Speaking at a press conference on the eve of the Champions League match against Bayer Leverkusen, valid for the sixth round of the championship phase, the Nerazzurri midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu he joked about his progressive decline in position from winger or attacking midfielder to director in Simone Inzaghi’s Inter: “I played as an attacking midfielder in Leverkusen, sometimes as a winger, with age I went backwards… Jokes aside, I can only thank the coach and his technical staff, they worked so hard to develop. Thanks to them I became the player I am.”
You are the Champions League player who recovers the most balls, how did you become this type of player?
“I thank the coach and the technical staff, they saw me in that role and I did everything I could to find this path. I’m still growing, with a lot of analyzes we do. I feel good, I have teammates who play at a high level : with important players who have quality it is always easier to play, in midfield we get along well with each other, regardless of who plays. Now we are together with coach Simone Inzaghi, we have been together for three years and I have improved director”.
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