Inter Milan chief coach Simone Inzaghi has encouraged his players to forget the benefit compared to Bayern Munich in their quarterfinals of the Champions League.
The Serie A winners Leiden Harry Kane and Co. 2-1 after the first stage in Munich, but will not consider anything for granted when the men of Vincent Kompany come to the city.
For the game, Inzaghi said: “We know that it will be very difficult tomorrow. We must forget the result of the first stage, but not the performance we have done in Munich.
“We had a great game, but we know that our opponents have a lot of quality. We will have to play a great game, run, aggressiveness, with the right posture. It is a quarterfinals, the first half was played in Munich and tomorrow we will have the second.”
Inter remains at the top of Serie A, for Napoli and Antonio Conte, which are hunting.
But the European giants will have to put the pressure from a domestic title race to one side and only have to concentrate on their run in the Champions League.
Inzaghi added: “We know that it is a tiring season, but to play it every three or four days. We had the new Champions League this year, new for American coaches and the players. It took away a lot of extra energy.
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“Just think of last year’s trip: we qualified in Salzburg on November 8, while we had to wait this year until January 29 against Monaco. Last year for two months in advance we had only one goal to concentrate. Now there is much more effort, but much more satisfaction.
“As I said in the beginning, we can’t think about the result, just about the show we have given. We don’t have to look at precedents that have not always been positive when Inter Bayern here in San Siro.
“However, the boys are positive and the team knows that we will play against a great opponent. We respect them, but we can have a great game with the right attitude.”
Celebration
Inter was criticized because of the way their parties after the victory at Allianz.
Many reminded the players that there is still 90 minutes to play, but midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan believes that it is a good mindset to approach each game as if it were their last.
He said: “We know what we were doing, we know we were just happy – there were no parties. We want to stay focused on our game, on our game and nothing else.
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“There are many people who talk about the field, outside the club, and we try not to hear or listen to. That is just how football works.
“We are calm. We are mature, we have the experience we need: we know that we have to win every game, whether it is the Champions League, Serie A or Coppa Italia.
“We don’t have to listen to what is being said outside the field or in the media. We know where we want to go, and to get there, you have to win every day – starting in training and then in competitions.
“We are not bothered by it because we take responsibility for the results we achieve.”
