The latest Inter Milan team news ahead of another pivotal chapter in the Serie A title race makes for worrying reading, as four players could be sidelined.
Inter Milan Team News vs Lazio
Inter Milan return to the San Siro on Sunday for the final time this season, as they attempt to close a one-point deficit between themselves, and league leaders Napoli.
The tantalising prospect of a winner-takes-all Serie A playoff is still very much on the table with just two matchdays left to play, and the frontrunners are still at loggerheads with each other.
Inter’s bid to retain their Scudetto crown looks to be back on track after a bumpy April, but they will need Napoli — who dropped two points against Genoa last time out — to have another hiccup of their own.
With one eye on May 31’s Champions League final, but the focus still very much on catching Napoli, Inter can scarcely afford any more casualties.
However, the latest Inter Milan team news ahead of Sunday’s meeting with Lazio casts doubt over the involvement of four players.
Manager Simone Inzaghi may have to make do without Champions League semi-final hero Davide Frattesi, as well as regular starters Lautaro Martinez, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Benjamin Pavard.
The quartet were all absent from Inter’s 2-0 victory against Torino last time out. In a positive update, Sky Italia revealed that all of them bar Martinez made partial returns to training this week, although their involvement was limited.
Balancing the demands of a fixture that could prove vital to their chances of defending the Serie A, while preserving his best team for the Champions League final is likely to give Inzaghi a puzzling selection headache.
Captain Martinez likely won’t be declared fit enough to start given his muscle injury is worse than first feared, but the remaining trio could return against Lazio.
Pavard has been absent for four games across all competitions with an ankle sprain, while Frettesi and Mkhitaryan both picked up injury problems during Inter’s win over Barcelona last week.
