Simone Inzaghi believes his Inter team need maximum concentration against RB Salzburg tomorrow, while Lautaro Martinez deserves acclaim for his form this season. The Nerazzurri sit second in their group, having beaten Benfica after disappointing draw with Real Sociedad. Speaking ahead of the match, Inzaghi pointed to the importance of having a deep squad that he can rely on for multiple competition this season:
“Rotations must be of great help, the national team have travelled a lot and have been busy. Frattesi? Davide is very important for us, I have to evaluate in today’s training and in the finishing session. In the last period he had a slowdown due to injury. Thuram is a player we’ve been following for some time, we all knew his qualities, there might have been some hesitation but thanks to his teammates and the work he settled in quickly”.
“Inter are coming into this match well. On Saturday we won an important and not easy match. Tomorrow it will be very important to win in a very balanced group. Salzburg is a team that won in Lisbon against Benfica, we will need maximum concentration”.
“I still have several doubts regarding the formation. Yesterday I saw ten players and they are the ones who were not in the San Siro, the others worked with the trainers. Today I will see the complete group, rotations have to be made because we play every 72 hours and we need to recover”.
“Salzburg is a team that plays good football. The 4-3-1-2 is a very aggressive form. Although in pre-season they used a different formtion. They are an aggressive team, they have physical forwards and we will need a real Inter game.”
“We’re first in the Champions League group, we’re first in the league but we know it’s still a short time, there are so many games ahead. We must not look at the next five days but only at the next game.”
“Losing my voice? It’s happening to me less. I’m working to improve in this aspect.”
“Lautaro for the Ballon d’Or? Yes, for the path he has taken and the trophies he has won. I don’t think he will win but he deserves that night. He has to keep working hard but he deserves everything.”
“Alexis is ready to play as a starter. I strongly wanted him here with us despite last year’s choices and he is working very well. I still don’t know if he will play from the start. There is a lot of talk about Thuram and Lautaro but Sanchez and Arnautovic will also give us great satisfaction. Marko did it in the first games, Alexis has already been here and they will give us satisfaction.
“Darmian? The wing-backs are the ones who spend the most, per system, per module. I almost always change them in the game because they need to recover. We also miss Cuadrado, who had done very well the first month and now has this inflammation that doesn’t make him work as he would like. Luckily I have Darmian, who played the third position perfectly last year and in some games, like in Torino or Cagliari”.
