Inter Milan in a difficult task to stop Juventus

Inter Milan striker, Mauro Icardi, said Wednesday that he was looking forward to Cristiano Ronaldo when his team will face Juventus, leader and last seven seasons, at the opening of the 15th day of Serie A.

At the first meeting between the players of the Italian championship, ICARDA will try to lead Inter Milan to the first defeat of Juventus, which marked the start of a great season with a record of 40 points in 14 matches (13 wins and draw) after joining the best player in the world five times, Du Real Madrid last summer for more than 100 million euros.

Inter Milan are third in the standings with 29 points, but their victory over Juventus could maintain the title fight in place after the old lady took eight points ahead of Napoli last season with the new coach Carlo Ancelotti. Otherwise, the defeat of Inter Milan in the Italian derby between the giants of the North could be a blow to his ambitions and pave the way for Juventus for the eighth consecutive title, all the more that he overcame the obstacle of the teams likely to stand in the way, 1), Milan (2-0), Lazio (2-0), Fiorentina (3-0).

"I have played against him many times, but this time, it's the most important since I came here," said ICARDA. "I'm from Sampdoria in 2013. We have to go without fear, I can not wait to play against Cristiano Ronaldo, it would be a pleasure to be with him in the showdown." The player who has already defended Inter Milan since 170 games in "Serie A" scored 108 goals "but that's not my problem. The defenders (Stephan De Frei) and (Milan) Milan Screniar are there. "

The 25-year-old has a good season and has so far scored eight goals in the league and 11 in all competitions, like Ronaldo with Juventus (10 goals in the top and 11 in all competitions). Inter's recent win over Juventus is in the Torino stronghold of Turin in November 2012. But his Chinese boss, Stephen Jang, insists that his team "still enjoys the confidence". "We are ready for the match," he said. We improve and play better, and we try every season to do better than its predecessor. "

"We have to go looking for the three points, just as we tried to do in front of Roma," said Inter Milan midfielder Milan Srinar. Juventus is strong, but we are also competitive. Cristiano Ronaldo? It's hard to watch but we focus on the team as a whole. "

In addition to Juventus, Internazionale coach Luciano Spalletti is considering Tuesday's game against PSV Eindhoven, his home rivals, in the final match of the Champions League. Inter Milan are third in Group B with seven points behind Barcelona (13 points), Tottenham Hotspur (7 points), Tuesday's victory over Eindhoven (1 point) and the loss or draw of the match. 39, English team at Camp Nou in Catalonia. Second qualifying for the round of 16. Spalletti hopes to achieve this goal with Belgian midfielder "Radiant" Radia Naingolan coming back from an ankle injury.

Juventus, like Barcelona, ​​have qualified Group H in the last 16 of the European competition, before their last match against Switzerland next week. But Ronaldo will try to score new points after his disappointment to win for the sixth time the Golden Globe of the French magazine "Football French", where he finished second behind his former colleague Real Madrid, the Croatian Luka Modric. The Juventus coach, Mbadimiliano Alegre, believes that this will be an additional motivation for the Portuguese star. "His motivation now is to win Juventus next year," he said. "It 's the game of the year because it' s the Italian derby and that 's still one of the toughest matches," said Alegre. 5 out of 5 on the difficulty scale. But then we have to get to May and win the Scudetto. "

Inter have a disappointing record against Juventus after just two wins in 16 league games since Jose Mourinho's last title in 2010, and Inter may not recover from their last meeting in April. When they lost 2-1 to San Siro five minutes before the end, they lost 3-2 and this result paved the way for Juventus to win the title last season. Before the match, Luciano Spalletti's team had returned to a 1-1 draw against Mbadimiliano Alegre at Juventus.

The direct clashes between the coaches were tied and exciting: in nine games, Alegre won four against three for Spalletti and two draws. It was his first bilateral meeting in 2008 when Alegre was an inexperienced coach with Cagliari while Spalletti had already made a name with Roma. The meeting was renewed in 2012 in the Champions League when Alegre headed Milan while Spalletti coached Zenit St Petersburg. They have met five times since 2016, including three at the time Spalletti was the coach of Roma side by side twice after his stint at Inter Milan last season.

Carlo Ancelotti's team is looking to continue chasing Juventus when they meet on Saturday at the Spanish's Fransoneone Stadium in the last eight games. The match, despite the weakness of his rival, will be a final test for the Champions League Group 3 Champions League leader Napoli before heading to Liverpool to face their third team (6 points). "Juventus is a solid and consistent team, but it's not impossible to beat it," said Napoli coach Ancelotti at La Gazzetta dello Sport on Thursday. With my experience, I have not found any unbeatable team. Of course, to stay at the same speed as Juventus, you have to work miracles.

Milan (25 points) will attempt to retain fourth place by hosting Torino VI (21 points) on Sunday in the final stage match, while Lazio V (24 points) after a disappointing draw with Chievo during the match. # 39; previous step (1 – 1), progresses more at the expense of Sampdoria, who is five points from him and five points. For its part, Roma will try to dedicate its European success, the champions of the last three seasons who accompanied Real Madrid to the last 16 of the Champions League, at the local level and renouncing the seventh place (20 points) to bring back three points of the Cagliari stadium. Sunday also plays Sasuolo with Fiorentina, Empoli with Bologna, Parma with Chievo, Udinese with Atalanta and Genoa with Spal.