Inter and Milan in the last corner of the road to Istanbul
Coinciding in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals, Italian teams Inter and Milan completed their preparations for tomorrow’s rematch.
Milan won one of the 4 games played between the two teams this season, while Inter left the field with victory in all three.
Milan beat Inter 3-2 in their first league game, while Inter defeated their rival 3-0 in the Super Cup final in Saudi Arabia in January. The game played in the second half of the league ended with a 1-0 victory for Inter.
Last week, Inter beat Milan 2-0 in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final.
On the other hand, Milan, who won the UEFA Champions League 7 times before, and Inter, who brought this trophy to their museum 3 times, have met 5 times in the “Giants League”.
2 of these matches were won by Milan, 1 of them by Inter, while 2 matches ended in a draw.
INZAGHI: WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS
Inter coach Simone Inzaghi, who came away from the first game with Milan with a 2-0 win and took a big lead to reach the final in Istanbul, referred to the importance of tomorrow’s game at the press conference and said: “We know what it means, very well, we should play. We know we have a well-deserved advantage, but it’s a game we have to play like Inter.”
Inzaghi said: “I said before the Benfica game; We must be united on the field. I have no doubts about the fans because they are always with us. Tomorrow we must act calmly, but also put our hearts into it. “It’s the only way to finish tomorrow’s game well,” he said.
Expressing that they are 90 minutes away from a dream, Inzaghi noted that one last step is missing at this time.
On the question of how the national football player Hakan Çalhanoğlu became the team’s coach on the field, Inzaghi said that in the absence of Brozovic before a match, he evaluated Hakan with the idea that he would be a good solution and that The national The player played well adapting well.
PIOLI: WE NEED TO IMPROVE QUALITY
Milan manager Stefano Pioli, for his part, stated that they wanted to play a game that would allow them to advance to the final in the second leg, after the 2-0 defeat in the first game, saying: “The eyes of the players on this team tell me that they are prepared in the best possible way. He says to do much better than the first match and win the match. Our goal is to win with a score that reaches the final in a way that no one can predict,” he said.
Pioli said that no one believes that Milan will reach this point, or that they can reach the final, and that they want to do so.
Stating that everyone who plays sports at a certain level knows that the game does not end before the end of the competition, Stefano Pioli said:
“Inter is a strong team. Now we go to the second half and we have to start again, but it still won’t be enough. We have to raise the quality. The game is long, we have to start well and stay in the game and be prepared to take advantage of their mistakes because that’s what they do.”
Both teams completed their final preparations before the derby and began to wait for the match time. (AA)