Simone Inzaghi believes Inter are in for a troublesome check away at Feyenoord within the Champions League on Wednesday evening, pointing to the environment at De Kuip and the Dutch giants’ successes in opposition to Bayern Munich and Milan this season.
The Nerazzurri will face Feyenoord in Rotterdam on Wednesday evening for the primary of their two legs within the Champions League spherical of 16, earlier than internet hosting in San Siro subsequent Tuesday.
Inzaghi: ‘They’ve completed nice issues, Bayern misplaced, they knocked Milan out’
Inzaghi feels that Feyenoord are a bodily workforce, one that’s troublesome to foretell given their latest change in coach and a aspect who’ve already proved themselves able to knocking out ‘massive’ groups in Europe this season.
“They’re a bodily workforce with nice qualities,” Inzaghi stated throughout his pre-match press convention, reported by way of .
“We all know that it’s not a straightforward surroundings at their place, I performed there in 2000 with Lazio. We performed within the quarter-finals within the second group stage. I’ve not been there as a coach but, however I do know it’s a fiery environment.
“They’re a high quality workforce that has modified coach. They did effectively within the league regardless of ending at 0-0 (in opposition to NEC). They’ve already completed nice issues within the Champions League, Bayern misplaced regardless of realizing that they nonetheless weren’t within the play-offs, they knocked Milan out. We all know there shall be a second leg, however now we have to give attention to tomorrow.
“We all know that there are two legs, however the boys know that the primary match has a variety of worth on the subject of getting by means of the spherical. We must play an awesome recreation. I’m nonetheless fascinated by the very best options to make sure that the workforce performs a superb recreation. We’ve got some issues to unravel, however I’ve seen willingness from all people.”
Feyenoord had been as a consequence of play in opposition to Groningen within the Eredivisie over the weekend, in between their two legs in opposition to Inter, however have had a request granted for that recreation to be postponed, which implies they’ll have virtually a full week to arrange for the return leg in San Siro.
Inzaghi has no points with Feyenoord’s postponement, as he feels many others would have completed the identical factor. “They had been capable of postpone the sport and I feel they did accurately. A Champions League spherical of 16 match is essential, and it’s proper that Feyenoord did this.”
Inzaghi supplies Inter harm replace
Inzaghi went on to offer an harm replace on his squad forward of the Champions League engagement within the Netherlands.
Federico Dimarco, Carlos Augusto, Nicola Zalewski and Matteo Darmian are out, which implies that Alessandro Bastoni is more likely to play at left wing-back.
“We all know now we have a little bit of issue in a really particular a part of the pitch. Along with Dimarco, I’d add Zalewski, Carlos Augusto and Darmian. We now not have gamers in that place, most likely one in every of Bastoni or Acerbi will play there. However the ideas of the sport won’t change. We’re right here to play a spherical of 16 match and we are going to do our greatest.”
There have been additionally updates on the situations of Marcus Thuram and Hakan Calhanoglu.
“Thuram educated usually, Calhanoglu educated with the workforce this morning. There’s a doubt in midfield, it’s the division the place I’ve probably the most decisions as a result of everybody is accessible, whereas in different positions we must resolve tomorrow morning.”
And on Yann Sommer, who lately had surgical procedure to restore a fractured thumb, he added: “He had that downside along with his finger, he labored yesterday and in the present day he did two glorious coaching periods. We’re very blissful, however I’ll give attention to Martinez for tomorrow’s recreation.”
