Barcelona Coach Ernesto Valverde acknowledges Inter “have changed a great deal and taken on the solidity” of Antonio Conte, while giving injury updates on Lionel Messi.
It kicks off on Wednesday at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT).
“Inter have changed a great deal from last season, with new Coach and many different players,” said Valverde in his Press conference.
Barcelona Coach Ernesto Valverde acknowledges Inter “have changed a great deal and taken on the solidity” of Antonio Conte, while giving injury updates on Lionel Messi.
It kicks off on Wednesday at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT).
“Inter have changed a great deal from last season, with new Coach and many different players,” said Valverde in his Press conference.
“They had a spectacular start to the Serie A season, winning all their games, so we expect a tough test. Any references to last season are relative, because they’ve changed so much and have taken on the solidity of their Coach, so it’ll be tough to score past them, but it is still a game we intend to win.”
Messi has only started one match this season and been dealing with recurring muscular injuries.
“We have to wait for the training session, as Ousmane Dembele and Messi only took part in a portion of yesterday’s session. We’ll see if we can count on them or not.
“Obviously, I can’t be happy with these injuries, but I am not worried either. Antoine Griezmann could play on the left or in the centre, as we have other players on the right.
“There is a good atmosphere in the dressing room and we worked very hard to be a cohesive unit. Every year we start out feeling the pressure to win and we have the kind of squad that can win everything, even if at times it works and at others it doesn’t.
“We are on home turf against Inter and are to be considered a reliable team. I don’t know who the favourites are tomorrow and I am not interested, all we know is that we have to win and will give it our best shot.
“Our objective is to top the group, but if it becomes complicated, then second place is fine too. Inter are in good shape and won all their Serie A games, but drew the Champions League opener at home with Slavia Prague. I think it’ll be an interesting game.”