‘Calhanoglu is doing what we signed him for’ – Simone Inzaghi
Inter manager Simone Inzaghi has said Hakan Calhanoglu is doing what he expects from him after the Turkish midfielder scored one goal and provided three assists in their 6-0 victory over Crotone.
continued warming up for the new Serie A season with a 6-0 friendly win over
Crotoneon Wednesday.
“I am satisfied, the team played a very good game after three weeks of intensive training,”
the coach told Inter TV
.
The former
AC Milanmidfielder showed brilliant performance in the first half, providing assists to
Martin Satriano
and
Federico Dimarco
before scoring his own goal.
After the break,
Calhanoglu
set up another goal for
Andrea Pinamonti
before
Stefano Sensi
and
Marcelo Brozovic
completed the route.
“Calhanoglu is doing what we signed him for, and he did very well today, as did all his teammates. We immediately got the measure of our opponents and developed our forward play effectively.”
Ivan Perisic and Matias Vecino have returned to team training, while
Lautaro Martinez
,
Nicolò Barella
, and
Alessandro Bastoni
will return on Monday after winning the Copa America and UEFA EURO 2020 respectively.
Romelu Lukaku
had his pre-season debut off the bench today and set up the last goal for Brozovic in the 65th minute of the game.
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