‘We couldn’t have asked for a better start’ – Simone Inzaghi

Simone Inzaghi

’s men started the new Serie A season with the best performance possible, defeating

4-0 in a game where new signings

Hakan Calhanoglu

and

Edin Dzeko

showed their form by putting their names among the goal scorers of the game.

The Nerazzurri fans were worried about their favorite team’s form after losing some of their stars in the transfer window, but their new coach Simone Inzaghi was confident that his side would play well.

“I was pretty confident the team would do well, as I’ve seen them working with enthusiasm and hunger since July 8, eager to learn new concepts,”

Inzaghi

told DAZN after replacing

Antonio Conte

on the bench

.

“We couldn’t have asked for a better start, especially in front of our fans back in the stadium.”

Inzaghi heaped praise on former

midfielder

Hakan Calhanoglu

, who scored one goal and provided an assist.

“Calhanoglu is a great player, able to unite quality and quantity, he ran so hard for the team as well. Every time I played against him, he caused me problems. We were fortunate enough to pick him up and I think he can get stronger, because he doesn’t realize how good he is.”

Inter looked much more attack-minded than Conte’s largely counter-attacking approach.

have

Lautaro Martinez

in their squad and have recently signed

Edin Dzeko

but they are still looking to bring in another striker, with options ranging from

’s

Duvan Zapata

to

Joaquin Correa

of

or

’s

Marcus Thuram

.

“Naturally we need to complete the squad, as Romelu Lukaku’s departure was unexpected. Dzeko has already shown what kind of player he is, hopefully we’ll bring in someone else who can score big goals.”

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