Football. ua represents the announcement of the match of the first round of the championship of Italy between Sassuolo and Inter.
If Inter intends directly from the start to prove their willingness to fight for the championship title, then the best option than to start the championship at a guest Sassuolo, "snakes" just can not find. At the same time, "Nerazzurri" have a chance to take revenge on "not defend" for the home defeat in the penultimate round of the last championship, which almost cost Luciano Spalletti's team a place in the Champions League.
Sassuolo - Inter Sunday, August 19, 21:30. Reggio Nell'Emilia, MAPEI Stadium - Citta del Tricolore. Arbitrator - Maurizio Mariani. A live broadcast on Soccer Channel 2 Travel to Reggio Nell'Emilia in recent years does not bode well for Inter: four defeats from six attempts, so a victory over Sassuolo can show that Spalletti has not just received a new contract with Nerazzurri, but well prepared the team for the season. By the way, not only "neroverdi" recently are the main problem for Inter in his attempts to compete with the teams fighting at the top of the standings. "Snakes" it was very difficult to cope with teams that did not have enough strength and arrogance to act against the Milanese first number, but had sufficient reserves to reliably play in defense and not allow a sweep of Ikardi and the company - that is, with the so-called "strong middle peasants ".
Inter perfectly held the summer transfer campaign, not only consolidating all the positions that raised doubts, but also increasing competition for a place in the team where some people began to feel irreplaceable. Not a bad impression left and control duels of the team, which divided the first or third line in the final table of the International Champions Cup with Tottenham and Borussia D.
Despite the fact that the main attention in this fight will be riveted to the guests, the owners also deserve to look at them more closely. First of all, the attention paid to the acquisition of Sassuolo. "Нероверди" seriously strengthened absolutely all positions, along with experienced fighters, a lot of promising young people came to the team. And it should be noted that most of the newcomers are not leased, and purchased for a solid, as for the middle Serie A, the total amount - almost 50 million euros. It remains only to find out whether the new coach Sassuolo Roberto De Dzerbi is able to optimally manage this personnel potential. If you judge from his work with Benevento last season, then this specialist is able to deliver the game and has sufficient tactical flexibility. And if it were not for the failed start of the "witches" under the leadership of his predecessor, they could well have kept a place in Serie A.
Unlike Inter, Sassuolo has already discovered the official season-2018/2019, having defeated Ternan from Serie B-5: 1 in the Italian Cup.
Interesting facts - Sassuolo won 7 of the last 8 matches against Inter in all tournaments.
- The winning exit series Inter in the championship is 3 matches.
- Sassuolo and Inter have never played a draw in Serie A: 6 wins at Sassuolo and 4 against Inter.
Approximate compositions will not play: Peluso - Nainggolan.
In doubt: Perisic, Skriniar (both of Inter).
Newcomers Sassuolo: Marlon (z, Barcelona, ??6 million euros), Ferrari (s, Sampdoria, rental), Lemos (z, Las Palmas, rent), Magnani (з, Juventus, 5), Rogerio (з, Ювентус, аренда ), Tripaldelli (з, Juventus, from the lease), Sernicola (з, Тернана, 0,2), Locatelli (п, Milan, rent), К. -P. Boateng (n, Eintracht F, St.. agent), Burabia (n, Konyaspor, 2.25), God (n, Chelsea, 3.9), Djuricic (n, Sampdoria, St.. agent), Di Francesco (n, Bologna, 10), Brignola (n, Benevento, 3.5), Babacar (n, Fiorentina, 9), Trotta (n, Crotone, from the lease), Skamakka (n., Cremonese, from rent), Odgor (n, Inter, 5).
Beginners Inter: Di Gennaro (in, La Spezia, from the lease), de Vray (h, Lazio, St.. agent), Asamoah (z, Juventus, St.. agent), Vrsalco (at, Atletico, rent), Nainggolan (p, Roma, 38 million euros), Joao Mariu (p, West Ham, from rent), Balde (n, Monaco, rent), Politano (n, Sassuolo, lease), L. Martinez (n, Racing, 16).
The words of Roberto De Dzerbi, coach Sassuolo:.
"Inter in this season has aimed at Scudetto, and personally I do not think that he is in some way inferior to Juventus. We are all perfectly aware of the strength of our rival, but this does not mean that we will adapt to it and give up our own game. We got an excellent team, while all the guys are burning with a desire to prove it. I am very pleased with our transfer campaign, but not all of the newcomers are completely ready to play now, for example, Locatelli or Marlon ".
Luciano Spalletti, coach of Inter:.
"I think our" car "is already quite ready for the championship race and additional" test drives "we no longer need. We will try to win every match, even against those teams that, like Sassuolo, have recently become uncomfortable opponents for us. Compared with last season, our team has become much stronger, and it's not just the arrival of new cool players, but the fact that the team has become more cohesive, better understands what and how to do.
Probably, it is not worthwhile to say before the start of the championship that we are going to take the championship title from Juventus, but I can say with confidence that we, together with Napoli, Roma, Lazio and Milan will be able to compete for it ".
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