It does not rule out Lautaro or Pavard: “The sensations have been good”
Barcelona, 5 May. (EUROPA press) –
Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi said Monday that his team “believes” in itself to win FC Barcelona in the return of the semifinals of the Champions League in Milan, although it highlighted the great level of the rival and his coach, Hansi Flick, and did not rule out or confirm whether he can have Lautaro Martínez and Benjamin Pavard at his disposal.
“The group believes in it, wants it (the final (, this game is waiting with the right tension, training well. We must make a great game against a very strong team that we have seen firsthand. A great inter, concentrated, attentive, lucid, because we face a great team will be needed,” he said at a press conference.
For Inzaghi, in the 3-3 of the first leg in Barcelona they made a “great game” but with moments when they had to “have done better.” “Barça created many difficulties, but I think the team made a great game. tomorrow we will have to do the same, knowing that after the outcome of the first leg it will be practically a final against our hobby, where the draw will not be the final result,” he said.
“We are two games of a possible trophy, with all the difficulties we have had. We have made a great trip, which we clearly want to continue, because tomorrow night’s game will be very important,” he said.
As for Lautaro Martínez and Benjamin Pavard, they are doubt, but not low. “We will decide along with the medical body, together with the players themselves, because they will have to tell me their feelings. In a first part of the training the sensations have been good for Pavard, Lautaro has not yet meant so we will see how he is and then we will decide,” he said.
On the Argentine striker, he did clarify that, if he is not ready to be a starter, it will be difficult to be an aid from the bench. “A player who cannot be a starter can hardly give us a hand for the last 25 minutes, because clearly today’s training sensations will be very important for Lautaro and Pavard, knowing that we have other players to play when they are needed,” he said.
Of the opponent said they have quality in possession but also danger against. “They have possession and ability in the background, we know that in defense they risk something, but it is a risk calculated very well by an excellent coach who respects a lot like Flick, because it is the most prolific team in the world, so he already won two titles and aspire to two more. A great Inter will need,” he warned.
In addition, who does have the medical discharge in Barça is a Robert Lewandowski who lost his way. “We know Lewandowski, I definitely consider it among the 3-4 best strikers in the world, but we are playing against Barcelona, Ferran Torres played in the first leg and had a great game. The three games of the season in which they played without Lewandowski won them with five goals, so we are talking about a first-class striker but an equally strong team,” he said.
And also flattered Lamine Yamal. “It is very difficult to stop him, we must try not to let him take the ball but it is impossible in today’s football, he will surely be under special observation, we will try to watch it. We had seen it in person in the first leg, it is a great talent and truly dangerous when he has the ball, because he knows in a fraction of second what he has to do in the next play,” he said.
“We will see if we make some tactical changes. This time we play at home, it was not, but the Barcelona numbers do not change much to a visitor. In my opinion, we made a great game, but at some times we could have done better. But in each game, even in the finals we won because when you win it is even easier to analyze,” he concluded.
