Spalletti: "The team is doing well, we're ready for the #DerbyMilano"

APPIANO GENTILE - It was time for Luciano Spalletti’s press conference at the Suning Training Centre ahead of tomorrow’s derby at 18:30 CEST.

"The team is doing well, the ball is moving around quicker after two convincing displays. To sum it up, we’re ready for an important derby which is what the Milan one is. This current good period is thanks to the players, they love the colours and Inter and everything is going better." 

"Nobody is missing out on anything. We’re where we were aiming to be in the table. The team is strong and in good shape, the club supports us and the fans are pushing us on to the objective that we all have in mind." 

"We’ll have to bring together everything that is needed to play a great match and put it on show on the pitch in a match as important as the #DerbyMilano." 

"All the statistics and pieces of play that we saw from Brozovic said that it would be a risk to play him in front of the defence. Instead, this gave him more responsibility, it’s made him feel more important and he knows he needs to be commanding in that part of the pitch." 

"We have a full squad available to us because Ranocchia has also returned. Everyone is eager to be picked for such an important match. The players have always wanted to put things right during tough spells while they looked to find the solution."

"We have significant potential and we’ll go to play this match aware of our own quality. They’re doing well. They play a style of football based on possession where they build from the back and get it forward suddenly. They have full-backs who push on a lot and they’re good at playing in tight spaces. Now, we have three away matches coming up and we’re strong enough to play in such fixtures." 

"I know what we have to gain from this match and the players know as well. Individual duels? The attitude of the team will be what decides it for the winning side. This is a derby that has features that I like, it’s played with the top spots at stake. It’s a derby worthy of a marvellous city such as Milan."