"Important race, need personality. Who expects a defensive Inter is on the wrong track"

Directly from Signal Iduna Park, where tomorrow night Borussia Dortmund-Inter, Matchday 4 of Group F of Champions League will be on stage Antonio Conte is the protagonist of the usual pre-race press conference. FcInterNews.it reports his statements.

You have often talked about growth steps, what do you expect from this game?

"It is an important match, we and Borussia are four points in the standings. I think that Barcelona has mortgaged a place in the second round. We were good at winning at San Siro against Borussia, we know very well the difficulties that will be tomorrow because we will meet a strong, proven team that has been doing the Champions League for many years. We will have to be very careful, at the same time it is an important step in a warm, electric environment, we know very well which environmental situation they are able to create their fans, for this reason it will be important to play with personality. We come to play the game. It is an important step of growth and I think we can do it by facing the games as it should be, playing it and doing what we have prepared.

Will it be possible to see Sensi from the beginning?

"Stefano is a recovered footballer. It is the third training he has done with us, the first on the eve of Bologna. He is available, he is recovered. We will make evaluations with the staff to understand how it is best to use it, if from the beginning or not. We will make evaluations for the good of the team and the player ".

Have you caught the right maturity in the team so as not to be submissive as happened last year at Tottenham?

"Our growth, as mentioned, goes from the mentality. If we play a defensive game it is because Borussia has been good at putting us there but our intention is to play the same way at home and away. The six away wins in the league testify that "For us there is no difference. We know our strengths and weaknesses, on which we are working to decrease them. Those who expect a totally defensive race on our part is on the wrong track. It is not what we work for. Then there is the strength of the adversary, which can put you in a certain situation. We will have to be good in times of suffering, that will be there, to be compact and defend well. But in the possession phase we know what and when to do it. We come here to do another step, like in Barcelona ".

In Bologna there was a mentality. The team scores a lot. Is it a time when the attackers are doing well?

"As I said before, I think that even Antonio Candreva can testify to our idea: in the possession phase is to make goals and create situations to do so. We are not a good team to defend themselves and then start again because we do not have a team with great sprinters: we trained through a series of situations to create opportunities to score goals, our mentality is to hurt the opponent, we go too vertically because sometimes we might hold a little more possession and make melina there he would like to take a little refreshment, but instead, as soon as we take the ball, we have the goal of going vertically to hurt and I think that something has succeeded so far ".

Will the performance of the last races need to be improved further?

"We are coming to the end of another mini-cycle. I keep my fingers crossed because in the other we hit two defeats in the last two against Barcelona and Juventus, even with two good matches. The Champions gives stimulus, makes energy be found even when you have the tank possibly less full. We will have to be good at playing our game knowing that we have worked so hard to deal with this type of commitment both from a tactical and a physical point of view. "

What do you think of what happened to Balotelli?

"It was not a unanimous thing, there was some moron that must be punished. We cannot tolerate, it is absurd to talk about racism".

How are D'Ambrosio and Asamoah?

"They didn't leave, they are not available for tomorrow's game. Even Gagliardini remained at home".

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