Simone Inzaghi knows Inter must use their heads and our hearts against Benfica when the pair meet in the Champions League quarter-finals.
The Serie A heavyweights travel to Lisbon on Tuesday for the first leg of their last-eight clash against the Primeira Liga leaders.
Roger Schmidt s hosts are unbeaten in Europe this season and have lost just three times in all competitions, though they come into the game on the back of a domestic defeat to Porto.
The task in hand for Inter looks a difficult one, particularly amid their own mixed domestic form, but Inzaghi believes they can prevail if they play intelligently.
We know the importance of this match, he said at Monday s pre-match press conference. We have had a great, difficult journey [to get here]. They are a quality opponent. It won t be easy.
It will be a game in which we alternate between attack and defence. Benfica are not obsessed with pressing. We will have to use our heads and our hearts.
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They are a quality team, with technically gifted players. They occupy the spaces well, and they run a lot. We ll have to be good at playing our game.
They have lost two games this season. They are a team with absolute value. But up against them, there will be an Inter team who know what they want and what they have to do.
Inter arrive looking to break a six-match winless run that includes the second leg of their last-16 win over Porto in the Champions League.
Their indifferent form, including a draw with Salernitana on Friday, has seen them slip to fifth in Serie A and leaves them at risk of missing out on top-tier European competition next season.
