Internazionale Main Thread IV

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If rumours are true, we might get an injection of money with Moratti selling a big chunk of the club to a wealthy Kazak - supposedly has links to Gazprom.

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Strama: 'Inter are cursed'

Andrea Stramaccioni feels this is “a cursed campaign” after Inter suffered more injuries, a dubious penalty and a 2-0 defeat against Cagliari.

“The first half was good considering the emergency situation we are in, as we created three scoring opportunities and Samir Handanovic was never tested,” said the Coach.

“The key was yet another injury in this cursed campaign, as we lost Walter Gargano. At that time I had pushed Esteban Cambiasso and Mateo Kovacic up to give us more attacking heft and Gargano was the glue. His absence made us lose something in terms of balance.

“Yuto Nagatomo then came off the bench and got injured again after three minutes, so we’ve lost another two players for Wednesday.”

Inter welcome Roma next week in the Coppa Italia semi-final, as the first leg ended 2-1 for the Giallorossi.

“It’s a huge emergency situation we are in, but ultimately Cagliari deserved to win. Having said that, once again the penalty was non-existent and affected a team that was already dealing with massive difficulties.

“There was a dubious incident on Tommaso Rocchi in the first half, which would’ve been a red card for stopping a clear scoring opportunity,” continued Stramaccioni.

“Our attitude remained positive, but the penalty affected us because it was yet another mistake. Despite all the penalisation, we had approached the game well.

“Today the referee was conned by Pinilla, whereas last week with Atalanta there was nothing there at all. It really is a cursed campaign, how can you give a penalty like that?”

Pinilla later confessed he had "dived" to win the spot-kick.

Source: http://www.football-italia.net/33067/st ... are-cursed

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lol we lose another player to injury. Then one of our injured players comes back and then gets injured again!
Whats going on... are these players not being trained right?

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Yeah, you have to think there is something wrong with a club's preparation if they keep getting injuries at the rate Inter are - particularly muscular injuries.

Juve certainly vastly reduced the number of muscular injuries they were getting when Conte arrived with his own fitness coach and training regime.

Of course, it also helped that Juve significantly reduced the average age of their squad and ditched some injury-prone players around that time.

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Rosneft to buy into Italian refiner Saras

* Rosneft to buy 13.7 pct of Saras from main Moratti shareholders

* Moratti family to hold 50.02 pct of Saras after sale

* Rosneft to launch public bid on 7.29 pct of Saras

* Saras shares end up 6.7 percent (Recasts lead, adds analyst, trader comments, background, shares)

By Stephen Jewkes

MILAN, April 15 (Reuters) - Russia's biggest oil producer Rosneft has agreed to take a stake of up to 21 percent in Italian refiner Saras in a move that will strengthen its commitment to the Mediterranean area.

The deal follows an agreement at the end of last year for the two companies to form a joint venture for trading and processing crude oil and selling refined products.

Rosneft said on Monday that the Moratti family, which controls more than 60 percent of Saras, will sell it a 13.7 percent stake in the Italian refiner for 178.5 million euros.

Rosneft will then launch a public bid for a further 7.29 percent of the refiner at 1.37 euros per share.

"Rosneft will get tax benefits from refining outside Russia and be able to leverage on the higher value-added products made at Saras's complex refinery in Sardinia," Mediobanca oil analyst Andrea Scauri said.

Both purchases are priced at 1.37 euros per share, a 41.2 percent premium to Friday's closing price. Saras shares ended up 6.7 percent at 1.04 euros on Monday.

The Moratti family, which also owns top flight soccer club Inter Milan, will retain a 50.02 percent stake in Saras which debutted on the Milan exchange in 2006 at 6 euros.

Flagging refining margins and weaker demand from traditional markets have hurt earnings at Saras's main refining business which has posted negative core earnings in 11 out of the previous 15 quarters.

Increasing competition is weighing on European refiners as the United States, once an attractive export market, has become a net exporter of oil products due to its shale oil boom.

Some of Europe's refineries, crippled by high oil prices and weak fuel consumption, are facing closure or reduced production because of increased competition from more efficient plants in Asia and the Middle East.

"Some investors are betting on Rosneft raising its stake further and the Morattis slowly exiting," a Milan trader said.

Italian energy group ERG has cut its exposure to the refining sector as it gradually sells down its stake in its Sicilian refinery to Russia's Lukoil.

Russian oil companies have been buying refining capacity in Europe as the economic crisis takes its toll on operators.

In the statement on Monday, Rosneft JV Projects SA, fully owned by Rosneft, said the aim of the deal was not to delist Saras.

"We believe that this transaction is an important step in building a long-lasting cooperation between Rosneft and Saras," Rosneft's chairman Igor Sechin said.

Saras's Sarroch refinery in Sardinia is well positioned geographically to give Rosneft wide access to the Mediterranean area, analysts said.

In 2010 Rosneft itself bought 50 percent of Ruhr Oel, the owner of stakes in four refineries in Germany.

Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/04/1 ... EH20130415

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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ We are going to be alright lads...
Explains our interest in Sanchez and co.

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That's Saras though, not Inter. Unless the Russians want to invest on Inter, that money will only go to the Moratti's.

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We might actually achieve something this season - no European football for next season. A must if we want Champions League football for the season after next.

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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-di ... --sow.html

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Good. It has been some time since I had actually supported the team playing against us. Was terribly tough to cheer for a team like Roma..and that motherfucker Jonathan had to score right when I wanted him not too...but at least we got eliminated and that is a big step forwards towards no Europa League next season. Now all that's needed is to avoid 6th place in the table.
Speaking of which, Inter has yesterday officially announced that we're have a prestigious tourne' in summer in USA...right when the Europa league preliminary rounds should be played...Is that a sign we are definately trying to avoid the EL? Hopefully yes. We'll be getting more money from this summer's tournament than playing a whole EL anyway...

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We still have 6 games to go and I hope we start building for next season from here. Give the primavera players like Benassi an extended run in the squad. Cambiasso is injured now, along with Gargano (there is no way we should keep him here next season) so I don't see a better time to give them a string of games to play. The same goes for defense and attack.

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Fuck, we won.