Inter Milan Coach Declares ‘Reaching Champions League Final Again Is Our Objective’ After Win Vs RB Leipzig | OneFootball

Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi isn’t hiding his ambition to reach the Champions League final after another win in the competition against RB Leipzig.

The Nerazzurri coach spoke to Italian broadcaster Sky Sport Italia, via FCInterNews, after his team’s 1-0 win.

Two seasons ago, Inter reached the final of the Champions League. There, they only narrowly lost to Manchester City to miss out on lifting the trophy.

That run to the final really put Inter on the map as serious candidates to win the Champions League.

And it also meant that last season, Inter’s elimination from the Champions League at the round of sixteen stage was seen as a disappointment, and even a surprise.

However, this time around Inter have once again started the campaign widely considered to be among the favourites to win the competition.

And the Nerazzurri’s performances and results so far have lived up to those expectations.

Inter have yet to taste defeat in the Champions League. And they have also gone five matches without conceding a goal – the only side to do so.

Inter Coach Simone Inzaghi: “We Want To Reach Champions League Final Again”

As far as reaching the final again, Inzaghi said that “That’s every team’s objective, including Inter.”

“Then, playing every two days has a lot of difficulties.”

“I’m lucky enough to have the players I do,” the Inter coach said. “But playing Saturday, Tuesday, and then Sunday isn’t easy.”

“But everyone gives everything.”

Meanwhile, as far as his team’s inability to kill off the game with a second goal against Leipzig, Inzaghi noted that “There was the chance Dumfries had at the start of the second half.”

“That could have made it a much different match.”

“Then there was the disallowed goal from Mkhitaryan, which didn’t seem like it had a foul to me. But these kinds of situations happen in football.”

“We played with an awareness of our quality against a top opponent.”

“We saw Openda when we faced Lens [in a friendly] and it was clear that he’s a great player. As are Sesko, Nusa, and their two midfielders.”

“They reached the semifinal in 2020,” Inzaghi noted of Leipzig. “And they’ve been in the Champions League for six years.”