Inter coach Simone Inzaghi pledged his crew will attempt to keep away from the errors of the final Derby della Madonnina after they face AC Milan within the Supercoppa Italiana ultimate on Monday.
Inter will goal a fourth straight Supercoppa in Riyadh, the place a victory would take them stage with Juventus for the competitors file of 9 titles.
Whereas the Nerazzurri are nonetheless in rivalry for the Scudetto, one of many low factors of their marketing campaign got here after they final met Milan in September.
Federico Dimarco cancelled out Christian Pulisic’s opener in that match, just for Matteo Gabbia to attain an 89th-minute winner for the Rossoneri, who’ve struggled this season.
Arising towards a Milan crew taking part in simply their second sport beneath Sergio Conceicao, Inzaghi is aware of Inter should enhance on their most up-to-date derby show.
“It reminds us of some fantastic video games… the victory right here within the semi-finals of the Champions League [in 2023],” Inzaghi mentioned.
“We additionally bear in mind the final one, it was a defeat the place we deserved to lose.
“We’ll attempt to keep away from the errors of that match, figuring out that Milan have modified coach however have high quality gamers.”
Inter will likely be led out by Lautaro Martinez, who has solely scored as soon as in his final 9 outings however has performed an influential position all through Inzaghi’s tenure.
Inzaghi has no issues concerning the Argentine’s type, saying: “Lautaro’s significance is nice, I’ve mentioned it a number of occasions. He is a superb captain, he has inherited an vital armband and is managing it in one of the simplest ways.
“I used to be a striker too, albeit much less sturdy than him, and I do know what it means to not all the time rating in the best way he has turn into accustomed to in his profession.
“I see him in one of the simplest ways. When the crew wins, now we have to proceed like this, figuring out that he’s basic.”
Requested if his crew had been overly reliant on their captain, Inzaghi mentioned: “I feel that every one my groups have all the time appeared for the striker to attain objectives, they’ve all the time scored.
“The crew can also be on the lookout for [Marcus] Thuram, [Marco] Arnautovic, [Joaquin] Correa and [Mehdi] Taremi: we attempt to convert as a lot as attainable, figuring out that we’re scoring lots with different roles as properly.”
