Inzaghi wary of ‘quality’ Monza as Inter looks to stay ahead
Inter Milan boss Simone Inzaghi hopes his team can have “another ideal half” to its season as it prepares to face Monza on Sunday (AEDT).
His side is two points clear at the top of Serie A going into the game and started 2024 with a 2-1 win against Verona last weekend.
An impressive first half to the season sees Inter having lost only one league match, a 2-1 reverse against Sassuolo in September, and it has won five of its past six Serie A games.
Monza is currently 11th in the league having earned its first win in four games last weekend with a 3-2 victory against Frosinone and Inzaghi warned that Monza is “an opponent of quality”.
He said: “We know that we have had an ideal start [to the season]; the squad is ambitious and we know it won’t be simple, but we want to double down with another ideal half to the season.
“It will be a difficult game against a good side that has a great coach and some players that were important with Inter: it will be nice to see [Danilo] D’Ambrosio, [Roberto] Gagliardini, and Valentin Carboni again.
“We need to put in a good performance – Monza is an opponent of quality.”
Federico Dimarco could be involved in the Monza clash after featuring from the bench against Verona, while January signing Tajon Buchanan could also make his Inter debut.
Buchanan joined the club from Club Brugge last Friday and Inzaghi praised his “great quality”, adding that the wing-back has been involved in training this week.
“Yes, we haven’t trained yet today but Federico is much better. He has recovered and we saw him at the end of the Verona match,” Inzaghi added.
“TJ has come in in the best way; he is a young player of great quality, with some experience already.
“It will take some time for him to integrate but he underwent three big training sessions this week”.
