Internazionale Main Thread III

[Lombardiamia]

[Messinterista]

Serie A Week 15 - 10 Dec 2011 (19.45 UK)
Inter 2 - 0 Fiorentina
Pazzini 41 (I), Nagatomo 48 (I)
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza

Giampaolo Pazzini and Yuto Nagatomo gave Inter a much-needed win over a disappointingly uninspired Fiorentina.

The Nerazzurri needed a boost after losing two home games on the trot to Udinese and CSKA Moscow. Captain Javier Zanetti was suspended following the first red card of his Serie A career, while Wesley Sneijder, Diego Forlan, Dejan Stankovic, Jonathan, Joel Obi, Cristian Chivu and Emiliano Viviano were injured, but Douglas Maicon returned from a long lay-off. The Viola (playing in their all-yellow away strip) crushed Roma 3-0 last week, but Stevan Jovetic was a last-minute addition to the injury list along with Riccardo Montolivo, Mattia Cassani, Alessio Cerci and Per Kroldrup.

Inter had a good chance after three minutes with Philippe Coutinho threading through for Giampaolo Pazzini, but the finish was straight at Artur Boruc. The home side were pushing forward continually, but without much accuracy or inspiration, so Lucio nodded over from a set play. Alessandro Gamberini charged down a cross with his chest, so penalty appeals for a handling offence were waved away.

The first real scoring opportunity was on the half-hour mark, as Coutinho skipped past Gamberini down the right and stung Boruc’s palms with his fierce effort at the near post.

Inter finally broke through with Pazzini against his former club. He ran on to a long ball from Coutinho and drew out Boruc, flicking the finish over the goalkeeper from a very tight angle into the empty net with the outside of his right boot. It was Pazzo’s first Serie A goal since September 24.

It was 2-0 straight after the restart, though Yuto Nagatomo scored almost by accident. The Japanese full-back rushed on to a Pazzini pass and was anticipated by Manuel Pasqual, who fired the clearance straight at Nagatomo’s leg, sending the ricochet into an empty net.

Alberto Gilardino trapped a Salifu ball over the top, but was muscled out for a corner, from which Cesare Natali’s towering header sailed past the bar. A deflected Juan Manuel Vargas free kick was easily smothered, but it was still mainly Inter, as Boruc dealt with a Nagatomo snapshot and saw Thiago Motta’s strike skim the woodwork.

It really should’ve been 3-0, as Maicon’s cross found Sulley Ali Muntari totally unmarked at the back post, but he horribly scuffed the volley from six yards and Pazzini couldn’t reach the wayward effort to tap in.

Pazzini sprung the offside trap only to fire straight at Boruc’s outstretched foot, while Valon Behrami and Santiago Silva headers failed to beat Julio Cesar.

Inter: Julio Cesar; Maicon, Lucio, Samuel, Nagatomo; Faraoni, Thiago Motta, Cambiasso, Coutinho (Muntari 62); Pazzini, Milito (Zarate 65)

Fiorentina: Boruc; De Silvestri, Gamberini, Natali, Pasqual; Behrami, Munari (Salifu 52), Lazzari (Kharja 76), Vargas; Ljajic (Silva 65); Gilardino

Ref: Tagliavento

Source: http://www.football-italia.net/SerieA/match/9708

[zafferano]

Rocchi again.
that show how in italy everthing is possible
the crooks rules .

[zafferano]

[Lombardiamia]

[zafferano]

Un giorno o l'altro, Braschi, Nicchi e Collina ci dovranno spiegare se siano loro i santi in paradiso di uno fra i peggiori arbitri del secondo e del terzo millennio che, tutti insieme, i tre di cui sopra si ostinano a difendere, a mandare sui campi della serie A e addirittura della Champions League. Per non dire della fase finale degli Europei 2012 in Polonia e Ucraina dove l'arbitro fiorentino Gianluca Rocchi, ieri a Bologna ancora una volta disastroso, rischia di rappresentare l'Italia su designazione dello stesso Collina.

A giorni sapremo e, se sarà così, avremo la prova provata che la meritocrazia fra i fischietti non esiste e che, dopo essere stato il miglior arbitro del mondo, ma uno scadente designatore in Italia, Collina fa danni anche in Europa. Con la benedizione di Platini, la cui ignavia a proposito del presunto premiato biscottificio Dinamo Zagabria-Olympique Lione 1-7 è un'indecenza pari alla cecità del'Uefa che Michel presiede e che non ha manco aperto lo straccio di un'inchiesta su una delle partite più invereconde della storia recente del calcio europeo.

