Luciano Spalletti said that he saw some positive things from Inter against Lyon on Monday in China,

The Nerazzurri beat Lyon 1-0 with Stevan Jovetic getting a late winner from a Joao Mario assist and afterwards Spalletti declared himself satisfied with the second-half performance saying that Inter are beginning to look more and more like his side.

“The team were very structured,” he began.

“In the first half, we made some mistakes trying to win back the Ball and made some pointless runs, but after half-time we did well to defend higher up the pitch and our positioning was better.

“We won 1-0 and could easily have scored more,” Spalletti continued, “but the most important thing was our balance on the pitch. We kept the right distances between defence, midfield and attack, as well as between individual players.

“The best way to defend is to attack and when you win the ball, you have to stay tight to pass it around easily. I saw all of this today, in the second half especially. From my point of view, this is the best possible outcome.

“In football these days, you go to training, work with the ball and the next day you play. If there’s a way to recover in this sport, it’s by keeping good possession during games.”