Inter, Barella recovers but De Vrij and Darmian stop. The central defender's doubt for the match against Como

Milan – Press conference day for Simone Inzaghi, on the eve of Inter-Como. A Lombard derby in which the Nerazzurri will try to follow up on the large success obtained in Rome against Lazio. "We know - says the coach - the difficulties we will encounter. Como is an excellent team, organized. A mix of young and experienced players with great quality. We know that for us it will be a very complicated match". The obstacles start from the choices of formation: with Pavard and Acerbi already out, De Vrij stopped today.

"We have some defections in defense - says Inzaghi - Today Darmian also had problems, we will evaluate him and De Vrij tomorrow morning if they are recoverable. At the moment they are not, however we have four defenders. We must evaluate who will be the center and consequently who will play as a third. Transfer market? We hope to recover those who are out as quickly as possible".

In return Barella has trained well in the last two days and will be called up, perhaps even deployed from the 1st minute. The one with Como is the penultimate match of the calendar year, which will end with the away match in Cagliari. "I'm happy where I am and I feel very appreciated by the club, the fans and the group I work with - continues Inzaghi -. We will close 2024 with a still partial balance because there are still two games to go, but it will remain the year of the second star. An important year that we want to leave behind in the best possible way. For the new year we hope to improve even more, in the last championship at this point we were neck and neck with Juventus, now there are more opponents. We will need a further step of growth. Stay at Inter in the future? That is the desire. When I feel good in an environment I feel gratified and the goal is to stay for many years, we also know that in football opinions change quickly, but in recent years I have always seen a great team even in difficulties. There we showed that we are men". In the press conference Inzaghi also talks about Nico Paz, tomorrow's opponent but a possible target for the Nerazzurri. "A quality player, good physique and excellent foot - analyses the Nerazzurri coach -. He will have a great career, I have heard good things about him also on a human level. We see him in every game he plays".

POSSIBLE FORMATIONS INTER (3-5-2): Summer; Bisseck, Bastoni, Carlos Augusto; Dumfries, Frattesi, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Thuram, Lautaro. Coach Inzaghi. COMO (4-2-3-1): Queen; Van der Brempt, Goldaniga, Kempf, Barba; Sergi Roberto, Da Cunha; Strefezza, Nico Paz, Fadera; Belotti. Coach Fabregas. REFEREE: Giua from Olbia. LIVE: Monday at 20.45pm on Dazn and Sky.