MILAN – Inter sporting director Piero Ausilio spoke to the media after Sunday’s 2-1 defeat by Cagliari at San Siro.
"The whole club agrees with Zanetti. We had an important match today and we all needed to be focused on Cagliari. Tomorrow we’ll have a chance to look at it with the player and analyse everything that has happened with a cool head. I don’t think we saw Icardi at his best today. It’s not easy to deal with certain kinds of pressure, especially when you’re a 23-year-old lad.
"We’ll protect the team and the club so that we’re in the best shape possible for our matches. We need to pull through a tough sporting situation and think only of the good of Inter.
"There was a unique atmosphere today and it’s not easy to play in these situations. We lost because of the errors we made in the second half. Our approach to the game was excellent, but we were punished when the going got tough.
"I’m not looking for excuses, but in the second half we had many players on the pitch who had played two international matches, plus the South Americans had only got back on Friday. As our intensity dropped and the tiredness crept in, we got stretched and Cagliari took advantage.
"We’ve played eight matches now and there’s plenty that needs improving. We can’t complain about the approach or the strategy today, because we started very well and produced an excellent Inter performance in the first half. Perhaps we could have got more bodies in the box and overlapped on the flanks. We were lacking something on a physical level. We’ve shown a lot of good things so far this season, but we have our limitations and need to improve on that.
"Given the team we have and the way it’s been put together, we need to be pushing for the Champions League. Some teams have an edge on others because they began their projects earlier."
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