Coppa Italia, today the Inter-Milan derby without thinking about the Scudetto

Inter and Milan on the pitch tonight in the return derby of the Coppa Italia semi-final. After the 0-0 first leg, the Nerazzurri and the Rossoneri compete at 9pm (live on Canale 5) for a place in the final. In the double confrontation, the rule that rewards goals away in the event of a tie still applies: if the match were to end in a draw with goals (1-1, 2-2 …) Milan would qualify. The two teams fighting for the Scudetto arrive at the appointment. Milan first, Inter behind by 2 points but with a match to recover. The two coaches – Stefano Pioli and Simone Inzaghi – try to freeze the championship speech for a few hours. INZAGHI – “The team arrives charged and motivated, we know the importance of the challenge and what it represents for the club and the fans. We come from three consecutive victories and we are preparing the match very well”, Inzaghi’s words on the eve. “As for the choices, a coach always has many doubts and many choices to make every day. For tomorrow’s match there are 2 training sessions and I will try to choose the best for a challenge that is very important. Then there will be the championship, we are in the running. for both objectives and we are doing an excellent path considering that in January the Super Cup was already won. “” We have played 3 derbies, 2 of the championship and that of the Italian Cup, tomorrow we know that we must and want to win to go to the final . We know that we could have achieved more in the past, we had to be good at addressing the episodes that are decisive but tomorrow there is a very important match because a final is worth it. Even knowing the importance of the away goal, it is necessary to have maximum concentration in every moment of the game knowing that we are facing a valuable opponent, we must keep the concentration very high for the whole 95 minutes and in the case for the p follow-up of the game. What is the difficulty of this match? It will be necessary to have an even higher concentration, having not scored in the first leg, our attention must be maximized because every moment of the match can prove to be decisive “, Inzaghi added.” Is the right time to celebrate a derby in Milan too? That’s what we all hope, tomorrow we play in our stadium with an incredible audience that has always drawn us. In the last match against Verona, the stadium helped us a lot and tomorrow we will be aware of this knowing that it is a very important match with a very high stakes “, explained Inzaghi aware that the fact that he has not yet won a derby this season. it can be an extra boost. “Without a doubt, there were 3 different derbies, the first 2 we played very well, in the last the teams were equal knowing that there was the return and the weight of the home goal and in away and was more blocked. The team knows this and knows that tomorrow is a great opportunity to be exploited in the best possible way. “PIOLI -” We know very well what our path in the league must be “, echoed Pioli.” I don’t think the derby “of today “is decisive in this sense.” “We bet everything on team play, the more united you are, the more willing you are to sacrifice yourself for your teammates. We had a very nice day together, we took the opportunity to be together with the families and the Club, which always supports us. From here to the end we must try to win them all, the team is very focused and motivated, this positive energy will have to accompany us “, he added.” We will have to read the game well and the details will be decisive. Within the game we will find moments in which to speed up and others in which to slow down. Inter, in the open field, can be dangerous and we will have to be good at managing the ball as best as possible, “added Pioli who explained the Rossoneri’s defensive solidity that” not conceding a goal is a factor, it surprises me a little because we always take some risks defending on the open field, but the growth of the whole team has been important. The application, intensity and concentration must be of a high level “. On the conditions of the injured, Pioli added that” for Calabria and Romagnoli we will see today, Davide should train, Alessio has not yet joined the team but he will also be decisive. for him today’s training. Gabbia came out tired but he is fine and he will be there tomorrow. Rebic? Ante is fine and has the qualities to be decisive, but every player must take the field with the mentality that every ball can be the most important. “