Inter Milan teenager Matteo Cocchi offered an honest assessment of his performance in last night’s clash against Torino.
Speaking to Inter TV via FCInterNews, the 19-year-old insisted that he ‘gave his best’ to help the team reach the Coppa Italia semi-finals.
Unfazed by the magnitude of the occasion, Cristian Chivu bucked tradition by giving several youngsters and fringe players a chance to start.
Indeed, the Romanian coach rotated ten players compared to last Sunday’s Serie A victory at Cremonese.
Matteo Cocchi Assesses His Performance in Inter Milan 2-1 Torino Win
Chivu made several bold choices last night.
For starters, he replaced both starting wingbacks with a couple of Primavera starlets.
Therefore, Matteo Cocchi and Issiaka Kamate started at the expense of Federico Dimarco and Luis Henrique, respectively.
While the latter registered an assist for Ange-Yoan Bonny, the former failed to impress in his first senior start for the club.
However, there’s no doubt that the Italian youngster left his heart and soul on the pitch.
“I’m happy with this performance,” Cocchi said after teh game. “I tried to give my all on the pitch.
“The team is united, we work for each other and try to give our best. They show me this every day.
“Today was my first time starting; I tried to give my best and fit into this wonderful team. Playing in this shirt is an honor.”
For a 19 years old, I would say not bad. But definitely needs to work harder to earn a spot.
He has a very good left foot, he did some decent crosses, still better tha LH on the rhs.
I think he will be a good fullback. Better than having a fullback that tries to be a winger without any dribbling ability. We really need to get out of multiple random crosses.
he did ok, but dimarco had spoilt us with his world class performances, that made it look like cocchi was bad.
Agreed.
based on what I saw he was rather timid and inaccurate, lost a number of balls…Kamate on the right lane was way, way better…
He did ok.