Inter’s Vice-President Javier Zanetti was interviewed by Sky Sport Italia after the group stage of this season’s Champions League was drawn which saw the Nerazzurri in the same group as Barcelona, Tottenham and PSV Eindhoven.

The Nerazzurri legend stated that: “We already know that there are many strong teams in this competition, we have been drawn into a difficult group, we will prepare well for it. We know about the difficulties, but we are Inter and we have to think positively.”

Zanetti was asked about how he feels about Inter playing Lionel Messi to which he said: “He is not the only player in Barcelona, they have many great players who can do something extraordinary. They are great at maintaining possession of the ball but we will prepare well and raise our level of quality.”

The former Inter captain was asked about the comments made by Real Madrid President Florentino Perez who stated that he has never experienced a club trying to sign his players for free, referring to Inter’s interest in Luka Modric to which he replied: “Honestly, I haven’t heard what he said, if he has said this we will evaluate it when the time comes.”

In conclusion Zanetti was asked about the team’s start to the season to which he said.: “We are working with a lot of confidence, we are only in the beginning of the season and we need to find our peak physical condition. Already on Saturday we have a match that where we must return to winning, then we will have the international break to work peacefully. I did not expect this start but this is football, we have had other difficulties but we have to believe in what we are doing.”