Turnover yes, but not robust. Simone Inzaghi thus defines the rotations that his will face Intercalled to host theArsenal on the fourth day of the Champions League. The Nerazzurri, four days away from the big championship match against Napoli, have to deal with another challenge with a high level of difficulty. And crucial to chasing qualification among the top eight of the top rankings.
Inzaghi: “In the last eight, seven wins and one draw”. The Nerazzurri coach responds thus to those who ask him where his Inter can improve, and excludes too many calculations: “I think match after match, today my priority is Arsenal and the lineup will be decided on the basis of this. Unfortunately we had Milan, Juventus and Napoli after the Champions League. We are the only Italian team involved in the cups to have this type of calendar – he says in the press conference – even the new format is more complicated, before you prepared three matches and now you have to study eight different opponents, without be able to reason about it classification”. As for English football, given the recent links with Manchester United, Inzaghi doesn’t run away: “It fascinates me, there were also contacts in my time at Lazio, but I was happy at Lazio and I’m happy at Inter.”
Arteta: “We want to demonstrate that we are at Inter’s level.” If Matteo Darmian is alongside Inzaghi, the Arsenal coach speaks with Bukayo Saka, increasingly leader of the Gunners. Who have to deal with the recent resignation of sporting director Edu Gaspar: “”The owners’ ideas are clear and ambitious, we have a quality team and we won’t stop working. We will move forward, we thank him but we have to move forward: that’s how it works – explains the coach – we have to demonstrate tomorrow evening that we are capable of beating them. I think Inter has a great identity and this is thanks to its coach. He knows how to get players to occupy spaces in unpredictable ways, it’s a problem we also face in the Premier League and we’ll see how to do it tomorrow.”
The latest Inter-Arsenal lineup. Inzaghi will rest five very starting players: Bastoni is not 100%, along with him Barella, Thuram, Dimarco and Mkhitaryan should remain out. Calhanoglu will return from the 1st minute: the new duo of Lautaro and Taremi will lead the attack. For the two, so far, they have shared 131 minutes: but never from the beginning. Arteta has to deal with Rice’s defection: Odegaard returns and must regain his fitness.
Inter (3-5-2): Sommer; Pavard, De Vrij, Bisseck; Dumfries, Frattesi, Calhanoglu, Zielinski, Mkhitaryan, Darmian; Taremi, Lautaro. Coach: Inzaghi.
Arsenal (4-4-2): Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber; Saka, Partey, Merino, Martinelli; Havertz, Trossard. Coach: Arteta.