by David on February 4, 2012
Roma coach Luis Enrique has urged his side to play without fear in Saturday’s Serie A game against Inter Milan.
Enrique expects a drastic improvement from his players after they followed their 1-1 draw against Bologna with a 4-2 defeat at Cagliari on Wednesday.
“We have made mistakes against lower sides and those errors have cost us to lose some games,” he said. “But I see a team that has the potential to become great provided it gives 100% in every game. When we were 2-1 up against Cagliari, my players relaxed and thought they had already won the game. I am nevertheless confident that the team will do much better from here on. Against Inter I expect a difficult game and I hope the fans will give us great support as always. We have to go on the pitch without fear because we can beat Inter.”
by David on February 4, 2012
“On a personal level it’s always nice to go back to Roma. I was lucky enough to coach them but that’s all in the past and now we have to look ahead. It’s an important match for us, but it is for the Giallorossi, too. They are a team who attack and attack well, create many scoring opportunities, but also give many away. We’ll have to be sharp and take advantage of those.” Claudio Ranieri is going back to the capital for the first time as Inter coach, and, during the pre-match conference, he analysed the Nerazzurri situation at this point in time.
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by David on February 3, 2012
Diego Milito spoke to the Inter channel ahead of this Sunday’s trip to the capital to play Roma and had this to say about a fixture that brings back fond memories with Milito on the score sheet:
“Yeah, that 5 May was a fantastic day. I scored and it was the first of three trophies. Hopefully we’ll be able to beat them again this time, playing a great game, neutralising their qualities and getting the win. We need it.”
Roma and Inter, who will now face off on Sunday afternoon, have both changed a lot this season:
by David on February 3, 2012
Following the ruling made this afternoon by the Prefect of Rome – that the adverse weather conditions in the Rome area meant it was unsafe for the Roma v Inter match to go ahead on Saturday 4 February 2012 at 15:00 – the Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A has rescheduled the match for Sunday 5 February 2012 at 15:00.
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by David on February 2, 2012
Inter skipper Javier Zanetti has denied telling Inter fans to shut up after Wednesday’s 4-4 draw with Palermo at the San Siro.
Italian media reports had surfaced that Zanetti had responded unkindly to jibes from the Nerazzurri faithful following Fabrizio Miccoli’s late equalizer that eventually resulted in the stunning 4-4 result.
Zanetti however, has revealed he was embroiled in a conversation with a single fan.
by David on February 2, 2012
Inter has submitted the 31 members of its squad for the round of 16 knockout stage next month. The list includes 3 club-trained players, 4 association-trained players and 8 List B (youth) players. It is good to see Diego Forlan finally in the squad.
by David on February 2, 2012
Inter President Massimo Moratti yesterday answered some questions from the journalists waiting outside the Saras offices about Inter dealings in the January transfer window. Here are some of his comments:
President, would you like to comment on the winter transfer window now that it has closed?
“I think we did some logical transfer business. It was about partly about rejuvenating the squad with important players and partly about bringing in some experience. And there was the Thiago Motta deal, which was destined to end the way it did also because it was what the player wanted, so I think it was a good transfer window.”
by David on February 2, 2012
It was a great night for Diego Milito as he scored four times, but those were only enough to earn Inter a 4-4 draw at home with Palermo.
It was a snowy night at the San Siro, and it looked like the defenders from both sides took the evening off, as both teams created lots of chances.
The first goal arrived in the 16th minute after both sides had already missed good opportunities. Palermo’s fifth corner of the game crossed the six-yard box with no intervention from an Inter player and Mantovani was alone at the far post to tap the ball in from a yard out.
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by David on February 1, 2012
The January transfer window ended up being much busier than any of us expected with three players coming in and five players going out. The impact of the UEFA Fair Play rules had a visible impact on Inter‘s deals as the Palombo and Guarin deals were structured to hit in the summer (re next season) and not this year.
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Palombo is a holding midfielder with a good shot who can combine well with a playmaker in a 4-4-2 formation. He can also play in the diamond’s sides.
by David on February 1, 2012
There is an interesting battle going on at Inter at the moment between Claudio Ranieri and Wesley Sneijder and it is a battle that Sneijder cannot win.
Sneijder was taking off at half-time during Inter‘s defeat at Lecce last weekend and when asked about being substituted after the game by Sport1, Sneijder said:
“The coach’s decision. I’ll probably talk with him about it tomorrow.”
The problem for Sniejder is that he does not fit into Ranieri’s style of play. Asked about Sneijder, Ranieri said:
