Simone Inzaghi assures Inter are ‘accustomed’ to the pressures of the Scudetto race and Champions League, as they rotate the squad within the journey to Lecce.
It kicks off on the Stadio By way of del Mare at 17.00 GMT.
The Nerazzurri have a packed fixture record in the meanwhile, as after the Supercoppa Italiana, subsequent week they’ve a decisive Champions League conflict with AS Monaco after which the Derby della Madonnina in opposition to rivals Milan in Serie A.
With that in thoughts, Inzaghi engages in for the journey to Lecce, together with a uncommon begin for Davide Frattesi.
Inzaghi utilizing full Inter assets
“We all know that Lecce are in fine condition, they misplaced solely as soon as of their final six right here and that was within the remaining minutes in opposition to Lazio,”
“Frattesi and Zielinski have lots of high quality, they performed solely a part of the sport on Wednesday and confirmed how a lot they needed to offer their contribution.”
Napoli are retaining the stress on Inter and setting the tempo on the high of the desk, having crushed Atalanta and Juventus in back-to-back Serie A video games.
“We’ve been within the Scudetto race for a few years, it’s Napoli and Atalanta this season, it was Juventus and Milan final 12 months, so we’re accustomed to this,” assured Inzaghi.
“We all know February and March are typically probably the most decisive matches for all of the tournaments.”
One thing’s obtained to offer, as a result of Lecce misplaced solely one among their final six Serie A house video games, whereas Inter gained seven in a row on their travels.
This may be an historic day for Inzaghi, who’s on 199 Serie A victories in 331 video games, so might beat Max Allegri’s document because the quickest coach to achieve 200 wins in 338 matches.
