Inter Milan supervisor Simone Inzaghi is trying ahead to taking over his former teammate Diego Simeone when his aspect play Atletico Madrid within the Champions League, however is not sure what to anticipate from the unpredictable Spanish aspect.
Inzaghi and Simeone have been members of the Lazio aspect which gained a Serie A and Coppa Italia double in 2000, and so they come head to head on Tuesday when the Argentine brings his Atletico aspect to the San Siro for the primary leg of their final 16 tie.
“Clearly, tomorrow it will be a pleasure to see Diego as an opponent again,” Inzaghi instructed a press convention on Monday.
“He was a great team mate, we won in Rome with Lazio, then he went to Atletico, but we never lost sight of each other. It was clear that he was going to be a great coach, just look at what he did in 13 years at Atletico Madrid.”
Atletico is fourth in La Liga and after two video games with out a win – defeats in a Copa del Rey semifinal first leg by Athletic Bilbao and within the league by Sevilla – it bounced again with a 5-0 victory over Las Palmas on Saturday. Inzaghi conceded it was tough to know what to anticipate from Simeone’s aspect.
“Predicting what will happen tomorrow night is not easy, seeing Atletico’s last games they have changed a lot, I saw the game against Las Palmas and they were very aggressive,” the Italian stated.
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“In the cup it wasn’t the same attitude, the penultimate game in Seville was different again. They are a team that dribbles much more than in the past, they have a lot of technique and very good quality players.”
Simeone, who performed at Inter earlier than becoming a member of Lazio, has been supervisor at Atletico since 2011, and Inzaghi, whose aspect are 9 factors clear on the prime of Serie A, stated it will be exhausting to see him lasting as lengthy at one membership in Italy.
“This is difficult, I understood it over the years at Lazio and now here at Inter. In twenty days, the opinions on the players, on the coaches change quickly,” the supervisor stated.
“It’s useless to think too much, we need to work on principles, with these guys who always have a smile on their faces.
“We’ve done six months in the best possible way, but the most important thing is these three months still to come.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com