Inter won the first leg of their quarterfinals 2-1, with the goals of Lautaro Martinez and Davide Frattesi who the efforts of Thomas Muller Sandwichen.
“I know I have to thank these guys, because tonight they gave everything,” Intaghi remarked afterwards. “We had some absence, but we did not show it thanks to the help of everyone.
“When I hear about replacements, it frustrates me because it is the entire Interquad; all players have helped us to come to April and compete on all fronts.
“It would be unfair to call specific players tonight. Lautaro and Barella were excellent, but everyone was. Fratteni came up and performed that way, after the last few days that were not very easy for him.
“Fratteni was one of the best against Udinese, seven days ago. There was an unfortunate rebound against Milan in the derby that led to Milan's goal, and Frattesi was spoken about, but he had made a performance of great effort. He was always trained in the best way and he has to continue as this.
“I have always said it – I was lucky to find a group of boys like this, who are very attached to the intershirt and try to give everything on the field despite the difficulties.”
Inzaghi wanted to emphasize the efforts that were handed in by his players, given their workload.
“In the past two months I have never had so many difficulties in the field of available players, with all these matches to play,” Inzaghi added.
“This team pushes itself above its limits. We have played 47 games, but the players do not feel the tiredness, they work.
“We are in an emergency, but we knew it could happen. Now we have to be good at repairing players and understanding who needs peace of mind.
“During the break today, Acerbi was on the treatment table, but then I spoke with him and he managed to continue.
“This victory should certainly give us even more motivation, but I know that I ask for overtime of my players.
“For Darmian it was his fourth consecutive game, after coming back from injury. In the coming games we also consider Zalewski as an option on the right.”