Danilo D’Ambrosio has issued a rallying cry ahead of Inter’s final two games of the season and believes the Nerazzurri would deserve to secure qualification for next season’s Champions League.
The Italian appeared at an event organised by main shirt sponsors Pirelli on Tuesday and gave a brief interview to Sky Sport before leaving, in which he urged his team-mates to repay the support Inter’s fans have provided throughout the campaign.
“We want to qualify for the Champions League and we’ve wanted to since the beginning of the season,” he said. “‘If we don’t make the Champions League’ is a phrase that we’ve never uttered.
“The fans? They’re an extra reason to make the top four.”
Luciano Spalletti’s side responded to the crushing Derby d’Italia defeat in the best possible way on Sunday when they dismantled Udinese to record a 4-0 victory, but D’Ambrosio was not surprised the team had been able to move on so quickly.
“You have to get over these things because football can give and take away in the same day. We reacted well, we’ve been heading in a clear direction for a long time now.
“We went through a difficult period where performances and points weren’t arriving but we managed to pick ourselves up, not least because of the work Spalletti has done.
“We hope we can secure what would be a deserved qualification to the Champions League.
“We’re giving everything to be worthy of this shirt and the coach is doing the same. He’s been telling us ever since the start of the season that we have to reach our objective: if the club made a few changes to the squad it’s because it needed some adjusting. Every team needs reinforcements.”
D’Ambrosio also offered his thoughts on Saturday’s upcoming match at home to Sassuolo, suggesting that Inter needed to avoid ‘presumption’ when facing the Neroverdi.
“We have some great attacking potential but the most important thing is not to concede.”
