The Young Boys searches for impossible points, theInter the ones everyone expects. There has never been a clearer photograph of the next Champions League match that awaits the Nerazzurri Simone Inzaghireturning from the success in Rome and struggling with several injuries. The hosts, on the other hand, have to deal with a very disappointing season, after the blunder against Galatasaray in August.
It is difficult to explain what happened to the yellow and blacks, in recent years the most continuous team in Switzerland and now third from last in the Premier League table. Loris Benitodefender and captain of the Swiss, responds like this to those who ask him how it is possible to go from ousting the Gala to concede eight goals, without scoring any, in two Champions League matches: “We ask ourselves that too – he says in the press conference – and we have no answer. That’s the level we would like to maintain in all competitions, but so far we haven’t succeeded “. Joel Magninthe Swiss coach called in to try to salvage what could be saved, paid the inevitable compliments to his opponents: “One of the strongest teams in Europe, Inzaghi’s work is extraordinary”.
Inzaghi himself, on the other barricade, is struggling with doubts and above all absences. There will be Yann Bisseckpresent alongside the coach in the press conference and also sending clear signals to the championship: “Ask me about Juventus after we win tomorrow – says the German defender – now let’s think about Young Boys”. The absences, it was said: Inter traveled to Switzerland with Zielinski recovered, but without Acerbi, Calhanoglu and Asllani as well as the long-term patient Buchanan. The turnover will be large, the main question concerns Barella or the Pole as a playmaker, with the former a clear favourite: “I was happy with what Barella did in front of the defense on Sunday, as he did last year in Lecce or Udine. He is giving us a great hand, one of him and Zielinski will play there – explains Inzaghi – Barella, Mkhitaryan and Frattesi have spent a lot: Frattesi will certainly play, then two of the other three will start and one will probably come in.” . There are seven changes on the program compared to the victory in Rome: Bisseck, De Vrij, Frattesi, Dumfries, Carlos Augusto, Arnautovic and Taremi are on from the start. Among the themes of the competition, the synthetic surface of the Wankdorf Stadion in Bern.