Legendary Italian football manager Fabio Capello has shared his belief that things could have panned out differently for Inter against Shakhtar Donetsk had Christian Eriksen been played in a different role when he came on in the second half.

Inter were completely dominant over Shakhtar Donetsk at the Kyiv Olympic Stadium and had way more chances to score yet failed to do so and had to settle for a goalless draw and a second consecutive draw in the group stage after their 2-2 draw with Borussia Monchengladbach in the opening round of group stage fixtures.

“Despite the opportunities produced, something did not work for Inter. The passes from the defence were not very precise and the build-up play from the back was too slow,” he explained whilst present in the studios of Italian broadcaster Sky Sport Italia yesterday.

“Someone like Eriksen, who is skilled with the ball and able to play the right ball, was missing. The Dane should have played further back, instead he was inserted behind the strikers.”

The former AC Milan manager proceeded to add that he thinks Inter deserved to win the match against the Ukrainian Premier League champions, who failed to test Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic: “The Nerazzurri, in any case, deserved to win, but there are some tactical aspects that certainly need to be improved upon, more quality was needed against such narrow lines like Shakhtar’s.”

He went on to criticise Inter manager Antonio Conte for the way in which he read the game: ” I didn’t think they would dominate so much against the Ukrainians, but Conte did not read the type of match in the best possible way despite the domination. Unfortunately, the Nerazzurri failed to hit Shakhtar’s weak points.”