Inter manager Simone Inzaghi has brushed off their form ahead of their Champions League semi-final with Barcelona. The Nerazzurri have had a rough week, after two defeats in Serie A and elimination at the semi-final stage of the Coppa Italia at the hands of rivals AC Milan, but Inzaghi does not believe that it will affect them at Montjuic.

One of the major uncertain aspects about Inter is fitness. Marcus Thuram has been back in training ahead of the game, while Denzel Dumfries returned on Sunday against Roma. Meanwhile Benjamin Pavard has been ruled out of the first leg, but there is also a doubt over Federico Dimarco at left-back.

He was more optimistic about Thuram, who was not present in all three of the aforementioned defeats.

“Thuram did his first training session with the team today, we haven’t had him since Bayern. We’ve done a good job, in short, he gave us good signs, but I have to evaluate tomorrow morning and I will speak to him again. The others, apart from Pavard, are all there. I can play Bisseck, Darmian but also De Vrij as the third defender.”

Inzaghi was not having any talk about fear ahead of the game though.

“We have the utmost respect, but no fear. We’re talking about Barcelona, Bayern, Real, City, Arsenal – They’re all great opponents in a tournament where you have this level of competition, but we’ve had an amazing journey. We want to have a semi-final like a true Inter side tomorrow.”

“Everyone has their own philosophy. Bayern is different to Barca, even if they are similar in some ways. We will have to give everything we did against Bayern again, with a lot of fluidity. We’ve worked a lot on video in the last few days and put it on the pitch today.”