Other than tactics and technique, Inter is needing heart...at least according to manager Luciano Spalletti. Spalletti knows that his team is going through a delicate time with a match against Parma on the horizon, but expressed his pride in the team leading up to the match.
"What counts is being able to go onto the pitch and play a match that lets us start again. I expect us to go play the match to gain a result and play the way that brought us among the best in the past months. In these situations, you need to work with your head. Regarding the tactics, there are small modifications. On the pitch you need a little heart to go with the tactical knowledge and technique. Heart always makes the difference. We have to work quickly on the things we need to improve upon."
"What's the most urgent thing to improve? They're different. Even the Europa League match was not good enough for what we showed in the last period. If you arrive to each match with mental strength and with the team in condition to express their maximum potential, you can win. We need to make all of our qualities available to win matches."
"The final piece of what we are is our immense quality. Some things have happened that put us in challenging situations and have hurt our performances of late. Some injuries, disqualifications, missing out in the market...these don't help us. Icardi is inside these things we're talking about. The player that scores goals needs to be triggered by the squad, without teamwork it's hard. We all need to improve together."
"Keita will not play tomorrow, but will be available for the next match after a stint of inactivity. It takes time to return to your best, but his qualities would help the squad. Nainggolan seems better, he's one that I expect a great response from. His experience can offer something to the squad."