Ma Platini è francese, come il Lione. E francese è Thierry Henry, l'uomo che nel 2010, con un colpo di mano mandò in gol Gallas facendo fuori l'Irlanda di Trapattoni dai mondiali sudafricani. Dove andò la Francia, che però venne fatta a pezzi perché Dio esiste. La stessa Francia che si è qualificata agli Europei 2012 grazie a un rigore inesistente con il quale ha battuto la Bosnia, poi eliminata dal Portogallo nei playoff.

Nei giorni scorsi, il settantacinquenne Sepp Blatter, che purtroppo dovremo tenerci sul groppone per altri quattro anni alla presidenza della Fifa, ha dichiarato di essere favorevole all'uso della tecnologia, ma solo per stabilire se un gol sia gol per davvero. A parte il fatto che da Blatter non si potrebbe comprare nemmeno la ruota di una macchina usata, tali e tante sono state le panzane che ha sparato negli ultimi trent'anni, ieri a Bologna abbiamo avuto la prova provata di quanto falsa e ipocrita sia la posizione della federcalcio mondiale sulla moviola in campo. Perché, se ci fosse stata, Rocchi non avrebbe danneggiato il Bologna, negandogli un rigore e fischiandogliene uno contro a causa del tuffo di Ibrahimovic, con grande onestà evidenziato dallo stesso Allegri dopo la partita.

C'era anche un rigore per i campioni d'Italia, tanto per gradire. Ma, adesso, se nel calcio esiste uniformità di giudizio, ci aspettiamo che Ibrahimovic venga squalificato come fu squalificato Krasic dopo la simulazione di Bologna. Augurandoci che Rocchi torni ad arbitrare nel 2013. In ottobre ha sfasciato Inter-Napoli, ieri Bologna-Milan: coraggio, Braschi e Nicchi. Se non lo fermate voi, fermatevi voi. Sopravviveremo

[zafferano]

Il titolo lo dedico all’arbitro che sbaglia l’impossibile, Rocchi di Bologna-Milan, e a fine partita chiede scusa all’allenatore ingiustamente condannato a torti, Pioli: apprezzo il gesto, ma probabilmente sono tra i pochi a non ammettere gli orrori di chi è tenuto a giudicare un episodio, due, tre, una gara, e non mi spingo oltre: o sei in grado di prendere decisioni oppure devi cambiare mestiere. L’errore è concesso a tutti; l’orrore, peraltro ripetuto, no.

[red]

Rocchi was just terrible, rather than biased.

He got every important decision wrong, regardless of who it favoured.

[juventino_italiano]

[zafferano]

[red]

So why didn't he give Milan a penalty for the clear handball by the Bologna defender?

He simply got every big decision wrong.

Ref's are human, afterall, and do have bad days.

[Messinterista]

[zafferano]

i am great messina boy .
the meda never change,is a bad breed ,
they see things theyr way all the time
not as they are ,i am not make the comments i just report the shit .
is the way everones see it , no them

[juventino_italiano]

[Totally FRANK]

Though I didn't get to see the match yesterday, I heard some good things about Poli. Anyone watched the game?

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[Messinterista]

Genoa 0 - 1 Inter
Nagatomo 67
Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Inter held off a late Genoa surge to win three crucial points thanks to Yuto Nagatomo’s second-half header.

This was Week 11’s rearranged fixture. The original match was called off after Genoa was one of a number of regions in Italy hit by severe floods that claimed a number of lives. Proceeds from Tuesday night’s match will be donated to the relief fund.

Without Rodrigo Palacio after the Argentine picked up a thigh strain last week, Genoa Coach Alberto Malesani opted for a 3-5-1-1 formation with Ze Eduardo supported by Alexander Merkel in attack. Indeed, Kakha Kaladze’s return to the line-up that allowed for the formation shift was the only change from the team that won 2-0 at Siena on Saturday. The Grifone headed into this encounter having not scored a goal or picked up a point at home to Inter in their last three League meetings at Marassi.

Meanwhile, Claudio Ranieri gave Marco Davide Faraoni a fourth consecutive start for the Nerazzurri and former Sampdoria man Andrea Poli his full debut. Javier Zanetti returned from suspension whilst Diego Milito was passed fit to start after an ankle injury. In all competitions, Ranieri’s men were unbeaten in their last four games away from home, although they had not scored more than once in any away fixture since late September.

