Javier Zanetti Believed Inter Milan Could Be the Protagonist Team in the Champions League

DBasia.news –  Inter Milan are in hell group, group F, 2019-20 Champions League with Barcelona, ​​Borussia Dortmund, and Slavia Praha.

Inter are predicted to compete directly with Barcelona and Dortmund to qualify as first or second place in the knockout phase. On paper, only Slavic Prague has the level of playing under the three teams.

Barcelona was Inter’s opponent last season in the Champions League group phase which contained Tottenham Hotspur and PSV Eindhoven. At that time, Luciano Spalletti’s Inter failed to qualify for the knockout stages and had to accept the fact of caste going to the Europa League, because they ranked third. 

Inter only lasted until the last 16 of the 2019-19 Europa League and were eliminated by German club Eintracht Frankfurt, with a 1-0 aggregate goal. Inter’s experience last season in Europe is expected to nevertheless occur this season.

Javier Zanetti, Inter’s Vice President, has enough confidence in the prospect of Inter competing in the Champions League this season under the care of Antonio Conte. The Inter legend believes that La Beneamata could be the team’s protagonist.

“We are back in Barcelona, ​​we know the potential of the team, but we will fight to win every point. The other two teams in the group are also strong, we can face them in the best way and hope to start with good performance,” Zanetti told Sky Sport Italia. 

“This team was built to return to being the protagonist. That is why we chose Antonio Conte and built his team. Antonio carries a strong mentality, you know his experience in football and he can pass it on to the team, as seen in trial matches and at the start of the season.”

“We believe we can fight with anyone in the Champions League. The first goal is to qualify from the group phase, then there is a big tournament from the last 16 onwards. We see how far we can go,” he added.

Inter have so far been quite convincing in terms of performance. Starting the 2019-20 Serie A against Lecce, Inter won 4-0 at Giuseppe Meazza via goals from Marcelo Brozovic, Stefano Sensi, Romelu Lukaku, and Antonio Candreva.