L’Inter is preparing to play the last home match of the year: tomorrow evening the As. The Nerazzurri coach Simone Inzaghi presents the times of the race in the press conference. Live text edited by TMW.
13.40 – The press conference is scheduled to start at 2pm.
14 – The press conference begins.
Fabregas said that Como does not want to change its playing style. What race are you expecting?
“We know the difficulties we will encounter in tomorrow's match, Como is an excellent team that has always shown great organization. It is a mix of expert and young players with great quality, they won the last Serie B championship and are demonstrating their his qualities also in Serie A. It will be complicated.”
Any problems in defense? Can a defensive reinforcement be considered in January?
“We are in a moment in which we have some defections: we are missing Pavard and Acerbi, today both De Vrij and Darmian had some problems. Tomorrow morning we will evaluate together with the medical staff whether they are recoverable for the match: not today, we have some hope and we will ask them some sacrifices. At the moment we have four defenders on the market, we hope to see Acerbi and Pavard again as soon as possible.”
Do you feel undervalued like Lautaro said today?
“Well, that's debatable. Everyone thinks what they want, I can only say that I'm happy where I am, I feel appreciated by my club and my group of players. This makes me perform at my best, I feel appreciated by my environment and We can only make a partial assessment of 2024, but it is a year that will unite us forever. It is the year of the second star with our fans, our management, our team. It was an important year that we want to leave behind shoulders in the best way.”
What growth do you expect in 2025?
“We always have to work to improve, we are seeing the difficulty of a championship in which all the teams race and there is a lot of competitiveness. We know that we will have to take a further step: this year will not be like last year, it will be a further battle”.
Chapter renewal, do you think about staying in this team for years?
“That's the desire, when I feel appreciated and feel good in a club, with the whole team and all the staff, I'm very gratified and the goal is to stay for many years. Then we know that in football everything changes quickly , starting from the opinions. Beyond the second star, in recent years I have seen a great team even in difficulties, which have been many in the journey from 2021 to today. But we have shown that we are a team of real men, we are not there never folded and went after you”.
Now two breathless months begin, have you done any specific work in terms of preparation in anticipation of this sprint?
“It has been a tour de force so far, unfortunately Florence was postponed and we played well but, if we were able to rotate between midfield and attack, we were unable to do so in defence. The hope is that the players who Now they're not there to give us rotations.”
Marotta said that you want to continue with the group, but that you will listen to anyone who might ask to leave. Do you have the feeling that someone could do it or have you asked to have this squad by February 3rd?
“To date, no one has expressed the intention of moving. I know that the president, together with Ausilio and Baccin, are looking at each other together and are always active. The thing that matters most to me is to close 2024 in the best possible way, with the I hope to try to recover these players given that we have limited rotations at a defensive level.”
Bisseck or center sticks?
“Bisseck did very well in that role on Thursday, if he hadn't had problems Darmian probably would have done it again. Since we have some problems with Darmian, Bastoni could do it with Palacios or Carlos Augusto as his right hand. We are evaluating, there is optimism for both Darmian that for De Vrij: there are a good 24 hours left.”
What could be Como's difficulties? What do you think of Nico Paz?
“He is a quality player, with a good physique and an excellent foot. He has everything ahead of him, he will have a great career: I don't know him but they spoke very well to me about him on a human level. He has great quality. Como is a team technical, with excellent principles, trained very well, who in the first part of the season was not rewarded with results and is now having them. We saw the last match against Roma: we will have to pay maximum attention.”
It seems that the June market may be different than in the past, with a few more young players and a few fewer experts. Have you already addressed this topic?
“It will be talked about, at this moment in the market there has been very little talk to be honest. I know that the managers are at work, I have no preclusions towards young or older players. If those who are older they come as they have come to us in recent seasons, they are welcome, but we know that we are going in a certain direction and if young players arrive I will be the first to accept it.”
Stretcher holder?
“He trained well both yesterday and today, I'll do my assessments. We've been training for twenty minutes and I'll look at all the data, it seems to me that he's as good as all his teammates. I'll decide tomorrow morning, he'll be available.”
