Inter coach Antonio Conte discussed the restart of Serie A and tomorrow’s game against Sampdoria in an interview with Italian broadcaster InterTV.

“There is certainly a great desire to start again. It’s not enough for the players to just train, it’s not the best, we all need official games. So, there’s a lot of desire on our part, we’ve worked so hard to be ready and to do this final set of games in the best possible way.”

The Lecce born coach commented on how the squad have been training both physically and tactically in the lockdown, resulting in new ideas being born.

“We’ve used this period to work from a physical and tactical point of view. From the tactical point of view, we tried to work to try to improve even more and have different options. I think Eriksen has now totally settled into our way of life. We try to find the best moments to bring out all the characteristics of the players in the squad.”

The former Chelsea and Juventus coach touched on the work the squad has done since his arrival 12 months ago.

“I’m happy with the work we’ve done because we’ve implemented the ideas we’ve learned in the previous seven months. Our aim is always to enhance the characteristics of all the players in the squad. We’ve worked well to study and reflect and I’m happy because we’ve worked well and now, we have many options.”

Conte talked about what kind of game he expects tomorrow against Sampdoria, who are currently 16th in the league.

“Every coach tries to predict what kind of game and training he’ll find. Claudio is a great coach, what he did with Leicester is extraordinary, and he’s a great person I’ve had and have the pleasure of knowing. I wish him the best from the next game, after they play against us!”

The Italian discussed the title race and how important a win against Sampdoria will be tomorrow for their title hopes.

“The first thing we have to do is try to win the game against Sampdoria, it would mean going to six points apart and it wouldn’t be an abysmal gap. We’ve worked very well, intensely from both a physical and tactical point of view. We want to play this period of the season to the maximum without setting limits. Clearly our margins of error are smaller than those in front of us, but there’s passion and a lot of work behind us to be able to do well. We’re confident.”

Finally, Conte talked about how it’ll be to play behind closed doors without the fans and his hopes for the future.

“I think they’ll suffer a bit more because it’s inevitable that the lack of fans at the stadium will be felt by all of us and we hope that this pandemic will soon be eradicated and we can return to normal. Football needs the public and we hope we can get our fans back on board as soon as possible.”

The Nerazzurri are nine points behind rivals Juventus in the table, meaning that a win against the Ligurian side is crucial if the Milanese club are to provide strong competition in the title race.

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