«Inter favourites? We do not hide»- Corriere.it

APPIANO GENTILE «Are Pioli the favourites? We are not hiding, we know the importance of this game. There must be no fears, but a great desire to make our fans happy as we have done up to now: we are a single block, to experience these two evenings in the best possible way. We are 180 minutes away from what was a dream in August. But Milan is a huge stumbling block».

Simone Inzaghi has found Inter right moment and wants to prove it to all of Europe already in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against Milan: the nerazzurri have plenty of choices in attack (Lautaro-Dzeko are favourites) and hope to recover Gosens as well.

Milan has its problems: «We know that Leao may or may not be there, but this will not affect our game plan. Milan have quality, they know how to play, they have an excellent dribble, they are not just a restart team. We will have to be patient, put our hearts into it – and I have no doubts about this – and our heads too”. Inzaghi’s great doubt Fra Brozovic is the favorite over Calhanoglu in directing. But here again it is a problem of abundance. How the air has changed around the nerazzurri, who with the victories over Porto and Benfica saved their coach’s bench and now don’t miss a beat even in the league. After all, even before the first leg of the round of 16 Inzaghi – and only he – had aimed high, saying “We can win the Champions League”. “It’s the most important match of my career. The awareness that we gained from going through the group with Bayern and Barcelona was important for this team. We have overcome two obstacles, but this is even higher ».