Inzaghi: We deserved to win, and the title competition will be balanced

Inter coach Simone Inzaghi appeared in press statements after the 1-1 draw against Napoli, in the 12th round of the Italian League.

The coach said: “I congratulated The team, if there is one team that should have won, it is Inter. We dominated the second half, we fell behind in a fixed playing situation where we should have done better, but we kept our calm and did not allow Napoli anything. Practically."

He added: "After everything we did against Arsenal and the energy we exhausted, I really didn't expect us to be this impressive. I usually call the bench on A lot of times, but we were in such good shape that I didn't want to mess with anything we were doing. We hit the woodwork twice, and missed a penalty, so I don't know what more we could have done "

He continued: "Maybe we could have taken more chances, but let's not forget the strength of the team we faced, and what we did on Wednesday, so in general... The players performed really well.”

He added: “Thuram and Lautaro’s level of decline? They worked hard for the team and kept us steady, as I said, after everything we did in the middle Week, I had to congratulate them. As a coach, I have to put the result aside and focus on the performance, which was excellent against a good opponent.”

He noted: “I said that the competition for the title would be very balanced and this proves it true.” But I saw a great Inter tonight. Napoli has a lot of fast strikers, but Yann Sommer practically did not save any goals against the current Italian League leaders.”

And about the difference between the team not conceding any goals in the Champions League Compared to the Italian League: “We are trying to work on that and there has been improvement recently. Our last two performances are reassuring. I have great confidence in the team and it really amazed me today.”

He concluded: “We have to continue to work with this humility, at last 10 games We played eight wins and two draws, so considering we played against teams like Arsenal and Napoli, it's not bad. However, we are Inter, so it should have been 10 wins out of 10."

This result leaves the title race wide open, with Napoli still in first place, but only one point ahead of a group that includes Inter, Atalanta, Lazio and Fiorentina, while trailing. Juventus is only two points behind the leaders.