ultimate minutes, so I used to be actually selecting between Thuram and Marko Arnautovic. I’m happy for Correa and all of the lads, it was a really skilled efficiency with solely 48 hours to organize.”
Inzaghi additionally made the weird step of switching to a four-man defence from the hour mark, the place he was already defending a 5-0 lead on the Stadio Bentegodi.
“It could possibly be an choice for the long run. I wanted to provide some gamers a breather after worldwide obligation, whereas Carlos Augusto was returning after a month out. We gained an important match and the one cause for concern is Acerbi, who felt one flexor was not the identical as the opposite, so requested to be substituted. We noticed how nicely De Vrij did when approaching, however hope to have Acerbi again quickly.”
Inter’s focus now turns to the Champions League, the place they continue to be unbeaten and can host RB Leipzig on Tuesday night earlier than visiting Bayer Leverkusen.
“There are seven or eight factors we nonetheless must get into the Spherical of 16. We picked up 10 factors in a fixture listing that was not straightforward, we face two German sides who’re doing nice issues,” added Inzaghi.
“Leipzig are second in Germany and enjoying nice soccer, so we want a powerful efficiency in entrance of our followers.”
