That was a great Inter performance:
determined, well drilled and focused.
Congratulations on a deserved win.
Yes, I'm very happy
because we've beaten a team that 
have really established themselves,
that have been working together for four years 
and have reached a high level.
They've shown that both 
in the Champions League and in Serie A.
They're a team that can hurt you. 
They've scored 97 goals 
and had found the net in 28 consecutive games.
We played very well 
and I'm especially pleased 
for the lads because they deserve it.
They deserve praise
and should be given credit 
for the 82 points obtained.
We have some impressive stats: 
we've only lost four games,
we have the best defence 
and the second-best attack,
we've picked up 43 points away from home,
 more than anyone else.
We finished second.
I'm told we've equalled the points tally 
of the Inter side that won the treble
but let's not forget that they did the treble
after three back-to-back Scudetti 
and the Coppa Italia,
which means they were a winning team,
a team with players who had already won things,
a team that had made history.
We're in a completely different situation here.
That's why the lads deserve credit 
and I'm very happy for them 
I don't like the way they've been treated
or the way I've been treated.
I didn't like that at all 
and I don't think the club protected us enough.
Questions from the studio?
You rightly reeled off those impressive stats 
but I'd like to mention one in particular:
last year Inter finished 21 points off top spot
but more significantly 
we were looking over our shoulders 
whereas this time we've been 
looking at who's ahead of us.
The point difference is something 
to build on going forward.
Inter have always been in 
the Champions League spots this season.
We've been first, second, 
third and fourth at different times
but we've never dropped out 
of the Champions League spots 
despite all the other excellent teams.
There are big teams like Napoli
who weren't able to qualify 
for next year's Champions League.
The same goes for Roma and AC Milan.
That's a good thing.
We were always up there 
and as I told the lads 
we must look at who's ahead,
not who's behind us.
That's the mentality we need and they did that.
Hats off to them because 
 I think they've done something special 
despite all the difficulties 
we've had during the season.
We've had to make do without 
key players in midfield and in attack
due to injury - people like Sanchez.
Today we can say we've got 82 points and are second.
We've gained ground on all the other teams.
Let's not forget that in the last eight years 
the points gap with Juventus 
was 25.7 on average, so 26 points.
I've seen certain people 
really lay into the players 
and they've laid into me too.
I didn't like that at all.
If you want to win, you have to be strong 
on the pitch and strong off it.
We have a lot of things to improve.
That's my view.
Max?
First of all, congratulations on the win
 and on reaching 82 points - a great result.
A question about tonight:
The 3-5-2 formation you used today,
with Brozovic sitting deeper.
Was that because you wanted 
to open up more passing lines 
and get the ball forward more quickly?
I noticed you did that a lot 
and that's where the goal came from.
We went with 3-5-2 because 
it was an unusual situation.
We built play with the back three 
plus Brozovic and Gagliardini.
There were always five men.
Barella's position was a bit unusual
but it was designed that way 
because we were playing Atalanta.
We needed to create situations
 that we could exploit 2-v-2 
with Lautaro and Lukaku.
We prepared for the game well 
 and learnt from the reverse fixture.
I think the lads did brilliantly 
to stick to the game plan.
- Thank you. 
 - Thank you.
