After the match against Cagliari Inter’s coach Walter Mazzarri met the press to answer questions.
During the second half Cagliari gave up their trequartista to secure the points. Could you have made the change to allow Botta to enter earlier? Have you asked Juan and Icardi about the episodes?
“It’s an episode I will not touch . Regarding performance, I must mention that we had Alvarez who came back from injury, the last change, I had to wait before I did it because I had to ask how Samuel felt as I didn’t want to finish with 10 players. Kuzmanovic did well according to me, because we had to break Cagliari’s counterattacks, there weren’t more changes to do as it’s not allowed and we decided to cover the wing. Afterwards, because it ended a draw, you can say anything.”
It seems as if the team took on the match with sufficiency. How do you train to be unpredictable?
“I don’t know if that’s really the case. Cagliari made 2-3 mistakes that could have punished them directly. In the first half we created little, even because Cagliari were well organized. In the second half we didn’t manage to put pressure on them all over the pitch. If you can’t unlock these matches with corners it’s a problem, it’s those things that will allow us to unlock the game. Cagliari had no big chances. We tried to come in from all sides and avoid giving space to Ibarbo. Unpredictable? Sometimes we are, not today. During the final minutes we did many things.”
Hernanes was missing today, but is there a deficiency on set pieces?
“He was signed for the set pieces, against Sassuolo the goal came from a corner. There are specialists that are needed to take the right free-kick, because he has the right personality. If he has been identified, it is because he is bringing more points. The deficiency is there, against Catania, we created nothing on 14 corners. The games are simple, we have to improve our shortcomings.”
Icardi must improve, but who is the best of him and Milito?
“Today Icardi got 45 minutes, the guy is growing and does it very well, I ‘ll see if I can use him from the start. If so, he may not have 90 minutes in him and I’ll have to make a change during the match. The coach makes so many considerations, to already have a change in the calculation makes it different.”
Jonathan and Nagatomo risked a suspension, D’Ambrosio was waiting to get in on the pitch but it didn’t happen.
“If someone gets a suspension, he will play, why should I change something in the team after the game in Florence? He needs to understand what I want from a winger and right now the other two are playing well. Furthermore, none of them received a yellow card and had it happened, I would have made a change.”
Finally, fcinternews.it asked: Alvarez and Guarin: they are too enamored with the ball which significantly affects the movement of the game. Even Milito tended to move outwards when he would be needed in the penalty area. What do you think?
“So it might be, but they had studied us well. They had a good defensive organization, but viewed over 90 minutes we deserved to win.”
Source: fcinternews.it