After the match today Inter manager Stefano Pioli spoke to Premium Sports where he highlighted his thoughts about the match:
“We must stay motivated and attached to our ambitions. The opponent was not easy and we had a good game even though we could have done better. But we reacted promptly and I’m happy. The way Empoli played through center, their movements were not easy to read and there were instances where we could have conceded. Palacio was angry and I like it. Players are attached to the team, it is normal that an attacker would want to score. It means that we have the motivation to improve.”
On the Serie A table:
“The table? We set our goals every week to make it effective and have positive work-output. I know it will be very difficult but we must continue to think about winning every game.” .
On Gagliardini:
“Gagliardini has all the potential to become a leader, everyone sees the simplicity and serenity with which he contributes in the team. But I believe that there should be 11 leaders on the pitch, if you will play so then everyone can play freely in the field. We will always play like a team and that’s our goal.”
Then he was asked how the results would differ if he would have been in charge from the very beginning:
“I don’t think much about this, I just think about the future not the past. It’s very important to build something for this wonderful team and the fans, we are only focused on what we can do with our performance. I do not look to the future beyond the contract, we have to stay focused and too much thinking about future is not good.
On the future:
“Bologna is the priority now. When the time comes we will think about the future. What about Tomorrow? I only support Inter. Our results depend on ourselves only, I will watch that game to see how the teams are performing. But for us it was important to win this game and show that we might fall but we can get up again.”
On Icardi:
Icardi is a great player and I can not wait to have him back, but there’s not just him, there is a team that has shown it can grow and be able to get to the level of great. Juventus-Inter is past now, we have demonstrated this by working with care and serenity.“
Source: FCInternews.it
