Simone Inzaghi’s Inter Milan face a frightening activity as they journey to Porto, hoping to make the final eight of the Champions League and restore some much-needed positivity to their dismal away report.
Friday’s 2-1 defeat at relegation-threatened Spezia was the most recent poor effort away from the San Siro and left Inter as soon as once more 18 factors behind champions-elect Napoli.
Inzaghi and his workforce have been booed and insulted by the Inter followers current on the Stadio Picco, who needed to watch the son of AC Milan icon Paolo Maldini slot house the opening purpose.
Inter have solely held on to the second place in Italy’s prime flight due to Lazio failing to win at Bologna on Saturday, however their bid to qualify for subsequent season’s Champions League is being broken by their dreadful away type.
Inzaghi stated “we won’t be able to sleep” after Friday’s massively disappointing eighth lack of the Serie A season, which took their tally of targets conceded to 24 in 13 away league matches.
“We’re not happy about our results away from the San Siro. Last year it was a different story. We have had some great results away, like at Barcelona (a 3-3 draw), and we know that we need to put in a great performance if we’re going to reach the quarter-finals,” stated Inzaghi.
Inter’s defensive wobbles have been additionally current of their group stage marketing campaign, with 5 targets conceded in matches at Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
And elimination on Tuesday wouldn’t solely imply lacking out on a primary last-eight tie since 2011, it will additionally heap extra stress on Inzaghi with fierce rivals Juventus visiting the San Siro on Sunday.
One piece of excellent news is that Milan Skriniar may be able to return from a spell on the sidelines with decrease again ache.
Porto, gunning for a 3rd quarter-final in 5 seasons, have been a bogey facet to Italian groups in recent times and are aiming so as to add to the collection of Serie A scalps which embrace Juventus and Roma.
The Portuguese champions needed to come from behind after they knocked out Roma 4 seasons in the past and have trigger for optimism given how they carried out in Milan final month.
Marko Grujic, Mehdi Taremi, and Zaidu Sanusi all had nice alternatives to attain earlier than Romelu Lukaku netted the one purpose of the sport shortly earlier than the tip.
However Sergio Conceicao once more has to cope with necessary absences.
Gabriel Veron is out with an ankle damage and Evanilson and Galeno are each affected by muscle issues. In addition, Otavio will probably be suspended and unable to play within the recreation.
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