Now that the Europa League has been exited, all eyes are on the Serie A derby della Madonnina tomorrow night at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milano’s San Siro district, with kick-off scheduled for 20.30 CET.
Inter coach Luciano Spalletti can breathe a sigh of relief as he will have many more players to pick his starting 11 team from. Milano based newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport explains that “Against AC Milan, both Asamoah and Lautaro Martinez will be back after being suspended against Eintracht Frankfurt. Gagliardini and Dalbert are also ready as both of them were out of Inter’s European Cup squad this season, while Joao Mario presence is uncertain.”
“The Portuguese flew to Angola to deal with his father’s death, he hasn’t trained all week and is expected back in Milan today. A return also for Marcelo Brozovic, who exited the SPAL game with a slight muscle problem and spent the game against Frankfurt on the bench. Joao Miranda, who suffered a nose fracture against SPAL, will also return to the roster, but will start the game on the bench with a protective mask.”
“As for Radja Nainggolan, he will try to make it, the Belgian hurt his calf ahead of the game against Frankfurt and hasn’t been training for 10 days now and yesterday all he could do was run when the team had its practice. Inter will try to include him on the bench, but there is little hope that he will make it.”
The probable starting lineup according to Gazzetta dello Sport:
INTER (4-3-3): Handanovic; D’Ambrosio, De Vrij, Skriniar, Asamoah; Gagliardini, Brozovic, Vecino; Politano, Martinez, Perisic.
