Inzaghi: ‘Inter regret not taking more chances with Atleti’

Simone Inzaghi admits to feeling ‘remorse’ that Inter solely beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 within the first leg of the Champions League Spherical of 16 and provides an damage replace on Marcus Thuram.

The Nerazzurri needed to combat arduous to interrupt down the notoriously rugged Diego Simeone aspect, who had been got down to tactically neutralise their opponents within the away leg.

Marko Arnautovic needed to change injured Thuram at half-time and missed a number of enormous alternatives earlier than the decider, assembly the rebound from a parried Lautaro Martinez shot to attain from a good angle.

“It’s very satisfying, the lads had been great towards a bodily, technical aspect that didn’t make it in any respect straightforward,” Inzaghi instructed Sky Sport Italia.

“We all know that is solely the primary leg, the second match will likely be powerful, and definitely there are regrets for the outcome contemplating with all that we created, we deserved a wider scoreline. That is soccer, we maintain going.”

The second leg will likely be on the Wanda Metropolitano on March 13 and there’s no away objectives rule now in Europe, so if Atleti win by any one-goal margin, it can go to additional time.

“I stated yesterday in my press convention that Arnautovic and Alexis Sanchez are doing very well in coaching and when referred to as upon. I’m glad that Marko bought the objective, he deserved to attain earlier, then Alexis got here on with the proper spirit.

“Thuram felt the adductor pull through the dash on the Lautaro Martinez go, then felt ache once more when he hit the end. He could have exams and we hope that we gained’t lose him for lengthy.”

Atletico Madrid didn’t handle a single shot heading in the right direction, the primary time Inter have had such a quiet evening on the again since November 2006 towards Sporting CP.

Similar to final season, Inter have gained the primary leg of the Spherical of 16 with a 1-0 scoreline at San Siro.

“I will likely be sincere, wanting again eventually season, Porto brought on us probably the most issues on the street to the Closing. Each crew is hard to beat while you get to this stage of the competitors.”

The Inter midfielders historically pour ahead on the assault, however this night they needed to work in serving to the defence too.

“We had been up towards high quality opponents, however Inter performed very effectively. Allow us to not overlook that when Atletico Madrid have the ball, it’s powerful to get it off them. We in all probability made a number of too many misplaced passes within the first half, however Atleti had been clammed up with two traces.

“We moved the ball round higher after the break and I feel we deserved greater than 1-0. The midfielders sacrificed themselves and we labored as a crew. The substitutions helped, as we weren’t our common selves within the first seven or eight minutes of the second half, however we bought again on monitor, created possibilities that we must always’ve scored.

“I do know that Sommer didn’t make any precise saves, however there have been a number of conditions just like the Samuel Lino shot and Alvaro Morata header the place we might’ve executed higher.”

Inter have now gained all 9 of their aggressive matches performed in 2024 between Serie A, the Supercoppa Italiana and Champions League.

#Inzaghi: “#Thuram? Ha sentito tirare all’adduttore. Speriamo di non perderlo per molto tempo” https://t.co/fktGgYm62J

— Alfredo Pedullà (@AlfredoPedulla) February 20, 2024