Inter Milan were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Bologna in Serie A on Sunday after a fine volley from Ivan Perisic.
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French midfielder Kondogbia was kept out of Inter’s starting line-up on several occasions last season by former coach Roberto Mancini as he struggled to adapt to the game in Italy.
De Boer’s men bounced-back from their humiliation at the hands of Beer-Sheva by shocking defending champions, Juventus, 2-1 at the San Siro in the Derbi d’Italia last weekend, however, and a Mauro Icardi brace enabled them to back that triumph up with a 2-0 win at Empoli in midweek.
“When a player doesn’t want to understand.”, said De Boer to explain Kondogbia’s substitution.
“I told him before the game, so if he doesn’t listen, what can I do?”
De Boer admitted the end of his time with Ajax still hurts him, with the club throwing away the title on the last day of the season, “I still can not believe what happened away at De Graafschap on the last day of last season”.
Inter, up to third, are one point ahead of Roma, Lazio and surprise packages Chievo and Bologna. It’s not the first time we’ve discussed it. In the opening 20 minutes we were tense, then Bologna’s goal changed the game.
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“He has many qualities, he can play in any position in attack, and with any partner”. I feel that here at Inter Milan I do not have to push the players too much because they enjoy training and what they do by Ajax I sometimes had to push the players to do things. “This is only his first appearance”.
