Antonello: "Positive signs, we'll continue in the same way to our objective"

MILAN - Nerazzurri CEO Alessandro Antonello was interviewed exclusively by Inter TV as he spoke about Luciano Spalletti’s side’s great win at Marassi against Sampdoria. "It’s important to underline the team’s performance, they showed a significant level of collective work away from the individual performances. The team was united once again and that was the defining feature in the first part of the season. With the last two matches, we’ve shown positive signs and we need to continue from this point to reach our objective at the end of the season."

Thanks to his four goals yesterday, Mauro Icardi reached 100 goals in an Inter shirt to leave his mark on club history. "We all know what Mauro is worth, everyone was waiting for his 100th goal and it came in an extraordinary manner yesterday, Mauro is like a piece of jewellery for this team. He’s still young and we think that he can have an important future but we must never forget that the team is the most important thing." 

The league has now paused for the international break with Luciano Spalletti forced to make do with players missing during the coming days at Appiano Gentile. "Inter are an important talent pool for all of the National Teams and this is a source of pride. It’s the same story for our youth system where many of the guys have been called up by the international youth sides. After the break, we start again against Hellas Verona and then it will be time for the reorganised #DerbyMilano. We’re surprised by all the noise in the media about that date considering that we simply followed the rules set by the Lega Serie A. Choosing a different date to the other matches that were called off because of the tragic events surrounding Davide Astori has nothing do with the respect of the fans and we’re convinced that they’ll respond in great fashion as they’ve always done."