Inter-Udinese, Inzaghi: “Team of 25 players. Serious match, it’s a great sign”

Journalist

December 19, 2024 (changed at 11.49pm) – MILANO

“It’s a great signal, even if I didn’t need it, in an important match, an official match in the Italian Cup.” Simone Inzaghi’s satisfaction after the 2-0 success over Udinese which gives Inter the ticket to the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup with Lazio is in the response from the least used men of the group, starting with those like Arnautovic and Asllani who have written their name on the scoresheet: “When I say that I have 25 players it’s because I really mean it, then I have to make choices and I always make them for the good of Inter. But we gave a good signal, with a serious match: the boys they were good at interpreting the game from the 1st to the 94th minute.”

the route

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“We know that there will be and there are difficulties, but I am lucky enough to have a great working group and we must continue like this knowing that in four days we will play another match”, as always the coach tries to keep the tone down Inter, also telling an anecdote about the 6-0 defeat of Lazio: “We improve every day. On Monday we won by a landslide, but together with the staff on Tuesday we analyzed it because there are situations in which we could have done better. Today we had a worthy opponent, we have made eight changes compared to Sunday but they weren’t visible, the team always remained focused on distances: I’m very satisfied with this match.” And on the management of the season he adds: “We are racing but other teams are racing with us, not only Atalanta and Napoli but also Fiorentina, Lazio, Juventus and Milan. I knew it would be an open championship, with pitfalls, and every day you have to be good at recovering strength and energy: my desire is to always have players available, I’m also alternating a lot for this reason, even if behind without Pavard and Acerbi we are missing two important men.”

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arnautovic e asllani

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“First of all it was a good victory. Asllani and I are among those who spend a lot of time on the bench and having a chance is a joy, then who scores isn’t important, the important thing was to win and go to the quarterfinals. The whole team loved it. he always gave us the incentive to continue giving everything for Inter: it certainly hasn’t been an easy period in recent weeks, even in his private life (his mother-in-law passed away, he dedicated the goal to her with a post on Instagram, ed.) , but I have a contract with Inter, I want to give everything for this team, because everyone knows that I love them.” Word to Asllani: “The important thing is to pass, we are giving continuity to our results and we are happy with this. It is a fantastic group, there is an incredible chemistry in the locker room, we often go out together with young people and veterans. I also thank Arnautovic, it is important for us to have people like him within the group.”