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Mancini pleased 'pressure is off'

Coach Roberto Mancini says there is now "no pressure" on FC Internazionale Milano as victory against FC Artmedia ensured first place in Group H.

Roberto Mancini, Inter coach
Today's qualification is really important because now we'll be able to work with no pressure for a couple of weeks. Today's game was not easy as there are no easy games at this level, but it was a good performance and in particular the way Adriano played - I knew that he was lacking the physical condition in previous games. We are all really glad that the stadium ban is over, to play behind closed doors is really bad. We will travel to Glasgow [to play Rangers FC on Matchday 6] in order to get all three points in the last game as we did last season against Werder Bremen.

Vladimír Weiss, Artmedia coach 
Congratulations to Inter, they are a fantastic team. We performed pretty well in the first half but we need to get rid of the mistakes. We lost concentration. After the break they dominated the game. We've been a little bit unlucky and the players were a bit scared by playing in this stadium against such a good team. With one game to play we still have a chance to go through and we need a draw [against FC Porto] to qualify for the UEFA Cup, which is a good result for us.

Adriano, Inter
I hope I can continue in this form for the rest of the competition. I know my abilities and I worked a lot this week to show it out there. Even if I hadn't scored for a long period before this game, I was always relaxed. It was an excellent game for me and I hope I can repeat it next time out.

Luís Figo, Inter
I'm happy with the goal but the victory and the qualification are the most important things tonight. Inter have great players and I'm sure we can achieve very good results this season.

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