Rummenigge: “Inter-Bayern, the match is open. And the Nerazzurri can pass the group “

Former Inter and Bayern champion Rummenigge analyzed tomorrow night’s match and the Champions League group drawn by the Nerazzurri

The Champions League starts again with the big English players, PSG and Bayern in search of Real?

«City and Liverpool have made great signings, but Chelsea and Tottenham are also strong. The PSG remains … the PSG and then there is Bayern which had a good start, but which drew the last two league games ».

Is it a message of hope for Inter?

«Bayern are strong and have eight very fast forwards. I believe that no one in Europe has a department with so many players so fast. And then he is used to playing the group stage: in recent years he has won almost all the matches of the first phase ».

Inter hopes canceled by his last words …

«But no … It is the first match of the group and no one will want to lose. I expect an open match because Inter are also a good team ».

In the derby on Saturday he did not do well and lost.

“Unfortunately I have seen. But then there was the reaction and, if Milan hadn’t had Maignan, it would have ended 3-3 ».

Inter-Bayern will be the match of the great strikers … absent: Lukaku is knocked out, Lewandowski left in the summer.

«I start with Lukaku, a very intelligent operation by my friend Beppe (Marotta, ed): he sold it in 2021 for 115 million and took it back on loan 12 months later. Lukaku with Inter has already won the Scudetto and will do well. Lewandowski wanted to try a new professional adventure and was satisfied. Now the team plays differently and, no longer having the classic number 9 with 40-50 goals per season, they are deploying four very quick players capable of hurting ».

Bayern, Barcelona, ​​Inter and Viktoria Plzeň: is this the iron group?

“No doubt. Inter were not lucky, but neither were Bayern and Barcelona: from the third urn they drew the strongest ».

What race do you expect tomorrow night at San Siro?

“Less” written “than you might think. Bayern will have Barcelona at home on matchday two and cannot afford to start with a defeat. Inter have the means to play an intelligent challenge and to achieve a result: it will not be the one seen against Lazio and Milan. In the Champions League everything is different ».

Who should Nagelsmann fear?

“I have a predilection for Lautaro Martinez, a striker with great shots who, finding Lukaku, will make it even more”.

Tomorrow night his heart will be split in half or …

«I lived an exceptional period in Italy and that at Inter was a fantastic experience. I still love the club, but for my history as a player and manager, Bayern have been something extraordinary and inimitable. I am not making a prediction on tomorrow evening, but I am convinced that the Nerazzurri and the Bavarians will move on to the second round, with Barcelona third in the group ».

Scudetto chapter: let’s start from last season and how did the victory of Pioli’s men surprise you?

«Inter went through a period, between February and March, in which they drew a lot: one or two more victories would have been enough to change the face of the standings and the final sprint. Milan won the title a little by surprise, but after thirty-eight days you don’t win by chance: the tricolor deserved it and Pioli was very good ».

In 2022-23 do you still see head to head between the Milanese?

«First of all, I am pleased that Inter and Milan have returned to the top of Italian football: for years, when Juventus dominated, the league was less interesting. I expect an unpredictable Serie A in which in addition to the Milanese, Juve, Napoli and Mourinho’s Roma will be able to have their say. The defeat in Udine did not reduce the Giallorossi, ditto the draw of the Bianconeri in Florence. I hope Inter win, but it won’t be easy ».