Following Inter’s goalless draw at home to Roma, Inter manager Antonio Conte shared his views on the match in an interview with Italian broadcaster Sky Sport Italia.
“If you look at the game overall, Mirante was man of the match and Roma never really had a shot on goal, so possession matters little at that point,” he began.
“We ran practically no risks against a great Roma side. These are the games where you have to score goals, because we had the opportunities and we forced them to make errors with our pressure and the runs from midfield. We could’ve been more determined in front of goal tonight and would’ve brought home the three points.
“The positive aspects are that when you press high, you can steal the ball and immediately go clear on goal. The negative is that it uses up a lot of energy and, if they get through that first line of pressure, there’s a lot of space behind.
“We know Roma are very good at passing the ball around, so it wasn’t easy, but we did it well this evening and forced errors. As I said, their goalkeeper Mirante was man of the match. We did create the scoring opportunities.”
He was then asked about how Antonio Candreva is doing after he was forced off due to what appeared to be a back issue.
“A big match with Barcelona is coming up and I don’t want to talk about those who are injured. We’ll start 11 players and they will give their heart and soul.”
