Winning the Champions League may be Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi’s only chance to keep his job.
Inter has had success this season, winning the Italian Super Cup and reaching the semifinals of the Italian Cup. And the team can reach the last four of the Champions League on Wednesday when it faces Benfica at San Siro in the second leg of the quarterfinals with a 2-0 lead from the first match.
But it’s in Serie A where Inter has been struggling, and Inzaghi is feeling the pressure because of it.
Saturday’s 1-0 loss to Monza was Inter’s 11th league defeat in 30 matches and left the team in fifth place in Serie A, two points behind fourth-place AC Milan.
“I don’t find it strange,” Inzaghi said of his situation on Tuesday. “I’m used to it. It’s better that they criticize me rather than my players. This criticism gives us the motivation
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