Stefano Pioli spoke about his side’s performance during his post-match press conference:
“I expected this Udinese but I expected a better Inter.”
Would it have been more right as a tie? “In the second half we created a lot and played good football. I do not think it was Joao Mario’s entry that made the difference, he held the same position as Banega. In the first half we made many mistakes but we were also dangerous – our approach was good.”
“I have the ability to understand if my guys are focused or not. The mistakes at first were because they were nervous and that is what we must not do. It is not right to judge the game for first 20 minutes, the match will last 95 minutes and I congratulated my team for the way they played. The games after the break are always difficult.”
The schedule? I would avoid talking about an “easy” schedule. Just look at yesterday Napoli with Sampdoria, everyone thought that Napoli would win easily. I met our owners today after the game and they said “No easy today” and I said “No easy always.”
“In Italy, there are no discounted games. To get the result we want to achieve this year, we have to run a lot.”
Perisic? He is a very important player, he has the technical quality to be decisive. I demand a lot from him and I am satisfied by his performance, I’m happy to have more players who can find the back of the net, I’m glad to have more reference points in attack. This could also benefit Icardi. We are on a four win streak and it is thanks to all assistants, and workers of Appiano Gentile. I have given a working method and confidence in these guys, now that I have met them in person, I can say that they are true professionals.”
Source: Fcinternews