Inter dominated possession in the early passages and mustered the first clear chance of the night after Thiago Motta’s expert through-ball found an untracked Giampaolo Pazzini free running into the area. However, the No 7’s low, side-footed effort was matched by Sebastien Frey’s quick drop to the floor.

The opening quarter of the match was hit by several untidy fouls that broke up an otherwise frenetic pace to both sides’ play. Both Faraoni and Giandomenico Mesto had to receive treatment in quick succession.

There were appeals from Inter for a free-kick and a yellow card to Merkel after he appeared to trip Pazzini after losing possession to the striker, but the referee waved play on.

At the other end, Marco Rossi proved to be Malesani’s best outlet in attack, earning a corner after a clever breakaway attack and later earning a throw-in for chasing down Walter Samuel and Lucio for the ball. The half was characterised by frenetic wing-play by both teams, but wasteful crossing and off-target long-range efforts.

Just after the half-hour mark, Inter had a great double-chance to take the lead. Samuel broke free from his marker at a corner for a free header that Frey did well to save. From the rebound, Milito controlled the ball to fire it goalwards from point-blank range, only for the effort to be straight at an alert Frey who managed to hold on to it.

There was a controversial moment soon after when Milito fell to the ground under pressure when through on goal from Pazzini’s flick-on. The striker was aggrieved not to be awarded a free-kick of a penalty for Andrea Granqvist’s attentions on the edge of the area. Replays highlighted that the Swedish centre-back, who was caught the wrong side of the striker, did put his arm across the top of the forward.

Kevin Constant’s strong run down the left caused late panic in the first half for Inter as it forced Julio Cesar to punch clear under Ze Eduardo’s challenge for an excellent cross. Yuto Nagatomo then created as much uncertainty at the other end for an improvised effort off his knee that ran across Frey’s goal.

A quiet start to the second half was initially lit up 10 minutes in when Granqvist thought he had put the home side in front. However, match officials ruled out the effort, whistling that there had been a push in the area in the build-up to the free-kick that the defender had headed in.

Inter took the lead midway through the cagier second half when half-time substitute Ricky Alvarez’s cross from the right side of the pitch was met by an untracked Nagatomo. Alvarez was unchallenged in finding the cross, Nagatomo unmarked in meeting it.

Soon after, Pazzini tested Frey with a snapshot from 14 yards out whilst Milito’s diving header was inches away from meeting a low out-swinging ball across the six-yard box. 10 minutes later, a speculative effort by Alvarez from 30 yards beat Frey but not the upright, the curling effort bouncing before hitting the post and rebounding wide.

Soon after, Genoa almost levelled after Granqvist’s cross was expertly laid off by substitute Andrea Caracciolo to Rossi, but for his effort to take a slight deflection to go wide.

Diego Forlan made his return from injury in the late stages, coming off the bench to replace Milito after several weeks out.

Play was briefly suspended in the closing stages so that Genoa substitute Alberto Marchiori could receive medical attention on the sidelines before being taken away on a stretcher. The unused substitute and primavera captain had collapsed and appeared to be unconscious.

Genoa almost dramatically equalised at the game entered stoppages. A low cross caused chaos and left Rossi with a free shot on goal that was excellently stopped between Nagatomo and Julio Cesar whilst Miguel Veloso’s follow-up effort also required Julio Cesar’s save to tip it over.

From the resulting corner, Inter broke to almost add a second but for Pazzini’s effort to be easily saved by Frey. The game had a frantic finish as Genoa pressed to equalise, but Inter eventually held on for the three points that move them up to joint-sixth in the table.
Genoa: Frey; Dainelli, Granqvist, Kaladze, Moretti; Mesto, Rossi, Veloso, Constant (Jankovic 60); Merkel (Caracciolo 75); Ze Eduardo (Prato 51)
Inter: Julio Cesar; Zanetti, Lucio, Samuel, Nagatomo; Faraoni (Alvarez 46), Thiago Motta, Cambiasso, Poli (Obi 69); Milito (Forlan 81), Pazzini
Ref: Banti

Source: http://www.football-italia.net/SerieA/match/9668

[Messinterista]

[zafferano]

does anyone remember adriano dive against roma and getting suspended ?
ibra dive last week ,how much he get ?
boateng dive tonight ,what he gets ?
both got a penalty given, hey MERDAS ,how fair is that ?

[Messinterista]

I actually do remember that, not fair is it.