Simone Inzaghi: Inter's Progress Not Defined by Recent Form

Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi remains confident ahead of Champions League semi-final against Barcelona, despite recent losses.

Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi remains optimistic despite the team's recent slump. He believes their progress over the past four years shouldn't be overshadowed by a few setbacks.

Inter's recent losses, including consecutive defeats to Bologna and AS Roma, have dropped them to second in Serie A. Their Coppa Italia hopes were also dashed after a loss to AC Milan.

“The last week does not erase the work done in four years,” Inzaghi, in charge of Inter since 2021, told a press conference on Tuesday.

“In the last three games we had to do better, but after four years we are here competing for all the objectives, when someone had said that it would be difficult to get into the top four in Italy.”

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For Inter, who will compete in the Club World Cup after the season ends, the tie against Barcelona provides an opportunity to forget last week's woes.

“We come from a bad week, but we can do and we have to do better,” Inzaghi said.

“We're excited about the game we're going to play tomorrow against probably the best team in the world, the most offensive, the team that scores the most goals.

“We need to have the ability to play with sacrifice if we have to. We will have to be very clean technically, we need a lot of components to beat such a strong opponent...

“They have incredible numbers and have won two titles, competing for two more. We have maximum respect, but no fear... We want to play a semi-final like a real Inter tomorrow.”