“No More Excuses” – Inter Milan Directors Tell Simone Inzaghi They Expect Second Place In Serie A & A Good Performance In UCL, Italian Media Report | OneFootball

Inter’s directors have made clear to coach Simone Inzaghi what their expectations for the rest of the seasons are, and that there are no excuses for falling short.

This according to today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, via FCInterNews, who report that the Nerazzurri directors have told Inzaghi that whilst the Serie A title is obviously out of sight, the team must push for second place in addition to fighting hard in the Champions League and Coppa Italia.

Everyone at Inter now knows that it would be absurd to think about catching Napoli, who are far off in the distance due to a combination of their own stellar performance and the constant slip-ups by the Nerazzurri and the rest of the chasing pack.

However, the directors are still concerned that the team could start to mentally write off the rest of the season based on the apparent impossibility of winning the title.

They want to avoid this attitude at all costs, and also have told Inzaghi that it cannot be used as an excuse for the team slumping over the rest of the season.

Top four in Serie A is obviously the bare minimum for Inter given the financial catastrophe that would be represented by missing out, but just as important to the directors and President Steven Zhang is the manner in which a Champions League spot would be clinched.

Inter currently sit second in the table, and the directors expect the team to clinch this spot, and do so in convincing fashion over the remaining matches.

Meanwhile, Inter head to the Champions League knockout rounds where they will face Porto in the round of sixteen starting next Wednesday.

Obviously the club do not expect Inzaghi to win the competition, but they have made clear that the team cannot simply bomb out in unimpressive fashion.

In the Coppa Italia as well, the club’s stance is that the Nerazzurri can still do a lot to save their season if they can defend last season’s crown.

Inter President Zhang’s view is that Inter can still be thought of as one of the top eight or so teams in Europe.

Finishing second in Serie A along with an impressive performance in the Champions League and another trophy in the Coppa Italia would go a long way towards achieving this.

Accordingly, the coach Inzaghi has been told that he must put the past in the past, and that there is no excuse for falling short from this spring onwards.