RB Leipzig’s lowly place within the Champions League standings doesn’t replicate their performances, stated Inter coach Simone Inzaghi forward of their conflict at San Siro on Tuesday.
Inter sit fifth within the 36-team group part, having collected a powerful 10 factors by way of 4 video games, profitable three in a row after beginning with a draw at Manchester Metropolis.
Leipzig, in the meantime, are one in all 5 groups nonetheless with no level.
In the event that they lose on Tuesday, they may equal their longest-ever dropping run within the competitors, having misplaced 5 straight between February and October 2021 – two below Julian Nagelsmann and three below Jesse Marsch.
“Leipzig are a crew that has been within the Champions League for six years and till Saturday they’d one of the best defence within the Bundesliga,” Inzaghi instructed a press convention on Monday.
“Within the 4 Champions League matches they’ve performed they deserved extra, they’ve solely clearly misplaced towards Celtic.
“They’ve a coach [Marco Rose] who has been there for a few years, they’ve many high quality gamers and the rating doesn’t replicate their performances in Europe. We all know that we face a powerful crew”.
Leipzig, who’re third within the Bundesliga after dropping 4-3 at Hoffenheim on Saturday, kicked off their European marketing campaign with a 2-1 loss at Atletico Madrid and residential defeats by Juventus (3-2) and Liverpool (1-0). They misplaced 3-1 at Celtic final trip.
Inter, in the meantime, are unbeaten in 11 dwelling matches within the competitors (9 wins, two attracts), protecting 9 clear sheets throughout that run. Inzaghi, nevertheless, says they’ve additional gears to search out.
“We all the time need to work tougher, this optimistic second is one of the best to push and enhance much more,” Inzaghi stated, reflecting on Saturday’s 5-0 win at Verona in Serie A.
“We all the time attempt to see the place we are able to do higher. On Saturday in Verona, we scored 5 targets in a single half, however we noticed the place we made some errors that would have value us dearly.
“Final 12 months it was one factor, this 12 months it’s completely different. Each within the league and within the Champions League there are a lot of pitfalls.”
Inter, who received the Scudetto final season and had been Champions League runners-up in 2023, are third in Serie A, one level behind Napoli and stage with second-placed Atalanta.
Midfielder Davide Frattesi is more likely to miss the Leipzig recreation however Inzaghi will hope to have midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu and ahead Lautaro Martinez accessible.
“Frattesi has been having a bit drawback along with his ankle for 10 days. It must be evaluated. Yesterday it gave him some issues and at the moment he didn’t really feel at his finest,” Inzaghi stated.
“Calhanoglu and Lautaro had been absent in Verona however had two good coaching periods yesterday and at the moment. Tomorrow morning, I’ll consider the lineup.”
Calhanoglu was substituted at half-time in Turkiye’s match towards Wales on November 16 with a muscle difficulty, whereas Martinez, who scored in Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers towards Paraguay and Peru, fell sick as he returned from worldwide obligation.
