Inter central midfielder Arturo Vidal has labelled tomorrow night’s Champions League group stage match against Real Madrid as a final and has also touched upon what such a match will allow he and his teammates to show.
“It’s a final for us too, to show that we are a strong team and we must show on the pitch that we have players who are hungry to win,” he explained in an interview with Italian broadcaster Sky Sport Italia, which was broadcast a short time ago.
“Tomorrow will be important not only for the Champions League, but also for the league and for everything.”
He was then asked about the absence of Romelu Lukaku, who will miss the match due to a muscle injury, which also caused him to miss Inter’s 2-2 draw with Parma this past weekend and will reportedly keep him out for this weekend’s match against Atalanta.
“I’m sorry but football is like that. We have many games in a few days, we have to change our minds and play to the maximum to have a good match.”
The former Barcelona player was then asked if it is true that as a young child he dreamed of playing for Real Madrid one day.
“I said it because in Chile you only looked at Real Madrid because Zamoarano played there, but I have been lucky enough to play in some of strongest teams in the world such as Barcelona, Bayern, Juventus and Inter.”
In conclusion Vidal spoke on how he is finding life at Inter and how he and his teammates are doing with regard to proving Inter’s quality as a team.
“Now I’m happy, I’m fine. I’m happy with the coach’s confidence in me. I’m playing many games, I’m doing what he asks and now we’re starting to do even more to show that Inter are a strong team that wants to win everything this year.”
