Roberto Mancini held a press conference today in Doha and spoke about preparing for the game there:

“I’m delighted to be here today because there’s a great atmosphere, lovely weather to train in and top facilities. I want to congratulate those working to prepare for the 2022 World Cup because they’re doing a terrific job. I would also like to thank them for having us.”

Inter first faces PSG then travel back to Italy to face Empoli:

“We have to focus to perform well at Empoli and the PSG game will be a great test. They’re one of Europe’s best sides but we’re Inter and when two top teams meet it’s always impossible to call.”, said the coach.

Mancini continued talking about the season so far and Inter’s targets:

“We’ve made a lot of progress compared from last season. It’s a very strange year in Serie A, when we started the campaign we were aiming for Champions League qualification, now who knows? We want to do the best we can. I’ve not yet spoken to the players about Lazio, it mustn’t happen again but it’s a defeat and defeats are in the past. We have to look forward. Vidic is an Inter player, there’s no issue there.”

Mancini was asked about Lavezzi and smilingly said:

“Yes, I’ll speak to Blanc about Lavezzi after the press conference.”

Source: Inter.it

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