Ranieri: Inter must believe

Claudio Ranieri has stressed that it is crucial for Inter to start believing in themselves again in order to return to winning ways.

The Nerazzurri are 16th in the Serie A table, and Ranieri, who replaced Gian Piero Gasperini as head coach in September, believes his players are yet to fully recover their confidence following their disappointing start to the season.

“When coaching changes happen, above all you need to rewire the players’ mentalities because if a coach is replaced things are going badly,” Ranieri said in an interview with uefa.com.

“You need to bring back self-esteem and the lads need to start believing in themselves again and take risks like they used to.”

“But you’ve also got to get them back to playing the sort of football they’re used to, which means being very compact as a team, because when I faced Inter as an opponent that was always their strength.”

Inter face a difficult home match against Juventus on Saturday as they aim to return to winning ways after their draw against Atalanta in midweek.