Spalletti: "We must always look to win"

APPIANOGENTILE - The first home match of the 2018-19 season will be played tomorrow at San Siro as the Nerazzurri face Torino. LucianoSpalletti responded to questions from journalists at the usual pre-match press conference. "We’re still convinced that we made the right decisions for the Sassuolo game," he began. "However, it’s clear that something didn’t go well and we can do something about this. I don’t know exactly who will be there or not compared to our last line-up." 

"What I didn’t like is that we upset the Inter fans, we embarrassed the world of Inter because we didn’t show the tried and tested methods that we picked up during the fight to finish fourth last season. I’m convinced about how serious and available my players are, I know what I need to do with them. Thinking and behaving in the right way will put everything back in order." 

"It’s not easy to evaluate Torino. They have tradition and a team that fights for every ball, they play with quality and the knife between their teeth. We must have character and always look to win, be it clean or ugly. We can’t let up for even a moment in this match." 

"We’re a strong team and we need to have a great season. Are we the main threat to Juventus? I have to worry first about being a threat to Roma and Napoli seeing as they finished above us last season." 

"Nainggolan is in the squad but we have to be careful. Dr Volpi’s medical team are still supervising him due to what his injury was and how he’s been training. There is a risk there. We’ll evaluate things tomorrow and during the course of the match. Dalbert needs to take all that he knows and find a way of dealing with all the pressure in Italian football so he can find a balance and show all of his quality. He hasn’t lost anything, I know him well. Icardi has always been a great goalscorer and he has certain characteristics that he can improve further. By talking about this, we think that he can create even more problems for opposition defenders. Apart from Nainggolan, everyone is fine. Skriniar has recovered fully. Keita has to make himself available like everyone else. We have to make the right decisions. We’ll need balance."