Inter manager Inzaghi laments 'undeserved' Roma loss
Inter manager Simone Inzaghi despite the defeat against Roma believes his team produced their best performance of the season.
suffered their fourth defeat in Serie A after just eight matches against
Romaon Saturday. Federico Dimarco put Inter in front but Roma earned their first win against Nerazzurri since 2017 thanks to Paulo Dybala and Chris Smalling's goals.
“We know Tuesday will be an important Champions league game, but it’s natural to be disappointed after today’s completely undeserved defeat,”
Inzaghi told DAZN.
“This is football, it was our best performance of the season and we emerged empty-handed, it is a painful one.”
Inter who will face Barcelona in the Champions League on Tuesday, in all their four Serie A defeats this season has scored the first goal.
“It’s what I said in the press conference yesterday, that we need to work more on the details. Our goalkeeper didn’t make a save this evening, we hit the woodwork, but evidently what we are doing so far is not enough.
“As a coach, I received a wonderful response from the team in terms of performance, the chances created. It was our best performance of the eight Serie A games this season.
“Unfortunately, we were unable to celebrate with the fans, who cheered us on non-stop, and we’re here licking our wounds again.”
Inzaghi was asked about his substitutions and whether he had decided before the game to replace Kristjan Asllani.
“At that moment, he would’ve come off anyway. I also had Calhanoglu needing to come off, while Brozovic wasn’t available and Gagliardini insisted on coming to the bench even though he was by no means ready to play.
“We changed system to mirror Roma late on with Correa. Paradoxically, this was the game where we struggled the least against Roma and yet we lost, having beaten them three times last season.”
Inter is in seventh place in the table with eight points behind Napoli at the top. Reporters asked him about his future and whether his job is at risk.
“Every coach is at risk, every game and every week. I received a strong response from the squad, that did what it needed to do. We just need to work on the details, as both goals should not have been conceded, for example on the set play we had practiced to start the offside trap and move faster.
“Naturally, defeats never make you feel relaxed, but we analysed the Udinese loss and that was not up to our usual standards. Tonight I saw my Inter again, the team that allowed us to win two trophies last season.
“We got ourselves in this situation and now we need to work hard to get ourselves out of it. You need results to feel confident, at the moment we pay for every little distraction. We all need to do more, starting with myself as coach.”
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