Inter-Atalanta three days after the Italian Cup final, Marotta angry: “Incomprehensible choice” – Corriere.it

Inter anger over the advances and postponements of the penultimate round, 37th matchday, unveiled yesterday by Lega Serie A. Inter will host Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta at the San Siro on 27 May at 8.45pm. A match that can be fundamental in terms of fourth place, even if Simone Inzaghi’s team is currently +5 behind Milan in fifth place. What angers the Viale della Liberazione club, however, is the fact that i nerazzurri take the field early on saturday, despite just three days before they are engaged in rome in the final of the italian cup against fiorentina. And tomorrow 21 May, 72 hours before the final against the Viola, the away match against Napoli is also scheduled.

«It is incomprehensible to have brought forward to Saturday a match that could have been played even on Monday. Doing so puts the safety of the players at risk who are forced to play three games in a week, with an Italian Cup final in the middle which could even extend beyond regular time,” said CEO Beppe Marotta. Even if they go to extra time or penalties in the Coppa Italia, the Nerazzurri will return to Milan on charter on Wednesday late at night and the following day will naturally be dedicated to light work, the classic unloading.

This is a delicate moment for Inter between the arithmetical conquest of participation in the next Champions League, the Italian Cup final — which falls between two tough matches against Napoli and Atalanta — and the Champions League final against Manchester City, scheduled in Istanbul on June 10th. The club expected more understanding: even a Sunday choice would not have caused this discontent. Naturally, the risk of injury must be seen from a Champions League perspective. And if there is already someone who points out Fiorentina’s schedule for May 27 against Roma (6.00 pm), again after the Coppa Italia final three days later, the answer is simple: it is a forced choice due to the the Giallorossi’s last match of the Europa League in Budapest on May 31st against Sevilla.