Inter and manager Luciano Spalletti look to move on from their Europa League elimination and focus on their upcoming derby against Milan. The match pits two teams vying for a Champions League birth, with Milan currently sitting in third place and Inter in fourth. Spalletti spoke to the press prior to tomorrow's match.
"When you play an ugly match like usual and then a challenge like the derby right after, it becomes easier to find a reaction. Tomorrow I expect a trained Milan that knows how to be a team at any point in the match. They know how to make themselves smaller and miantain that compactness. They've grown a lot and are ahead of us in the standings. After what we showed against Eintracht, there's displeasure and regret. We could have done more. There's regret for what happened in Europa League, but we'll make the correct evaluations and there's motivation to play at our abilities."
"Milan is a strong club and are playing good football. We want to finish in the top 4, if possible third or second. Nainggolan won't be on the bench. The team showed their value. Plan for Piatek? It's to do things well as a team, he's a very strong player. At the individual level he could be very dangerous. Why have we lost identity? These are moments that can happen during a season, it happens to everyone. The enthusiasm for things can become the easiest or most difficult."
"How's Lautaro? He and Piatek are two very strong central attackers, like the two that were there the first match. Both are in conditions to hurt the other team and both know how to make a difference."
"Skriniar has played well in the midfield. Miranda? We'll evaluate him tomorrow, it would be difficult but we have him at our disposition. Even with a mask it becomes hard to play. It takes more time to do more, I don't look back and think about the past, I move forward. The decisions are made at the moment. Nainggolan won't be called up, he hasn't trained and there are no surprises. We're playing important matches and can play at our best."
"How are Brozovic and Keita? Marcelo trained well, there's some doubt but we think he'll be recuperated and available. For Keita, it depends on his muscular complications. He is available, maybe not for the entire match but some."
