Inter Milan hero Pagliuca full of praise for Onana: He offers sense of security

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25 Mar 2023 • 6:54 PM MYT
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Inter Milan hero Gianluca Pagliuca is full of praise for Andre Onana.

Pagliuca was impressed by Onana for Inter Milan's successful Champions League round 16 clash with Porto.

He said, "Against Porto, in my opinion, he was the best player on the pitch. I really liked his performance a lot.

The sense of security he spreads, his ball distribution, rushing out, the decisive saves, especially the ones that look easy but in reality are very difficult, when the ball bounced around in front of you.

He really did well, he gave me a sense of security. He had a fantastic game."

On Inter's chances, Pagliuca said: It was a good draw. But Benfica are a very dangerous side and are a very good team that can go all the way in this competition. Having said that, if I was Inter's coach, I would have chosen to play Benfica or Chelsea.

Then if you go through, you play Napoli or Milan, which means you avoid Real Madrid, Man City and Bayern Munich. The draw went very well even if it will be very hard and this must be reiterated.

Both times Inter have faced Milan in the knockout stages of the Champions League they have been knocked out. Napoli are a team that we all know, that are dominating in Italy and are devastating.

But having said that of course you can dream big, also because the other half of the draw is much more complicated.

I remember through the years how sometimes a team won the Champions League like this. Then of course, it is decisive to be in form at the right time.

Right now, Inter are experiencing a decline in all competitions they're competing in. But now the real objective, aside from finishing in the top four, is to try to go all the way in the Champions League as well as the Coppa Italia."