PAOK Thessaloniki midfielder Omar El Kaddouri has tipped national team teammate Achraf Hakimi to be a success at Inter.

“In my opinion he is one of the strongest full backs in the world. He has everything. He is technically good, fast and he has the right mentality,” the former Napoli player began an interview with Italian news outlet PassioneInter.com.

“In my opinion he will do well, he’s a great signing for Inter. I met him in the national team when he played for Real Madrid Castilla. He was very young, at 17-18 years old they already called him up. I hope and believe that he will make a great career because he is also a good guy.”

Next he was asked whether he thinks his compatriot can be a protagonist in Antonio Conte’s Nerazzurri side.

“I really think so, Conte’s 3-5-2 is the perfect form for him. He can play on both sides. In my opinion he can be a really important player, he showed it at Dortmund and partly at Real, even if he had less space. He has scored many goals and tallied many assists this season.”

El Kaddouri was then asked if he thinks that having signed Hakimi Inter’s chances of winning the Serie A title have increased.

“Already this year, until a few games ago, Inter were up there fighting against Juve, without giving up anything. Then a couple of negative results blocked them a bit.

“It is obvious then that with Hakimi, who as I said before I consider one of the top in the world for his the role, Inter will improve a lot. Next year will be Conte’s second year, players will understand even better what he wants and his way of playing. Inter will aim for first place.”

El Kaddouri proceeded to discuss an area of Hakimi’s game where he thinks he can improve and believes that a move to Inter is the right choice for the highly rated 21-year-old, who has spent the past two seasons out on loan at German giants Borussia Dortmund.

“He has to improve a little tactically and for a defender there is no better country than Italy to do this in. It is the right choice, in Milan he finds someone like Conte, in one of the best teams in Europe, who wants to win in Italy and do important things in the Champions League.”

This season Hakimi made 45 appearances across all competitions to date for Borussia Dortmund. During his time on the park, the one time Champions League winner scored nine goals and provided 10 assists for his teammates.

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Having hobbled to victory against Parma over the weekend, the Nerazzurri now return home to host miserable Brescia in what should be a win for the hosts. Match tonight Wednesday at 1930 CET.

With countless years lost due to the edge-of-seat nervy performances against Sassuolo and Parma, Interisti worldwide will be praying for a simple win against visiting minnows Brescia. Inter seem to be hapless without Marcelo Brozovic directing play from the middle of the pitch, and as the Croatian nears recovery, his presence on the pitch, even if off the bench will be a site for sore Nerazzurri eyes.

As the league matches pile on thick and fast, Antonio Conte’s squad management with will be put to the test. Conte tried wholesale changes to the side when lining up against Sassuolo but in retrospect, his eagerness to rotate was too much for the side to handle. It will seem prudent that Conte proceeds with a tempered approach when looking to the squad players for reinforcements.

Some commentators have wondered whether this will be right match to finally rest Romelu Lukaku who has featured in all league matches this season. With Lautaro Martinez’s move to Barcelona seemingly all but collapsed, hopefully the young Argentinean can find his early season form and spark to finally put in a ninety minute performance worthy of his potential.

Brescia are all but relegated. Inter’s Lombardian neighbors sit a massive eight points below the drop zone and have seemingly sealed their fate. With Mario Balotelli conspiring to self sabotage another season, Brescia’s only remaining bright spark of potential is Inter target Sandro Tonali, but the Italian midfield starlet’s qualities are just not enough to carry his entire side to safety.

Brescia have not won a match since last December, and with the league’s third leakiest defensive line, it seems unlikely that they will trouble Inter the way Sassuolo and Parma did. That said, Inter would be wise not to underestimate their visitors, at this delicate stage in the season any lost points would be a big blow for any end of season ambitions.

Team News

Much has been made of Inter’s lethargic and single dimensional performance against Parma on Sunday. However, as Marcelo Brozovic finally recovers from his injury, it will be interesting to see if his dictating of the midfield pace will improve the overall team performance. Stefano Sensi strangely seems to prolong his predicted layoff with every passing day, while Matias Vecino appears to be on the cusp of recovery. In terms of suspensions, Milan Skriniar will serve the second of his three match suspension, thus making way from Diego Godin to replace him on the right side of defense.

Probable line-up (3-4-1-2): Handanovic (C); Bastoni, de Vrij, Godin; Young, Barella, Valero, Candreva; Eriksen; Lautaro, Sanchez.

Stats

Last Season: Not played, Brescia in Serie B.

Last 10 Head to Head: Seeing that prior to this season, Brescia’s last presence in Italy’s top-flight was just under a decade ago, it’s difficult to read too much into both sides’ head to head record. That said, Inter have an overwhelming lead over the visitors with six wins for the hosts and a solitary win for the guests.

