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Inter pass to the next phase of the Europa League but not without problems. The victory against a ten man Celtic didn’t come until the 87th minute, but it is enough. Here is what Roberto Mancini said right after the game:

“We risked a lot in the beginning, a goal there would change the whole game. Then after their red card things got easier. It is too early to talk about where we can finish, we are improving but we still always commit mistakes. When we stop committing mistakes we can say that we are doing better. We should have scored earlier to be calmer. Guarin has always shot like this, maybe before he insisted more on holding on longer to the ball but with his runs from behind he becomes dangerous. We neeed to improve under every aspect.”

Mancini then continues: “We are improving, we need to run fewer risks in defense. It needs to be more protected by the midfield and we should not lose the five, six balls that can cause the counter attack. The change of tactics? To stretch out the opponents and the play. This way we held on to possession and it was an advantage for us. They were tighter today when they didn’t have the ball and we did not get the same spaces in attack like we did the last game. When they were attacking we were not fast enough to close the space between midfield and defense, Hernanes and Guarin stayed too high on the pitch. I hope all Italian teams go through for the Uefa-ranking.

Source: fcinternews