LEVERKUSEN (GERMANY) (ITALPRESS) – “We know the importance of the match, we are playing against a team of absolute value who have won their last five games and lost only three times in the last year and a half. They are making a great run in the Champions League but we have prepared ourselves in the best way.” Simone Inzaghi is clear about the level of difficulty of tomorrow’s challenge in Leverkusen against Bayer. “Inter will have to interpret the match well,” warns the Nerazzurri coach, “We know this team well, a technical team that plays very good soccer, brings organized pressure and reattaches the ball quickly when they lose it. We have to be good in both phases.” A positive result, however, could mortgage a place among the top eight which would mean going directly to the round of 16 and avoiding the play-offs. “We know the path we’re on in the Champions League and we want to continue it,” Inzaghi, who will have to do without Acerbi, Pavard and Dumfries, concludes. “There will be some changes compared to Friday, we have a few absences but I have maximum confidence in everyone,” assures the coach.Big former of the match Hakan Calhanoglu, with the Aspirins from 2014 to 2017 before moving to Italy. “I am pleased and happy to play against my former team, there will be a lot of emotions – he confesses – I used to play as a trequartista here, sometimes I also played on the outside but now I am comfortable in my role today and I thank the coach and his staff who saw me well there.” Leverkusen “has made an important path, they play very well with Xabi Alonso who arrived at a difficult time and brought the team up,” the Turkish midfielder further emphasizes, “But they have always been a strong, important team, tomorrow will be a good challenge. We have faced great teams so far like Arsenal, Leipzig and Manchester City. Tomorrow will not be easy but we have important goals in our heads and we will try to give everything even against Bayer Leverkusen.”- photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS)
