APPIANO GENTILE - "I'm not worried by the defeat to Napoli but I'm curious to see how we respond. I've said this on more than one occasion: this team has the strength and the energy to pick themselves up. We fell in the way we did but the team played well, I was happy with them and now we have to keep on doing well in the league and get the second half of the season off to the best possible start. Then we'll see at the end how many points we've racked up." Claudio Ranieri has put the Coppa Italia defeat behind him and only has Lecce on his mind.
Juventus and Udinese play each other before Inter. Could that influence the Nerazzurri at all? Perhaps, but I'm looking for a team that doesn't get distracted by anything or anyone. I would like a well-oiled machine that is ferociously determined to achieve the goals we've set ourselves. Whether that game can condition us in some way on a subconscious level I don't know. What I want is a team with no sentiments but great inner strength."
