After the classic round of interviews with TV stations, Simone Inzaghi appears in the conference room of the Al-Awwal Stadium in Riyadh to answer questions from the journalists present.
Why can Inter dominate Atalanta so often?
“As for tonight, we had an excellent attitude, approaching the two halves as we had to against an opponent of absolute value. We put in race, aggression, maximum concentration. Congratulations to the boys, but we know that the last step is missing on Monday. It will be more important tonight, today winning the Super Cup is more difficult because two matches are played in the space of a few days.”
Did you expect De Vrij to be able to perform like this by playing every three days?
“Absolutely yes, De Vrij is an absolute champion, a very strong player who like the others has an equally strong colleague in the department like Acerbi, who is missing. We asked him for overtime, tonight I would have liked to let him rest. But I had Bastoni a little tired and I preferred to remove him.”
Three days before the final, would you prefer to face an opponent with a new coach or one who is unbeaten against the Italians so far?
“Fortunately I have made many finals thanks to these guys today and those I had in previous years. I have won and I have lost against new coaches or against coaches who have been there for some time. Whoever deserves tomorrow night as Inter deserved tonight will go to play the final”.
An update on Thuram and a comment on Lautaro’s performance?
“Lautaro played a match to be praised, then clearly he could have scored but there is also the merit of Carnesecchi, extraordinary. But he did a great job like Thuram in the first half. Thuram had an adductor problem, he didn’t feel free and I preferred to change it immediately so as not to play up a replacement slot.”
Are you thinking of anything new in view of the final?
“We’ll see that in the next few days. Last year we had a problem with Bastoni in the semi-final and we had to change the structure in the final by moving Acerbi to the left, introducing De Vrij. We’ll have to evaluate the players who came out tonight. But as a coach I’m calm because I have We are lucky to have a great group. We will try to recover in the next few days and then on Monday I will present the best lineup.”
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