APPIANO GENTILE - "A goal in the derby? I hope so!" Ricky Alvarez
smiled, galvanised by the thought of it. The Nerazzurri player is hoping to
repeat his Europa League performance: "Let’s hope so. Having a game like
that changes everything. There’s nothing so beautiful as scoring a goal, and in
the derby it would be even better… Should I have the chance to take to the
pitch I’d do everything to play well and help my team. I think we deserve a
win."
The Argentine player was then asked in which role he feels the most
comfortable: "I don’t have a role in which I feel the most comfortable,
but if I had to choose it would be starting on the right rather than the
left."
Alvarez then gave some accolades to his team-mates, Mateo Kovacic, Rodrigo Palacio and Walter Samuel: "Kovacic looks really good to me, an excellent young player. He needs time but he’s really good and I’m sure he’ll do well here at Inter. Palacio? He’s unique. His movement is such that passing the ball to him is easy. He’s incredible. Walter Samuel is incredible too; to have a career like that after the injuries he’s suffered. He’s phenomenal. Samuel helps me a lot and encourages me. For me he’s a phenomenon and I thank him."
