Inter Will Be Missing Several Key Players This Weekend Including Champions League Hero

Written By Onyeka Daniel

They may have secured a place in the final of this season’s UEFA Champions league, a clash slated for the 31st of this month, but it’s back to League action for Inter Milan as they look to continue the quest to defend their Serie A title with an away game against Torino.

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With a three point gap separating them from Napoli in first place, and three matches left to be played, the Nerazzurri can ill afford to slip up against the Granata if they hope to at least win a double (Serie A and the Champions League). this season.

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With Napoli having an easier fixture against Genoa at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Inter will have to be at their best, but some of their choices at the Olimpico stadium in Turin may be forced as they will be missing as much as four players at least on Sunday due to injury.

Firstly, Henrikh Mkhitaryan will miss this weekend’s Serie A clash due to muscular fatigue. After his tireless performance in the Champions League, he did not participate in today’s training session with the rest of the squad because a strain in the midfielder’s right thigh.

Then the trio of Lautaro Martinez, Benjamin Pavard, and Davide Frattesi are training individually according to Sky Sport Italia. The Nerazzurri players put in two hours on the pitch against Barça in a match that was played at an exhausting tempo, taking it toll on the players.

Lautaro trained individually today as he had suffered from a muscular elongation in his left thigh that had forced him off at halftime of the first leg, but he rushed back for the second leg, and got himself on the scoresheet, and won Inter a penalty for the second goal in the UCL thriller.

However, the Inter captain had to come off as a substitute in the second half, just like Mkhitaryan. Similarly, Inter’s match-winner, Frattesi is suffering an abdominal problem. Therefore, he is also training individually. Lastly, Pavard is still training individually.

The French defender is still recovering from an ankle sprain after missing the game at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium midweek. In a related development, several key players for PSG will get a rest ahead of the Champions Legaue final against Inter Milan.

The French club confirmed in a statement on Twitter that their players including Gianluigi Donnarumma, Achraf Hakimi, and Marquinhos, will get a few days off of training. PSG overcame Arsenal 3-1 on aggregate. Naturally, the UCL final will be a season-defining match for the two teams.

For the Parisians, it will be a chance to lift the trophy for the very first time. Meanwhile, Inter will aim to redeem themselves for what has been a somewhat disappointing domestic season. The Nerazzurri already narrowly lost out in the 2023 Champions League final.

Then for Simone Inzaghi, he will look to manage the minutes and fitness of several key players ahead of the match. The Inter coach will rotate the squad significantly in the remaining Serie A matches despite having a chance to retain their Serie A title, albeit a slim one.

PSG have also given Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Nuno Mendes, Willian Pacho, Fabian Ruiz, and Vitinha a few days of rest and they’re most likely not to feature this weekend when PSG travel away to face Montpellier in the French Ligue 1.

Genoa head coach, Patrick Vieira has revealed that he will go to the Allianz Arena in-person to support Inter in their Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain. The former Arsenal captain has reason to be pleased for both teams involved in the Champions League final.

Born in Senegal, Vieira moved to Dreux at the age of eight, which is roughly an hour away from the French capital, and for that reason, he grew up supporting PSG. He also spent four years towards the end of his career playing for Inter, where he won three consecutive Serie A titles.

Arsenal, where he spent nine years of his playing career, were eliminated from the Champions League semi-final by PSG. Speaking in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport published on Friday, Vieira revealed that he will be supporting Inter in person for the Champions League final at the end of May.

“I will go to Munich for the final,” he said. “As a child, I came to Paris and immediately liked PSG, I was a fan. I’m thinking about Rai, Ginola, Weah. But there is also a part of Inter inside me. I stayed in Milan for three and a half years and it was a wonderful time.” He said.

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“I think Inter deserve to win given what they’ve done in recent years, but PSG, who had the courage to let go of one of the three best players in the world, Mbappe, also made it to the final. Whatever happens, I’ll be happy.” He further added.

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