Mancini Salme

Roberto Mancini held a press conference ahead of tomorrow’s Serie A day 19 fixture against Sassuolo at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milano’s San Siro district. Inter can become “winter champions if they secure a win against a Sassuolo side that’s on level points with Milana nd only 5 behind Roma. Below is Mancini’s entire press conference.

How important is it to be top of the league after tomorrow’s match?
“We want to continue after the win against Empoli to remain at the top.”

What is Jovetic lacking in order to get more playing time?
“It’s tactical choices sometimes, he has to continue doing what he knows he needs to do.”

After the match against Empoli you said that you wanted to see more, what did you mean?
“I have to also look at the substance, sometimes it’s better to play not so good and win. In a perfect world we always play well, but sometimes we need to be careful.”

A positive coach and positive results, what counts for more in the dressing room?
“You need intelligent people, then in a family there will always be disagreements. It happens with your children, even more so in a big group. At the human level this is the best team I have ever coached.”

Are you happy that you’ve changed dormations so often?
“I look to make the best choices, but I don’t think there has been that many changes. What matters is the results. I don’t think about the preceding match, those who deserve to play also to do.”

The first rule to win the Scudetto is to concede few goals. Do you agree with this analysis?
“It could be like this in Italy, but we have to score more.”

Can you make an assessment on Kondogbia’s performances so far?
“Until he fell down in Empoli he did well. I think that he is in a positive phase. He will be very important for us.”

Do you expect the players to have a different approach to tomorrow’s match?
“During the course of the season in the league, you make mistakes, but what counts is to recover quickly and to win. I hope that the team has understood that they must be concentrated, without leaving anything to chance. We can’t allow ourselves to lapse in our concentration.”

What’s the most important thing tomorrow?
“We have three similar games coming up, against teams that our doing well. In order to do well we have to give everything, but they are similar matches. As I said, we have to be concentrated to the max and take care when playing.”

Why is it that you tend not to go for younger players on the transfer market as opposed to Juventus?
“Juventus is the club that has the highest earnings in Italy, so they are the club with the biggest possibilities to act on the market. For us it’s much more difficult it’s more difficult, but you have to look at what a club earns too.”

Will D’Ambrosio be a regular starter during the second part of the season?
“He’s doing well, ever since he’s come on after Santon’s problems he’s responded well. He will surely have many chances to play.”.

What do you expect to see from Sassuolo?
“They know how to put their opponents in difficulty, they don’t defend but think about attacking. They have been playing together for a while and up front they are very strong.”

Do you think it’s possible to see Eder move to Milano during this transfer window?
“I don’t think that the two clubs have met to discuss Eder, doubt he will be sold. I think that the discussion has been concentrated on Dodó, who now needs to find space to play. He feels good and today he has this possibility.”

Can Ranocchia go to Sampdoria too, just like Dodó?
“For the moment no player has asked to leave, including Ranocchia. So for the time being no-one will move.”

How has Felipe Melo been during this period following his suspension?
“He’s training regularly and he’s doing well. When his suspension is over he will return, but by now the match against Lazio belongs to the past.”

Would you like to respond to Arrigo Sacchi?
“I don’t want to respond to anyone, I really like winning with 1-0 because it makes a lot of people speak. If we always continue to win with this scoreline we will make a lot of people speak.”

What would you like to respond to Mihajlovic?
“It’s a normal part of the banter and I’m happy that this exists, but I haven’t read it and it doesn’t interest me either.”

Would you like to reveal five starting players as you usually do?
“Handanovic, Miranda, Murillo, Medel and Perisic”.

Source: FcInterNews.it