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Cagliari coach Rastelli: Inter Milan simply unbalanced

Cagliari coach Massimo Rastelli feels Inter Milan are "unbalanced" after Sunday's shock win.

The Nerazzurri had opened the scoring through Joao Mario, but were undone by Federico Melchiorri and a Samir Handanovic own goal.

“I chose to use Melchiorri today rather than Marco Borriello because I knew Inter would push forward more than usual," Rastelli told Sky Sport Italia.

“They'd push up the full-backs, use Joao Mario as a trequartista, so we found space to go on the counter and in these situations Federico is a master.

“In the first half we were too deep, but saw a different Cagliari after the break. We worked on the Inter defects and studied them carefully. It is a team with a great deal of quality, a huge amount of quality, but no balance, so we worked on that.

“Davide Di Gennaro played as a trequartista, where he gives his best and doesn't get bogged down by having to cover the defence. He was involved in all our positive moves."

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