Simone Inzaghi admits ‘some people couldn’t wait’ for Inter to get it wrong, so they had to respond to criticism with a 6-0 demolition of Lazio. “I’m very proud to be their coach.”
It’s always an emotional return to the Stadio Olimpico for Inzaghi, who spent most of his career with Lazio as a player and then manager, so he was in no mood to celebrate after the crushing victory.
They ran wild in the Capital with goals from Hakan Calhanoglu, Federico Dimarco, Nicolò Barella, Denzel Dumfries, Carlos Augusto and Marcus Thuram in the heavy 6-0 result, which surely sends a message in the race for the Scudetto.
“Above all, beating a team that was in an excellent period of form was important. We didn’t lose our form in the first 20 minutes, then we raised the level and after the third goal everything went downhill.” Inzaghi told DAZN.
“These guys have given me this enormous effort for three and a half years, I am very proud to be their coach. We know we haven’t achieved anything yet, but it’s a very good victory against a team who were in great form.
Inter scored with six different players, does this confirm that the title holders remain the strongest team in the league?
“The verdict will be given on the ground,” Inzaghi replied.
“That’s how we prepared for the match after Leverkusen, we knew the qualities of Lazio and the guys had the right interpretation. Now we have a game in hand, after the last two Serie A games, this year we have the Supercoppa Italiana and it gets even more complicated.
Inzaghi responds to Inter criticism
Prior to this triumph, Inter had won just one of their head-to-heads this season in Serie A, losing to Milan, drawing against Juventus and Napoli, but also escaping that. a 1-0 defeat in the Champions League against Bayer Leverkusen.
That puts them on 34 points, technically within reach of Atalanta on 37 given they have a game in hand.
“We have been very consistent over the last two and a half months in Serie A, as have many other teams, including Lazio. You see the table, it’s still very tight.
“The goal against Parma irritated me because we didn’t deserve it for the way we were playing,” Inzaghi said of that 3-1 victory, spoiling the clean sheet.
“These guys deserve applause, because we’ve been playing non-stop for a month without Acerbi and Pavard, so we don’t have as many options to rotate. I also had several players booked today, so I had to call on Darmian as a central defender and he did it with great intelligence.
Inzaghi has been praised for the way he has transformed the 3-5-2 tactic from the approach taken by his predecessor Antonio Conte at Inter, and while trying to deflect praise from DAZN pundits, he also took a moment to applaud. reviews.
“What I’m most proud of is the way these players try hard every time, which is not easy playing at this pace and so often. It’s a great band, I try to tour as much as possible because they all deserve to play.
“There were a lot of people who, since our defeat against Milan in September, couldn’t wait for us to make a mistake, which we did in Leverkusen. A lot has been said, but fortunately my players and I don’t listen to the media and stay focused on the match.
