Inzaghi: "We've had an extraordinary campaign, deserved qualification"
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— Jan 29th 2025The thoughts of the Inter Coach at the end of the win against Monaco, on the final matchday of the League Phase
It ends 3-0 to Inter in the match against Monaco at San Siro, on the final matchday of the League Phase of the Champions League. A brilliant hat-trick from Lautaro Martinez sealed the win. Inter have gained direct qualification to the round of 16, thanks to 19 points in total in eight matches. Coach Simone Inzaghi shared his satisfaction at the end of the match:
“I have congratulate the lads because we've had a brilliant campaign in these eight games, keeping a clean sheet in seven of the games. We missed out on finishing higher on goal difference. It's a campaign that we need to be happy with because we've seen tonight that there are a lot of strong sides who finished outside of the top-eight. We want to go far in all of the competitions, that's been our objective since the start of the year, representing Inter around the world is very important, there's a lot of ambition and we want to continue like this. We've performed well, there's been consistency and we've fully deserved our qualification. The lads approached the game very well this evening, we saw how Monaco made life difficult for many opponents because they counter very quickly, we needed to be very organised. We did well to not think about the result, to not make calculations. We prepared well and played very well. We have to continue like this, we've seen that we will face either a Dutch or Italian side in the Round of 16, but now we'll have to focus a lot on the league and Coppa Italia. Our defence is a source of pride, we were determined, concentrated and organised: we deserved this qualification. ”
Simone Inzaghi