Third place accessible?
“Yes, nothing is lost in spite of Florence defeat.”
They have to find harmony and lightness being together?
“It is clear that the withdrawal does not like anybody, but it is also fair to change something in order to turn this situation. Everyone has accepted that and worked well.”
Are you working on an eleven outlined?
“It does not change much between 4-3-3 or 4-4-2. The system does not change. We went well with this but also with others, we varied very little.”
Do you understand what has happened ?
“Football is this, you enter a negative and do not get out of it. Then maybe come back to win 5-6 on the bounce. It is not a physical, technical or tactical reasoning. Things are not going well in spite of good games and we must accept it.”
Now you need to be good at times to make changes in advance?
“We have had 6 games and lost 2 times, not 6. Unfortunately they were draws but the points collected prior keep us in the race for third place. There was a difficult moment but you can not change much.”
Today, what is Palacio to Inter?
“An extraordinary player, for goals, for the behaviour. He is definitely an inspiration to all, pity about the age.”
Critics to you is what gives you the most trouble?
“I have not read anything, I have no idea. Everyone is free to write what they want, know how it works in Italy. If you win you are the best, if you lose you are the worst. I coach after the football player, maybe I talk too much of football”.
Pagliuca said that the real Mancini is pissed. Are you?
“One can be angry in certain situations but it happens to everyone. Except Eriksson, others get upset. Then if I happen to be it is newsworthy, and you can write about it then you can thank me.”
When you hear about Mourinho in the stands at a time like that what did you think?
“Anyone can come, Moratti invited him and Moratti can do whatever he wants. It’s not a problem. As for the delicate moment it is the upcoming game. Now we meet a Samp in trouble.”
FcIN: What do you think of Nagatomo’s renewal and redemption of Telles, what are the circumstances?
“Telles should only gain experience, he has great possibilities but they are things that we will discuss later this year. Nagatomo likes Inter, but could have gone to the Premier League in January but he wanted to stay.
What are the feelings of the president after Florence?
“Clear that after a defeat at the end of it all are difficult to decipher, he was quiet and aware that we can get to the third place.”
It will be a delicate match for Eder against Sampdoria?
“He will not be affected, even if the match is marked as always important. He will start to take the lead. He has worked well and is serious to play well. We have made a good buy.”
This race for third place can resemble that of the City who won the title?
“I remember at the time that we have won so many, we must do the same to finish third. The teams are different but when you retrieve points that is the main aim.”
Conceivable that the three remaining midfielders usually remain on the bench?
“I do not know, I’ll call one from the Primavera , then one of the outer players can play in the middle. We have solutions.”
