Inter Milan Coach Simone Inzaghi: Difficult To Equalize Success In Last Season's Champions League, But...

Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi. (Photo: Twitter/@Inter)

JAKARTA - Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi said it would be difficult to repeat their trip to the Champions League final like last season.

Inter Milan will travel to Anoeta Stadium, San Sebastian, Real Sociedad headquarters in their inaugural match in the 2023/2024 Champions League, Thursday, September 21 in the morning WIB. The Nerazzurri brought good capital ahead of their meeting with Sociedad because of their solid performance in domestic matches.

Four matches were passed by Inter with successive wins and conceded only once. Even in the last match full of prestige against AC Milan, Inzaghi's team won 5-1.

If you look at last season's Champions League trip, Inter appeared as the less seeded team. But they were able to qualify from the hell group and continued to advance to the top even though they were finally tackled by Manchester City

Inzaghi looks at the competition this season with great enthusiasm like last season. With full awareness, he knows it will not be easy to repeat success but he wants his team to keep trying their best.

"It (the journey to last season's final) was a great journey. This year it started again with facing a strong team," Inzaghi was quoted as saying by Reuters, Wednesday, September 20.

"We will play like last year, knowing that it will be difficult to repeat what we have done, but we want to try again," he continued. Inzaghi then emphasized how Inter's mentality had grown stronger as a result of their efforts last season.

"It was an incredible journey, without forgetting the hard group we had to go through. Now it's a difficult part, but the players know that by working together, we can do amazing things," explained the coach.

Ahead of the match against Sociedad, Inter themselves are on the side who have a lot of positive capital. Because it's not just their slick performance, potential opponents are also in bad condition.

Sociedad has made a bad start to their journey in domestic competitions, in 11th place in La Liga with just six points from five games.

Reflecting on that result, Inzaghi did not want to be complacent. He realized that last season's Sociedad could finish in fourth place and that would still pose a significant challenge for Inter this time.

"They are a very organized team, with coaches who have been there for years, with many players surviving," he said.

"The result is unpredictable, we know that it will be a difficult and intense match, because Real Sociedad is an intense team, with amazing, good, strong, and technical players. We have to be good at helping ourselves and staying together, then attacking as a team," concluded Inzaghi.