Mauro Icardi insists Inter “needed an Italian Coach” as “we couldn’t get to work with a foreigner”, in a swipe at former boss Frank de Boer.
Stefano Pioli has since been named De Boer’s successor at Inter, with his first game coming on Saturday against Milan in the first Derby della Madonnina of the season, and Icardi says his teammates “have no excuses” not to perform under the new man in charge.
Mauro Icardi insists Inter “needed an Italian Coach” as “we couldn’t get to work with a foreigner”, in a swipe at former boss Frank de Boer.
Stefano Pioli has since been named De Boer’s successor at Inter, with his first game coming on Saturday against Milan in the first Derby della Madonnina of the season, and Icardi says his teammates “have no excuses” not to perform under the new man in charge.
“I’ve never scored against Milan? Scoring goals against them is my objective,” he said at a Press conference.
“It’s true, I’ve never scored goals against Milan with Inter or Samp, but it’s certainly my objective.
“With the new Coach, us players have no excuses. We have to take responsibility.
“When there’s a new Coach, they want to see everything and we’ve had a great week.
“Now there’s no reason to be angry or unhappy with the Coach. Pioli has given great confidence to us all, now we have to do well on the pitch.
“I said we needed an Italian Coach because we couldn’t get ourselves to work with a foreigner, we wanted an Italian who knew us and the other teams.
“With a new Coach, the atmosphere is already different, you can breathe a different air.
“A derby with a view to the Champions League? I don’t know if it’s the last train.
“It’ll certainly be an important derby in the race for the Champions League, which remains our objective.”