Torino Coach Sinisa Mihajlovic expects Inter to “play this match like a final” but warns “I won’t leave any more points in Milan”.
Nerazzurri Coach Frank de Boer is under pressure, with rumours he could be sacked regardless of the result tomorrow.
“Inter will play this match like a final, in or out,” Mihajlovic predicted in his pre-match Press conference.
“We need to take advantage of their situation, but let’s not forget they were in trouble before they beat Juventus too.
Torino Coach Sinisa Mihajlovic expects Inter to “play this match like a final” but warns “I won’t leave any more points in Milan”.
Nerazzurri Coach Frank de Boer is under pressure, with rumours he could be sacked regardless of the result tomorrow.
“Inter will play this match like a final, in or out,” Mihajlovic predicted in his pre-match Press conference.
“We need to take advantage of their situation, but let’s not forget they were in trouble before they beat Juventus too.
“They have a great attack. We can hurt them, but we can’t make the mistakes we made against Milan [a 3-2 defeat on the opening weekend].
“I won’t leave any more points in Milan, we’ll be aggressive but we need to understand how to manage the game.
“I know what we can do, and what problems we can cause at San Siro for a team in difficulty.
“We’ve conceded seven goals on crosses, and we’re working on that. Inter the team with the most crosses in Serie A, they have [Mauro] Icardi who is very good and that means we have to be careful.
“I feel sorry for De Boer. That’s how our job is. When things don’t go well you shouldn’t just change the Coach, but divide the blame with 1/3rd for the Coach, the club and the players.
“I’m disappointed when any of my colleagues are sacked… unless it’s someone who is rude to me!
“No-one expected to see Inter so far back, we prepare every game to try and win it while knowing that our opponents can cause us problems.
“We go there with courage and conviction, knowing that if we play the Toro way we can beat anyone. We have what it takes to beat them.”
The Granata are up in fifth, but Mihajlovic believes they’ve only fulfilled half of their potential thus far.
“I’d like to explain to you the work we’ve done so far and what lies ahead,” the Serbian told the journalists present.
“I want to explain it to you who write about Torino, but also to our fans. Torino today are at 50 per cent of our future possibilities.
“[Giampiero] Ventura did a great job over the past few years, but when you take over a new team and you want to give them a different style and mindset, you have to start from scratch, build from the ground up.
“That’s what I’ve done. We’re working to build the soul and the spirit of Toro, but we’re only at 50 per cent of what we want to do.
“Then we’ll work on the rest of the Torino ‘edifice’. For example, the management of certain situations in the game – slow it down or speed it up, keep the ball or knock it forward, measure your strength because you can’t run for 38 games.
“We need to review our errors and improve. Growth also comes about through mistakes, such as the draw against Lazio which will help us improve.
“Those who think they are seeing Toro today are wrong, because we have to become much stronger. And I’m saying that before a very difficult match against someone like Inter.
“We might lose matches, but they all have to be part of the development of the squad. The remaining 30 per cent depends on the work on the pitch and the rest is down to me and the players, who must find a character and desire that maybe they don’t even know they have.
“The example would be Inter of a few years ago, they bought superstars but they never won. When they realised that it was the desire and determination that was missing, they won everything.
“We’re on the right track, but we still have a long way to go. We’re building the foundations, without forgetting the little details that make a good team – being tough and attacking, the way I like it.
“We must never be content, we have to stay humble and apply ourselves.
“The best thing for a Coach is to see that the lads are following him, they put what you’ve taught into practice and are emboldened by it.
“It’s up to me to pass on my ideas, but then it’s also up to them to apply it on the pitch. My players are doing that well, and I’m happy.
“When we put some more details in place we’ll do even better.”