Having had time to analyse and dissect Sampdoria’s 3-2 loss to Inter last night, manager Marco Giampaolo shared his thoughts to Mediaset Premium.
“Inter deserve credit for the first half, but at the same time we frankly allowed them to play too much. If only there had been another 5-10 minutes. We made it very tough for Inter and they were genuinely afraid of not winning [against us].”
Asked about Inter’s scudetto chances, Giampaolo added: “Inter do some really good things as a team. Mauro Icardi works for the collective and they defend with a high line. I think they also have a more positive mentality compared to recent years.”
Giampaolo also defended his decision to start Gianluca Caprari and David Kownacki on the bench, both of whom came on to make an impact: “Kownacki and Caprari are very quick and they could’ve wasted energy in the first half when Inter were keeping the ball so well, but they made a big impact in the second half to push us back into the game. We’ve got regrets, as we could’ve done more in the first half.”
Source: FCInterNews
