Gattuso: “The reason why I didn’t deploy two strikers. Andre Silva? He has suffered a tragedy”
It’s a goalless draw at San Siro. After ninety intense minutes full of one-on-one battles and goal opportunities, neither side managed to break the deadlock in the end.
Coach Gattuso was interviewed by Sky Sport after the match: “I’m objective, Inter played better. At a tactical level, I liked the team, even if we took a step back in quality. We had chances but perhaps Inter deserved something more. Today, especially in the first half, we struggled and we made errors, but tactically the guys performed well. Alessio Romagnoli and Leo Bonucci have done well.
Champions League chances? I think only about improving the team and continuing the work done so far, then we will see where we will arrive. We are not at our 100%, we must never give up. Mathematics does not condemn us, we also have an Italian Cup final to play“.
Gennaro Gattuso’s analysis continues: “I expect that we will play cleaner. We need the attacker to be more involved in the game, in the first half we made a lot of mistakes. We need to better serve our attackers and improve the setting. Patrick Cutrone does a great job up front. Today we have closed between lines well, but failed to create up front. In the end it’s a point earned“.
“I did not think about playing with two strikers today, because suffering another defeat would have been mentally destructive. I thought only about what’s best for the team. Today Andre Silva’s grandfather died, so I did not think he was in conditions to play. He left immediately after the game for Portugal, condolences to him and his family “.