Simone Inzaghi believes that Inter Stronger will bounce back after a heavy 5-0 defeat against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final.
Inter could not match the intensity of PSG when they were the toughest defeat in the last history of Champions League members, as a desire Doue Brace, along with goals from Achraf Hakimi, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Senny Mayulu, the job in the Allianz Arena.
The Nerazzurri have now lost four of their last five European Cup/Champions League final. In the meantime, Inzaghi became the ninth coach who lost two or more finals in the competition, after he had also lost to Manchester City in 2023 (1-0).
Inzaghi was also disappointed by a single point in the Scudetto Race, but expects his side of this result to learn.
“We know that you can become stronger because of the defeat. This hurts like in Istanbul,” said Inzaghi.
“They were different games; tonight we arrived more tired than Paris. We didn't play technically well, they arrived earlier in the second balls.
“We played the championship until last Friday, they won their three months early. They have high quality, we knew they were stronger than we were and that we had to be better. Together we were worse, so we deserved the defeat.”
Inter did not succeed in putting a glove on PSG, with only eight shots and two on goal, because they only generated 0.49 expected goals (XG).
Before the final, Inter had one of the strongest defenses and she had never left more than 370 seconds in one of the three games in which they went one after the other.
However, they followed 81 minutes and seven seconds in the showpiece, more than in their 14 previous matches in the competition this season combined (16 minutes and 38 seconds).
“We start again, with a strong organization behind us, which has already made two signing sessions for next season and know that it will have to make more,” Inzaghi added.
“They have always been to us, they didn't let us miss anything. The board told me and the team that they are proud of what Inter has done this year.
“There is a lot of bitterness. We had many fans who came here to crown their journey, and like two years ago we did not make it in the most important competition.
“Now we will start calm again and with conviction. Unfortunately we have already gone through a number of heavy defeats.”
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The future of Inzaghi has been the subject of a lot of speculation, with the 49-year-old linked to a move to Al-Hilal prior to the coming Club World Cup.
Inter -President Giuseppe Marotta stated after the last defeat that the result would not cause that Inzaghi would be threatened the position of Inzaghi, with a meeting that will take place next week to discuss his future.
Inzaghi, who has another year about his contract in San Siro, wiped questions about his position.
“I don't know how to answer. I am out of politeness and respect for you here. This one beats me a lot,” Inzaghi said when he was asked if he will be in charge of Inter in the Club World Cup will be the start of their campaign against Monterrey on June 17.
“There is too much disappointment to talk about the future. We have given everything we could in the previous 58 games since July 13 last year.
“It would be reduction to talk about the future of Inzaghi. As I said before, we can talk about zero titles, but we have to honor these guys, who put everything they had on the field.”