Parma coach Fabio Pecchia jokingly reminisced a couple of hard-fought earlier assembly with Simone Inzaghi, claiming the Inter’s coach ‘owes him’ one thing as the 2 are set to cross paths once more on the San Siro.
The Nerazzurri host the newcomers on Friday, and the Gialloblu can take inspiration from a putting current custom as they’re unbeaten in away matches at Inter since 2013, though their coach insisted statistics ‘don’t win matches’.
The 2 sides final met in January 2023 within the Coppa Italia spherical of 16, when Inzaghi’s facet emerged 2-1 winners after further time in a recreation that noticed Lautaro Martinez equalise solely minutes earlier than the ultimate whistle to reignite Inter’s hopes of qualification in opposition to a combative .
Pecchia: Inzaghi ‘owes me one’, however ‘deserves compliments’ for work at Inter
“There’s little to say in regards to the worth of his work; he deserves compliments,” Pecchia mentioned at a press convention forward of Friday’s match, as .
“We crossed paths whereas selecting up the award [at Gran Gala del Calcio], and I reminded him of the Coppa Italia match, telling him he nonetheless owes me one.
However that’s prior to now now, it was a lesson. The gamers have modified, and we’ll method the sport with much more younger gamers in a beautiful surroundings.
“Statistics don’t win matches, they haven’t any worth and don’t give any braveness,” Pecchia went on.
“We have to method the sport with braveness, with fireplace in our eyes, however with the mindset that we’re enjoying a soccer match.”
Inter are 4 factors behind leaders Napoli after seeing their fixture at Fiorentina suspended following Edoardo Bove’s pitch-on collapse and have received simply two of their 5 final matches on the San Siro, leaking not less than one purpose in 4 of them.
Parma have picked up two of their three Serie A wins of the season within the final three outings, .