Keep an Eye on

Christian Eriksen: The Danish trequartista was the subject of much debate once again after a near-anonymous showing against Parma. With Brozovic back in the side and possibly Sanchez and Lautaro up front, the type of setup and match might be more suited to Eriksen’s preferred style of play. Hopefully for all of us, Eriksen can put it a top class showing, silencing critics for the rest of the season.

Officials

Referee: Gianluca Manganiello.

Assistants: Santoro and Baccini.

Fourth Official: Abbattista.

VAR: Mazzoleni and Di Lorio

Prediction & Concluding Remarks

Prediction & scorers: Inter 3-0 Brescia. Lautaro brace and a Sanchez third for the hosts.

Concluding remarks: This is the match where Conte needs to capitalize on the goodwill gained from the hard-fought Parma comeback. Inter should dominate this match from start to finish and finally keep a clean sheet.

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Legendary former Inter captain Giuseppe ‘Beppe’ Bergomi has shared his desire to see more from Inter attacking midfielder Christian Eriksen.

The Danish national team player joined Inter in a circa €20 million deal from Tottenham Hotspur in the most recent January transfer window.

He struggled to adapt to Inter manager Antonio Conte’s 3-5-2 system therefore Conte changed to a 3-4-1-2 setup in order to allow Eriksen to play in his natural role and whilst he has shown glimpses of brilliance, Bergomi thinks that what he has done thus far is not enough.

“Eriksen has to grow a lot, what he is doing is not enough,” Bergomi explained in an interview with Italian broadcaster Sky Sport Italia show ‘L’Originale’ yesterday evening.

“Conte’s mezzala must run box to box, Eriksen is not the right mezzala. He plays with less intensity than what Conte wants. Eriksen needs to play with more intensity and get it into his head that he has to throw himself into things or otherwise he will struggle in our league.”

Bergomi, who spent the entirety of his playing career at Inter, then discussed an area of the team where he would like to see Inter improve and discussed some of the standout attributes of Achraf Hakimi.

“If Inter keeps this system they have to improve on the wings, Hakimi is very fast and has technical quality.”

Bergomi made 754 appearances for Inter during his career, a total which has only been bettered by Javier Zanetti. Bergomi won two Scudetto, three UEFA Cups, one Coppa Italia and one Supercoppa Italiana.

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Inter have taken to photo sharing social media platform Instagram to highlight the number of goal contributions that Inter central defender Stefan de Vrij has made during the course of the season.

The Dutch national team defender scored in Inter’s 2-1 win over Parma this past weekend and that took his goal tally for the season to three goals.

On top of the goals, in just over 2900 minutes on the park, the former Feyenoord player has also provided three assists.

The club posted: “Did you know Stefan de Vrij has actively participated in six goals for Inter this term (three goals, three assists).”

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DID YOU KNOW? @stefandevrij has actively participated in six goals for #Inter this term (three goals, three assists). #ForzaInter #ParmaInter #DeVrij #Goal #Celebration #Football #SerieA

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Inter club legend and current club vice president Javier Zanetti has encouraged people to cast their votes for this years Inter Hall of Fame.

The Argentine, who spent nearly his entire career at Inter, is already part of the Hall of Fame, which Inter launched in recent years to celebrate players who have played for the club since its formation back in 1908.

In a video which Inter posted to their official Twitter feed, Zanetti said: “Hello Inter fans. Once again you can vote for the players that made history for the club as part of the Nerazzurri Hall of Fame, an elite group that I am also part of thanks to you the fans. So please visit Inter.it and choose your favourite champions.”

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Young Inter defender Lorenzo Pirola has taken to photo sharing social media platform Instagram to celebrate Inter’s 2-1 win over Parma this past weekend.

The central defender was an unused substitute for the match that was played behind closed doors at the Stadio Ennio Tardini and saw Inter get back to winning ways having drawn their previous match.

The Italian youth national team player has not made any appearances at first team level this term but has made 20 at youth level, in which he has assisted one goal.

He posted: “Great win.”

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Grande vittoria @inter

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Inter full back Victor Moses has taken to social media platform Twitter to celebrate Inter’s 2-1 win over Parma this past Sunday.

Inter fell behind early doors but managed to overturn the result in the final 10 minutes thanks to goals from Stefan de Vrij and Alessandro Bastoni.

Moses came on as a substitute in the second half and delivered the assist for Bastoni’s match winning goal. This was Moses’ second assist since his arrival at Inter in the most recent January transfer window.

He posted: “What a comeback! Buzzing to get the win last night. Great mentality from the boys”

What a comeback! Buzzing to get the win last night. Great mentality from the boys pic.twitter.com/KkjtfWC1iD

— Victor Moses (@VictorMoses) June 29, 2020

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