Mister Simone Inzaghi launches Piotr Zielinski from the 1st minute in Inter-Stella Rossa: the Pole is making his second consecutive appearance in the Champions League after making his debut from the 1st minute against Manchester City. The Nerazzurri midfielder was interviewed by InterTV before the match at San Siro at 9.00pm: “I am definitely very happy to be a starter. We want to play a good match and bring home the three points if we want to move forward in this competition. In these matches our approach is fundamental: we know that we can’t make mistakes. This is the Champions League: we want to show everyone our greatness. It’s really strong, everyone has very high quality and this is good for the whole team.”
The official line-ups of the match.
Simone Inzaghi makes seven changes compared to the lineup lined up against Udinese. Revolution in attack: Arnautovic and Taremi play. In midfield Frattesi remains on the bench: Zielinski and Mkhitaryan with Calhanoglu. Rest also for Acerbi and Dimarco. Vladan Milojevic focus on the starlet Maksimovic, born in 2007, in the attacking midfield behind Ndiaye. The Serbian coach adapts Drkusic as a left-back, with former AC Milan player Rade Krunic directing the operations.
INTER (3-5-2): Sommer; Pavard, De Vrij, Bastoni; Dumfries, Zielinski, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Carlos Augusto; Taremi, Arnautovic. Coach: Inzaghi.
RED STAR (4-2-3-1): Glazer; Seol, Djiga, Spajic, Drkusic; Krunic, Elsnik; Olayinka, Maksimovic, Silas; Ndiaye. Coach: Milojevic.