In the press conference scheduled this afternoon in Appiano Gentile on the eve of Inter-Arsenal, Matteo Darmian also appeared alongside Simone Inzaghi in front of the journalists. The Nerazzurri wing-back, who knows well the intensity of English teams after the years spent in Manchester, had the following to say about tomorrow evening’s Champions League match at San Siro at 9:00pm:

SEASON – Our ambitions are always high because when you play for a club like Inter you always want to reach the maximum objectives. You can always improve every day, and that’s what we try to do. Maybe in the league this year we left some points behind, but we’re still there and want to continue growing. Whether or not we are the favorites, I don’t know, the pitch will show that and we must always do our best to bring home points and victories.

CHAMPIONS FORMAT – Being the first year, it’s a novelty for everyone. We don’t calculate, we are focused on tomorrow’s match against a team that plays a great game, but we’re no less and we want to prove that tomorrow in front of our fans to continue our journey.

PREPARATION – We’ll try to play our match, taking into account Arsenal’s characteristics. All their offensive players have quality, not just Saka, we’ll have to work defensively as a team and do our best to trouble them when the ball is ours.

DEFEND THE TRICOLORE – Could it condition? I don’t think so, the will and desire to defend the Scudetto is there. There must be a fierce desire to be able to defend, I think you need to have a great desire to win again and I know this group of boys well. The way they work, I have no doubt about the quality and desire we have.

SAKA – We need to be careful with everyone, he’s an important player for them, he has great qualities in one-on-one. But Arsenal is not just one player, it’s an important and quality collective, we’ll have to do a great defensive team job and not only to achieve something important.

LAUTARO – Seventh in the Ballon d’Or? I don’t know if that’s fair or not. Of course Lauti always aims for the maximum and that’s right because that’s what we want too. As for the team, we’ll always try to put him in the best condition to express all his potential. But he doesn’t need any other words, he’s a great player, a great captain and he’s proving it.

PREMIER – I had the opportunity to play in the Premier League, surely it’s a different football. There is perhaps less tactics, so it seems that the matches are faster. But I think that the Italian league is also difficult, it is shown by the fact that English teams when they meet Italian ones have difficulties. Tomorrow we’ll try to play our match aware of our strength, respecting Arsenal, but trying to win the match.

ZIELINSKI – In addition to being a great footballer, he is a very good boy. He fit into the group immediately, he is a boy who is giving us and who will give us a big hand in the future.

CONDITION – We feel good, we come from a positive period and know very well that winning helps to win. We did not have many days to prepare for this match, but we have done it in the best way. Tomorrow we will give our best and try to do our best to bring home this victory.

INTER-ARSENAL – The pitch will tell, certainly two strong teams. Arsenal in recent seasons has contested the title to Manchester City in the Premier League, it is a prepared team. We have won important trophies in recent years, it will be a difficult match but we want to bring home the three points. Then the pitch will tell where we can get.

MISTAKE NOT TO MAKE – We are focused and think only about tomorrow’s match, there will be time to think about the Napoli one. What we have to do is get on the pitch with the right attention, we face a strong team and we will have to do a great job at defensive and offensive level to try to make the victory