An important match, but not a final, which is faced without fear and not even signed for the draw. So Antonio Conte describes the match against Real Madrid in which tonight at 9 pm the Nerazzurri will play an important part of qualifying for the round of 16 Champions League. After the draws in the first two games, Handanovic and his teammates go in search of the first victory in the groups. A success that would allow him to return to the race towards the knockout stage that Inter has not hit since 2011/12.
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In Spain, however, the coach will have to do even less than Romelu Lukaku, who remained in Milan due to a muscle problem encountered in the match against Shakhtar Donetsk. A serious problem for the Nerazzurri given the difficulty of scoring. The emergency in attack is also complicated by the conditions of Alexis Sanchez, favored to start even though he is not yet at 100%. In case of forfeit of the Chilean, Perisic could see himself in attack with Lautaro Martinez, with the return of Bastoni in defense and of the couple Vidal-Brozovic in the median behind Barella (Eriksen towards the bench).
A challenge in the challenge, moreover, for Conte, who for the first time will cross as a coach Zinedine Zidane, his companion for six seasons as a player at the time of Juventus.
More serene climate in the house Atalanta. Another exam, tonight at 21, with the best of European football, but this time the Goddess has all the appearance of no longer being a student. In a desolately empty Gewiss Stadium, the symbol of a Bergamo that fought against Covid and lived together with the signs still clearly visible, Atalanta hosts a Liverpool and the dream is always the same: to live a dream evening, take advantage of the best that continental football offers to improve, learn and, why not, win.
The estimate that Jurgen Klopp, coach of the Reds, showed him the flattery, he understands that the work of these years has changed above all the game mentality of Atalanta, but warns that a perfect match will be needed to try to unhinge one of the formations that make the speed of play and offensive qualities their lethal weapons ..
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For the neroblù, winning means setting an important foot to reach the second phase and the memory of last year seems very distant, when a complicated start immediately made the road to the next round very complicated. De Roon and Gosens will be out but there is the hope of recovering all the others. For Romero, Hateboer and Palomino there are indeed chances of recovery while Djimsiti and Toloi are available. The Reds do not intend to give anything away, they are called to take home heavy points and Klopp does not hide the danger of the confrontation: The challenge is launched. The Goddess against the former queen of Europe for another evening not to be forgotten for the city of Bergamo.
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