Milan, Italy — Marko Arnautovic go team up with captain Lautaro Martinez for Inter’s crucial home game against Cagliari. Match go start 18:00 CET (16:00 GMT) for San Siro as dem dey fight for important points for the Scudetto race.
Coach Simone Inzaghi plan to rotate im squad but e go do am small-small, as dem dey prepare for second leg of Champions League against Bayern Munich. Players like Alessandro Bastoni, Hakan Calhanoglu, Nicolò Barella, and Federico Dimarco go start for the match.
However, dem go rest some players, including Marcus Thuram, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Francesco Acerbi, and Carlos Augusto. Arnautovic, Davide Frattesi, Stefan De Vrij, and Nicola Zalewski go take their place.
Cagliari dey hope to surprise Inter for the second time after dem draw 2-2 with dem last season for San Siro. Dem plan to use Nicolas Viola and Zito Luvumbo behind lone striker Roberto Piccoli.
The match go dey broadcast live for OneFootball app in the UK and for Paramount+ and FoxDeportes in the USA. Inter 3-5-2 formation go be Sommer; Bisseck, De Vrij, Bastoni; Zalewski, Frattesi, Calhanoglu, Barella, Dimarco; Arnautovic, Lautaro. Cagliari go use 3-4-2-1: Caprile; Mina, Luperto, Palomino; Zortea, Adopo, Prati, Augello; Viola, Luvumbo; Piccoli.
With Champions League quarter-final second leg against Bayern Munich coming up, Inzaghi sure say e go need balance between preparing for that game and winning against Cagliari. Federico Dimarco and Kristjan Asllani dey available after missing matches, while Medhi Taremi, Valentine Carboni, Denzel Dumfries, and Piotr Zielinski dey injured.
Cagliari boss Davide Nicola get almost full squad available except for loanee Carlos Soldati. Piccoli go lead their attack, with support from Viola, Luvumbo, Florinel Coman, Mattia Felici, and Gianluca Gaetano.
As Serie A season dey close, both clubs go want grab maximum points for their own reasons. Inter wan stay on top of league while Cagliari dey try avoid relegation. This matchup go show wetin each team get to offer as dem battle for important points.
