Mauro Icardi and Fredy Guarin lead the way as Inter host St-Etienne on the day Massimo Moratti resigned.
Mauro Icardi and Fredy Guarin lead the way as Inter host St-Etienne on the day Massimo Moratti resigned.
It kicks off at 20.05 UK time (19.05 GMT) at San Siro, where the Nerazzurri aim to maintain their 100 per cent Europa League record.
Their form has been very different domestically, scraping one point from three rounds thanks to Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Napoli.
The fans and players were rocked this afternoon by news Honorary President Moratti had resigned along with all the remnants from the old Inter Board of Directors.
It is reported this decision was made in protest at current President Erick Thohir’s refusal to fire Coach Walter Mazzarri, so the pressure is very much on the tactician tonight.
There are numerous injury problems, ruling out Daniel Osvaldo, Gary Medel, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Jonathan and Hugo Campagnaro.
Therefore Marco Andreolli and Yann M’Vila get back into the starting XI with Ibrahima Mbaye.
Icardi and Guarin – a former St-Etienne player – lead the attack with Mateo Kovacic in midfield.
There is also tension off the field, as today St-Etienne fans wreaked havoc in the city centre, letting off fireworks and smoke bombs in the Metro underground train system.
Inter are absolutely dominating Group F so far, their six points dwarfing St-Etienne on two, Dnipro and Qarabag with one each.
Inter: Carrizo; Andreolli, Vidic, Juan Jesus; Mbaye, M'Vila, Kuzmanovic, Kovacic, Dodò; Guarin; Icardi
Inter bench: Handanovic, Ranocchia, Obi, Krhin, Hernanes, Palacio, Bonazzoli
St-Etienne: Ruffier; Theophile-Catherine, Sall, Perrin, Pogba; Lemoine, Clement, Diomande; Hamouma, Van Wolfswinkel, Tabanou
St-Etienne bench: Moulin, Brison, Baysse, Cohade, Gradel, Saint-Maximin, Monnet-Paquet