After leading Inter Milan to a 3-2 comeback victory at home over SSC Napoli in Serie A matchday 3, Inter coach Simone Inzaghi attended a press conference.

What made you happiest tonight? Was it the comeback victory itself, which showed real character and resilience in such a tight match? And is this the most entertaining game you've managed at Inter, or have there been others?

No, not at all. Let me take the second question first, because if I don't, I'll lose my train of thought and leave something out. So on what we got from tonight—what I valued most was our reaction after going down 0-2. From the very start, I was most impressed by how we tried to maintain our playing style without losing our identity, without worrying about the mistakes that led to those goals. I'm proud of the courage, determination, and quality the players showed on the pitch.

The first goal put us at a disadvantage because it came from a counterattack with two quick passes that caught us out, and the second was a direct consequence of the first. But our team didn't collapse. We stayed in the game and tried to intensify our play, using the wings more. We had quality players on the pitch who could create threats and shift the momentum. Maybe the 1-2 scoreline helped give us that extra drive. Then with our substitutions, we took some calculated risks, and those risks ultimately paid off.

After it became 2-2, usually in Italian football such developments don't happen often because both sides are satisfied with a draw. But in this case, exciting chances appeared for both teams, and the game could have ended any way. I really admired the courage of my players in accepting that they might concede at certain moments. What matters is how you respond, what you show on the pitch. I can say that today our effort was rewarded.

But you didn't answer the second question: as Inter's coach, was this the most entertaining game you've managed? Even though there were some exciting matches last season, I don't know if any were as thrilling as today's. You might have felt torment on the bench, but in your opinion, is this the most entertaining game?

It was certainly entertaining for those watching on TV and for those in the stadium today. San Siro tonight was like a boiling cauldron. In those final minutes, I couldn't even communicate with the players on the pitch about how we should position ourselves because we had too many midfielders and forwards and not enough defenders. That's why I ran to the touchline—to clearly convey our tactical positions so they'd understand how to drop back and maintain better balance in those last five minutes.

However, when I saw that my team hadn't lost its identity, still adhered to our style, applied our tactical principles, and knew how to respond in difficult moments, I was very happy. And this wasn't the first time, so I'm very pleased about that.

Hello Coach, I'd like you to expand on that moment you ran to the touchline. I want to ask: when you ran there, was it purely to communicate tactical instructions to the players, or was there also an emotional element—meaning, "nobody can say anymore that I can't beat big teams"? And I have another question...

(Interrupting) No, it's not about "beating big teams." Just yesterday I asked a journalist to explain to me what "big teams" means. I never disrespect anyone, and this phrase gets misinterpreted. I need to clarify specifically that for me, every Serie A match is crucial. So there's no need to obsess over this all season. Last season I might have tried to explain such questions, but this season I don't understand them, because we are the Serie A champions now. We won the league title without needing specific results against particular opponents.

I don't disrespect anyone, but I hope when you report, you take everything I said in full context and bring back the honesty of those words, rather than cherry-picking parts that fuel conflict, attract attention, gain followers, and create negativity. I think that's not what football needs right now. When reporting something, you must maintain a certain level of professionalism.

I'm not singling anyone out here because, fortunately or unfortunately—I'm not even sure which—this kind of distorted reporting spreads completely on social media. On social media, what people seek has nothing to do with sports education and the values we want to communicate. Now everyone is sowing hatred, and I don't want to see that. I hope in this world, especially in sports, everyone can coexist peacefully, support their own teams, and after 100 minutes—whether the result is a loss, a win, or a draw—everything should return to the love of this beautiful game.

At the same time, we must recognize our responsibility to educate the next generation, especially our children. We don't inherit this world from our ancestors; we borrow it from future generations. So we must accompany our children's growth in the best way possible. Yet today I still saw some seven or eight-year-old children in their father's arms making disrespectful gestures toward us. That's not a good image for this world, and it's not a good example for football.

You finished the game with a very aggressive 4-3-3 formation, trying to turn things around with courage and well-calculated risks as you mentioned. I'd like to ask: considering the new player signings Inter made in the transfer market, will this tactical flexibility—which actually showed signs starting last season—happen more frequently in the future? Will the team become more "adaptable"?

No. What matters isn't the formation, but our way of playing. We'll select the right players based on the specific needs of each game and situation. For example, a player like Andy Diouf brought added value in today's one-on-one situations. We have many other excellent players who can step up to help the team in specific circumstances, and some forwards perform well in specific scenarios—like Piero's ability to hold the ball with his back to goal in the penalty area, Marcus Thuram's effectiveness in the box and ability to attack open spaces, and Lautaro Martínez's ability to organize our attacking play. What we consider isn't the formation template, but our playing method, which adjusts based on each player's characteristics and the specific demands of the match at any given moment.

Hello Christian. Regarding the strengths and weaknesses shown in this game—can we say that for your competitors, this is very bad news? That despite going down 0-2, your team and the fans showed such remarkable desire and hunger to win?

When you've just come off a title-winning season, the biggest risk is usually complacency in terms of motivation and attitude. But I've never seen that from my players. From day one at our training camp in Germany through our tour of Australia, they've performed excellently, and that's entirely down to them.

But it wouldn't be fair to limit our perspective to just this year. This team has proven over the last six or seven years that they can consistently maintain a very high competitive level, full of hunger, drive, and strength. They know how to compete, how to maintain excellence, and that's what we want to continue doing this season. We must keep developing and improving—that's my only expectation. I'm pleased to see the team respond like this when facing adversity, still brimming with strong desire and hunger on the path of growth and progress.

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