Inzaghi explains Inter rotation in Champions League test

Simone Inzaghi explains why he decided to rotate Inter’s squad against Crvena Zvezda in the Champions League and field an entirely new strike partnership.

It starts at 8pm UK time (7pm GMT) in San Siro.

You can follow all the build-up and action of this game and Bayer Leverkusen.Milan in the live blog.

This is a must-win game for the Nerazzurri, who started their European campaign with a 0-0 draw at Manchester City.

“It’s our home debut in Europe. We have to try to build on the good performance in Manchester and play against a good team,” Inzaghi told Sky Sport Italia.

Inzaghi has overhauled Inter for the clash with Crvena Zvezda

The coach has rotated the squad, leaving Lautaro Martinez, Marcus Thuram and Federico Dimarco on the bench, but Davide Frattesi is not in the starting line-up.

“Frattesi is one of our many players, he did really well on Sunday, but since Barella is injured I am missing a mezz’ala and I have decided to spread the stakes.”

Marko Arnautovic and Mehdi Taremi are a completely new front couple. So how did Inzaghi come to the decision to use them against Crvena Zvezda?

“We’ll see how the game goes. These two strikers are training very well and what I saw there convinced me to move. It’s a long and intense season, so we’ll need everyone.”

They sputtered in Serie A, losing the derby to Milan and drawing against Genoa and Monza, while struggling to a 3-2 win away to Udinese on Saturday.