Inter Milan coach Luchaino Spalletti scoffed at Barcelona's preparations ahead of the matches, asserting that his team had used them to lose 18-0.
"At the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, before the two teams last month, I saw Al Barsha go out to warm up before the match," Spalletti said at the press conference of the two sides' match at the San Siro Stadium on Tuesday evening in the group stage of the Champions League. Just minutes ago I asked if they had a gym inside the stadium or the like so we could go to her too but everyone confirmed that there was not. "
"It was not only that, but the players also told me that on the afternoon of the game the Barça players were going to bring their children out of school and then come to the stadium. I think that if we prepare for the matches this way, 0.
"I prefer Messi not to play in the game when the games make Barcelona very strong, which is worrying for me," Spalletti was quoted as saying by Eurosport.
The Argentine star Lionel Messi suffered a severe injury to his arm during the game against Sevilla in the championship of the Liga, which cost him absent from his past games, most notably the two games of the Clasico and the match between Rayo Vijcano and Inter Milan in the Champions League.
Barcelona had won two straight points at the Camp Nou in the last round of the tournament despite the absence of Messi, who was injured but was on the team's list before Tuesday's match.
