VERONA – Nerazzurri coach Walter Mazzarri took questions from the media after watching his side overcome Verona at the Stadio Bentegodi.
This is what he had to say:
"Let's not have any talk about third place. We just need to make sure we play every game like we did today, whether we're at home or away. We'll add everything up at the end – that's our aim for this season.
"Hernanes? We wanted to bring him in because we thought he could be a big player for us. I've always liked him, even when I was at Napoli. He can only get better because he's not fully fit at the moment, but he offers us qualities that no one else in this squad has.
"I expect to be the coach of Inter next season. The answer I gave to a journalist in my press conference yesterday got twisted out of context. We were speaking about contract renewals in general, for Palacio and Guarin. I was asked if there might be plans to discuss extending my own contract and I said there would be time to talk about that in June. It's the last of my thoughts at the moment because right now we have to think about the team. There are still lots of games left for us to win. If we can see out the business end of the season in a certain way it will give us a boost going into next year, when we'll have to raise the bar.
"I'm constantly trying to get these lads to take their game to the next level. The players I've had this year are the same ones who ended last season the way they did. They weren't used to dealing with the pressure of starting games at a club like Inter.
"Icardi? He put in a good shift for the team. When a player buys into the work ethic like that, I'm already happy. There are things he needs to improve of course. For example, to help us get out of our half he perhaps needs to make different runs, especially at times like today when Verona were on top and had us on the backfoot for a while. He has to keep learning so that he can be successful at a big club like Inter.
"Was I indicating 0-0 with that gesture [shown on camera]? In the past when we've gone in front we've then been pegged back. I wanted to make sure everyone stayed alert. I was saying 'Let's forget about the goal, it's still scoreless'."
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