{"id":388075,"date":"2026-04-12T10:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T10:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/388075\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T10:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T10:34:08","slug":"inzaghi-sends-a-clear-message-to-mancini-and-sets-out-his-game-plan-to-beat-al-sadd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/388075\/","title":{"rendered":"Inzaghi sends a clear message to Mancini and sets out his game plan to beat Al Sadd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simone Inzaghi, the Italian manager of Saudi side Al-Hilal, spoke ahead of Tuesday\u2019s round-of-16 AFC Champions League clash with Qatari outfit Al-Sadd.<\/p>\n<p>Inzaghi said: \u201cTomorrow\u2019s match is important and difficult. I know Al Sadd well and I know their manager; they have a strong, well-organised team, and we must approach the match with great focus from start to finish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the injury front, he added: \u201cI won\u2019t go into specifics, but Keno and Malcom picked up unexpected bruises, not related to fatigue. Still, we have quality players ready to step in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the details&#8230; Mendy: Morocco\u2019s victory came out of nowhere&#8230; and we thought the decision was an \u2018April Fool\u2019s joke\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cIt\u2019s a one-off game with no margin for error, so our focus must be total; luck also plays a role in such decisive encounters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On facing Al Sadd coach Roberto Mancini, he added: \u201cHe is a friend before he is a coach. I have worked with him and respect him greatly. He is doing well with Al Sadd, but on the pitch we will both be going for victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded: \u201cAl Sadd are a strong side and deserve respect. Knockout matches are completely different from the group stage, so we must be prepared for every detail.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Simone Inzaghi, the Italian manager of Saudi side Al-Hilal, spoke ahead of Tuesday\u2019s round-of-16 AFC Champions League clash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[184983,184984,120878,173511,85,46,184982,105],"class_list":["post-388075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-afc-champions-league-elite","tag-al-hilal-vs-al-sadd","tag-al-hilal","tag-al-sadd","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-s-inzaghi","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}