Xherdan Shaqiri, Lukas Podolski, Mateo Kovacic and Mauro Icardi start as Inter face Sampdoria in the Coppa Italia tonight.
It kicks off at San Siro at 20.00 GMT, the winners going on to play Napoli or Udinese in the quarter-final.
Roberto Mancini won’t get a chance to shake hands with his good friend, former teammate and ex-assistant manager Sinisa Mihajlovic on the touchline, as the Serbian is suspended for insulting the referee.
Xherdan Shaqiri, Lukas Podolski, Mateo Kovacic and Mauro Icardi start as Inter face Sampdoria in the Coppa Italia tonight.
It kicks off at San Siro at 20.00 GMT, the winners going on to play Napoli or Udinese in the quarter-final.
Roberto Mancini won’t get a chance to shake hands with his good friend, former teammate and ex-assistant manager Sinisa Mihajlovic on the touchline, as the Serbian is suspended for insulting the referee.
The Nerazzurri need a boost after Saturday’s deeply disappointing 0-0 draw at Empoli, in which several players and their Coach confessed to being lucky for a point.
Podolski and Shaqiri are partnered together for the first time with Kovacic returning to the starting XI.
Juan Jesus starts, as he is suspended in Serie A, but Daniel Osvaldo was reportedly suspended by the club after going AWOL for two days without telling anyone his whereabouts.
Sampdoria brought Stefano Okaka back into the team despite sending him home from training early on Monday following an ‘incident’ with Mihajlovic and director of sport Carlo Osti.
The centre-forward’s future is in doubt, as Luis Muriel and Samuel Eto’o are due to arrive in the transfer window.
Vasco Regini is suspended in defence and Sampdoria are without an away victory in the Coppa Italia since January 2007 at Chievo, managing just three draws and five defeats.
Inter: Carrizo; D'Ambrosio, Andreolli, Juan Jesus, Dodò; Medel, Kuzmanovic; Shaqiri, Kovacic, Podolski; Icardi
Inter bench: Handanovic, Berni, Palacio, Guarin, Campagnaro, Vidic, Obi, Puscas, Krhin, Donkor, Hernanes, Bonazzoli
Sampdoria: Romero; Gastaldello, Romagnoli, Cacciatore; Soriano, Rizzo, Krsticic, Marchionni; Djordjevic, Okaka, Wszolek
Sampdoria bench: Viviano, Massolo, Duncan, Correa, Obiang, Palombo, Bergessio, Eder, Silvestre, De Silvestri, Fornasier, Ivan