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Italian Soccer Serie A

Here are the declarations of Inter Coach Simone Inzaghi making his debut with a convincing victory Serie A Week 1 win Inter 4 -0 Genoa on Saturday 21 August 2021 at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium.

Inzaghi giving his after match declarations to DAZN (courtesy inter.it)

“I was fairly sure we’d play well. Since 8 July I’ve watched these guys train with real desire. They’ve been really keen to learn the new ideas my staff and I have tried to share with them.  We got off to the best possible start today in front of our fans, who are finally back with us at the stadium. It was an amazing feeling to arrive at the stadium and see everyone singing and calling us. We couldn’t have asked for a better start.”

On Hakan Çalhanoğlu debut 

“He’s a fabulous player who’s tremendously skilful and has a top-notch work rate. He’s a fully developed player but he’s still got plenty of room for improvement. I don’t think he realises himself how good he could be.  When I played against him at Lazio, he always caused huge problems for me. We were lucky to be able to bring him here, but I don’t like to talk about just one player because lots of the other lads have been working their socks off, deserved to play and are very important to this team.

“It was a joy to watch the team play today, even though we were missing some key players like Lautaro [Martinez], [Alexis] Sanchez and [Roberto] Gagliardini.

“We’re very happy but we still have a lot of work to do because we have another tricky match coming up on Friday, against Verona. We must continue to play with this carefree approach and try to exploit our full potential.”

On playing with one forward

“With Lautaro suspended and Sanchez unavailable, I went with [Stefano] Sensi because he’s been training so well and he’s a fantastic player. He always managed to get into a pocket of space to receive the ball despite playing out of position.  I’m lucky because I have so many quality attacking players, because Calhanoglu is a top-drawer footballer and [Edin] Dzeko just shows how it’s done as a No.9.”

“There’s so much quality throughout this squad. Every coach has their own ideas but what I find reassuring is seeing the lads working with so much effort and commitment. That’s the most important thing you want to see as a coach.”