**Thuram:**
> “We have to be very serious, focused from the start. And play a great match at our home ground. Griezmann? Incredible player but the Griezmann problem can be resolved as a team. And we’ll see tomorrow.”
> “Lautaro is one of the strongest strikers in the world. If not the strongest in the world. And playing with him is very easy.”
> “Buchanan? TJ is integrating very well. He’s very fast, he takes the man on. We are very happy to have him with us.”
> “Inzaghi is very straightforward, he tells us the things he wants to tell us. He’s not someone who waits three days, he tells you things straight away.”
**Inzaghi:**
> “It will be a pleasure to see Simeone again as an opponent. He was a great teammate. We always stayed in touch, we never lost sight of each other. He became a great coach but it showed. He remained 13 years in the same club, he has won a lot. And it’s a pleasure to see Atletico this year, they play excellent football.”
> “Everyone wants to avoid Inter? Last year we experienced magical nights, with the club and our fantastic fans. And we would like to do it again. But starting tomorrow we face a great team. They have rotated 22 players in the last 4 matches and it has never changed. We will play it.”
> “Atletico has changed. Against Las Palmas they were very aggressive. In Saudi Arabia against Real they played differently, also in the Copa del Rey. They dribble a lot more, they have a lot of technique. They raised a lot the dribble.”
> “Turnover? Last year we had a great 3 months, changing 8 players in each match. And it went very well. Now we had all recovered well and so we didn’t have any major problems. Now we’re back to playing every 3 days and everything becomes more difficult.”
> “Championship? In 20 days we went from -1 to +9. Everything can change. We must remain very focused, not looking at distant dates but thinking match after match. Now Atletico, then Lecce.”
> “A comparison for this match against Atletico? I could think of last year’s round of 16 against Porto. A very determined team, with 2 coaches who are former teammates of mine.”
> “Becoming the Simeone of Inter? It’s difficult in Italy. In 20 days the opinions on coaches and players change. You have to work a lot, be lucky enough to have a group like mine. These guys always have a smile , we did our best for 6 months but the next 3 are more important.”
> “Atletico doesn’t just have Simeone, they have players, people who have been in World Cup finals, Champions League finals. It will be a beautiful match, the episode can change it. I think of the return match against Liverpool 2 years ago, we were dominating and we had a sending off. Or the final against City which could have had another epilogue.”
> “Are almost all Eriksson’s Lazio players coaches? He influenced us a lot. He was an excellent coach, with innovative ideas, and he is a great person. He undoubtedly had an influence.”
> “We left for Arabia when we were second in the championship. Now we have a decent advantage. But everything goes very quickly. But we have to be concentrated even when we sleep, the dangers are around the corner. And the first is the ‘Atletico, there’s no need for me to introduce you.”
> “Above all, I’m pleased to bring this atmosphere to Inter. This union between staff, players, club and fans. The atmosphere you can breathe at San Siro is what gratifies me most. Then there are moments when you are the best in the world and the moments when you are the last, we know it.”
> “Dumfries or Darmian? The boys are all well, everyone wants to play including Stankovic. Acerbi, Cuadrado and Sensi are missing. But the others are fine.”
> “Arnautovic and Sanchez are giving us a great hand. I think of Arnautovic when we lost Lautaro, of Sanchez against Salzburg or of Roma when he started the goal that ended the match. Now, playing every 3 days, they will still have more space. They will be invaluable. They may not have stood out to people but for me they had an excellent 6 months.”
> “Do they even say we are among the favorites in the Champions League? It could be the logical consequence of what the team is expressing. But we have to stay focused, the team has excellent certainties, excellent playing principles. But we know that already tomorrow evening it will be very, very difficult, we will play our cards.”
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