Mancini: “We played against one of the best teams in the world”

Inter boss Roberto Mancini spoke to the press immediately after his side’s 0-3 defeat to Real Madrid in the International Champions Cup.

“Apart from the result, which we’re obviously not happy about, I’m satisfied with the first-half performance. We played against one of the best teams in the world,” began Mancini.

The Nerazzurri coach then looked back on the tour as a whole: “Obviously the results haven’t been positive, but the main thing is to see a performance and we’ve got better as a team with every game. I’m not worried that we haven’t scored because I’m sure that Inter will step up when it matters. Jovetic is a different forward to Icardi and Palacio and will be an important player for us.”

Finally, Mancini spoke about the season ahead and the rumours linking Inter with a move for Chinese midfielder Zhang Linpeng: “I’m confident of our future and the season ahead. We have players capable of challenging for the title. Linpeng is an interesting midfielder, we’ll see if he could be an option for us in the future.”

Source: Inter.it