Luciano Spalletti spoke to Sky Sport Italia after Inter’s 0-0 draw against Lazio inte last Serie A match of 2017 when the two sides faced off at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milano’s San Siro district.
The former Roma coach began by praising Ivan Perisic saying that “he could have scored with a header, but despite this, today he showed again the great player he is. The goal comes when there is continuity of play combined with strong character. When you lose 2 or 3 games and you get kicked out of the Italian Cup, it is normal that the haters come out and want you return to the habits of the previous years. I’m always on the defensive, maybe I’ll have to change my outlook. But I know that to be a pessimist you never get a result. You guys have been telling me that we need a centre-back from the start of the year, but I can’t say these things to my boys, it would affect their confidence. I am always with them because they have the ability to come out of any situation, and I say this especially after a splendid first half of the season. If we drew the last 2 matches instead of defeats against Udinese and Sassuolo, we would be talking about a stratospheric half season.”
Spalletti then spoke about the other top teams in the Serie A saying that: “Lazio is a true power house of this championship. Roma, Napoli and Juventus well we already know about them, Milan should have been close to us as well. We did everything ourselves, even with these 2 games lost. If we came here with this group, this group will take us out of this period in the same way. Yes, Lazio could have won the match today, but so could Inter. We played with the right mindset, we tried everything to win it. We have 41 points, so we are a strong team. I would sign up right now to get 41 points again in the second half of the season. 41 points are a lot, I would love it, but first you have to earn those points on the field.”
