"Inter" coach occupying 17th place: we can fight for the highest positions © EuroFootball.com

Claudio Ranieri claims to be certain that Inter Milan can still win the Italian championship, even though they are currently in 17th place in the standings.

In 9 matches, "Nerazzurri" have only earned 8 points and are 13 points behind leaders Udinese and Roma's Lazio.

However, Ranieri remains undeterred: "When I started coaching Roma, people also rushed to write us off. But we proved them wrong and fought for first place with Inter."

"I think that my current team can perform much better. I believe we can recover because I see a united group of people who are trying to do so. Perhaps our opponents seem unbeatable now, but I haven't lost hope."

On Saturday, Inter will host Cagliari at home.