After a nail-biting match won thanks to two goals from Mauro Icardi, Inter coach Frank De Boer spoke to Sky Sport microphones to analyze the match against Pescara. “It was important to win and take the points. If you do not collect points it is difficult to maintain confidence. We worked very hard in the recent weeks. We could win or draw, but I have seen very good things on which we can work. After the 1-0 we lost our head, we were not compact and we risked to concede the 2-0. I preferred then to put three forwards who could put their defense in trouble. The substitutions were a turning point in the match, the result is well deserved, we had our chances and we deserved to win. ”
“If you analyze the opportunities of Pescara, they were born from our mistakes. If you make errors whilst in possession it becomes difficult. If we improve our ball circulation these chances will eventually disappear. For me it is very important to have preventive marking, we missed this in the second save by Handanovic. this is because we thought that we had to think of attacking to get the result, but you always have to keep your head to think about the game. we could also use this system with different players, the important is that the team is moving in sync. the win tonight was very important. Gabigol? he can certainly play with Icardi. Players always adapt to playing with each other. He has already proven to be a good football player in Brazil. He can play in three positions, we have a lot of games to be played and we need everyone. ”
On his idea of football, the coach concluded: “Football is played on small details. I think we can adapt very quickly to this league, we are making progress week after week. We still have to improve a lot, but I have seen very positive things tonight. I am convinced of defending all together, but also in attack. We have to play as a team, we are united and we have a common mentality which is very important to create the space. We will try to do this, we will have to attack the ball more, we have to grow in the coverage of spaces and in preventive marking to create unified movements as a team. ”
Source: Sky Sport
