Leaving behind the defeat against Sassuolo in their opening match, Inter is now focusing on their next league match against Torino. Inter manager Luciano Spalletti spoke with reporters leading up to the match: "We are still convinced to have made the right choices against Sassuolo, but it's clear that something didn't go well and we can work on that. We did some things well and other things not as well: what I'm sorry for is that we embarrassed the Inter world because, over the course of the match, we lacked certainties that we had as we fought for fourth place last season."
"Torino is a team that always plays with a knife in their teeth, we need to remember that the goal is to win, in a clean or a dirty way. We are a strong team and have the obligation to have a great season. I don't know if this means we are the anti-Juve. I need to first worry about being the anti-Roma or anti-Napoli, given the evident difference in points and mentality from last season. If evaluations are made after every morning, it's clear that we're becoming the anti-nobody," said Spalletti.
The Inter manager then spoke on specific players: "Nainggolan has been called up, but we need to be careful. There's the supervision of our medical staff and they've evaluated his injury. We'll evaluate again tomorrow and during the course of the match. Other than Nainggolan, everyone is feeling well. Skriniar has totally recovered, Keita Baldé needs to make himself available like everyone else. Tomorrow we'll need balance, so it's important to select players in the right way. I'll decide who to start with based on what the match will ask of us. Dalbert against Sassuolo played a game like many different players, but he shouldn't need to take on such responsibility. He can play better, like he did before the season started. He has qualities and can become a great player. If I didn't believe in him, I would have asked to sell him," concluded Spalletti.
