PALERMO – Inter left the Stadio Renzo Barbera with a defeat, but Andrea
Stramaccioni’s first comments in the post-game rightly dealt with the injured
Javier Zanetti. The coach explained to Sky Sport Italia: "There’s an
injury to the Achilles tendon of his left foot. It’s a big blow and we really
didn’t need this injury to Javier. Losing him today certainly hurts us in a
very difficult moment."
The discussion then shifted to his analysis of the match: "We let in a
goal because of our own mistake. We paid heavily for it, then had a few chances
to score but didn’t manage to have the kind of presence we wanted up top.
However, the lads gave everything on the pitch. Many are giving more than they
have, and we’re paying for this. Forte and Garritano? They gave their all. The
chance that Alvarez had? Had he hit the back of the net things could have
turned out differently. Now we have 4 important games to play, against teams
we’re directly competing against. Rebuilding Inter? These tasks go to our
directors and president. It’s my job to focus on the pitch. I’m not the one to
talk about the future. There are those who deal with the transfer market and
they’re aware of my ideas. We’re only thinking about fighting tooth and nail
until the end."
