Inter are preparing for their season debut in the Champions League, trying to get up after the knockout in the derby.
The Nerazzurri for Wednesday's match against Borussia Monchengladbach will have more fuel in the engine, considering that Conte will embrace not only Stefano Sensi, on his return from disqualification in the league, but also Alessandro Bastoni, negative to the swabs after the positivity at Covid, waiting as well by Radja Nainggolan.
"Also second negative buffer. Here we are!", Wrote the defender born in 1999 on Instagram, who today returned to training in a group after receiving the green light to return to the field.
An important comeback in the sector in which Inter have suffered most in recent matches.
But more important weapons could also be Sensi and Nainggolan: the former Sassuolo is a candidate for a starting shirt for Wednesday's match in midfield with Vidal and Barella (in a runoff with Eriksen and Brozovic), while the Belgian trained today still apart and, after the negative swab, awaits only the results of the latest investigations for the definitive go-ahead to be available again.
The hope, of course, is that he will already be available for the Champions League, giving Conte an extra option from the bench for the median during the match.
The coach is also waiting for the return of the other players stopped by the positivity at Covid: today Radu underwent the swab at the end of the quarantine, tomorrow it will be Young's turn and in the next few days Gagliardini will have to do it again, still positive after the last test.
Waiting for Skriniar, who has become a father in the meantime, who has to wait for the conclusion of the 14-day quarantine in Slovakia before taking the exams.