Internazionale Main Thread II

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Yes Santon started his carreer as a right wing, before tracking back to RB, then CB, and afterwards LB...

Crisetig is the biggest talent in our current primavera setup Dejan according to many. Havent seen him play though. There is also another promising youngster, but right now I cant remember the name...

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Mourinho: "Tomorrow is another day"

MILAN - José Mourinho analysed his team's Milan derby performance in a post-match interview with Sky Sport Italia. "Tomorrow is another day, but it was a similar match to last year's one when we played better and Milan hit us on the counter-attack," said the Inter coach. "Both teams left open the initiative to the other today. They felt strong on the counter-attack with Pato but we were dangerous when attacking spaces. It was a no contest after the first goal and the team won easily."

On his decision to play new signing Wesley Sneijder, the Inter coach said: "The history of football is like this. When a coach makes the right choice he becomes fantastic. I knew that I would have been criticised if we had lost with Sneijder in the starting lineup, but now everyone is saying I did well. They didn't say that last week... Wesley played very well and the team did the same. He's a player who unites the two lines. I decided to play him twenty-four hours ago when Branca assured me he would be available.

"I had already said that this team has great potential because Ibra left and we have five new players that we always wanted, and they give this team much more balance. We certainly have to work because we need new automatisms, but winning against AC Milan and having four points in the table gives us the tranquillity to continue our work. We have changed men and mentality. I like winning and I like controlling the match. Tonight I saw us have ball possession that we never saw last season. We were the photograph of what we want to be in the future, and of the project that we still have to work on."

After Thiago Motta's opening goal it was another summer signing - Diego Milito - who added the second. "He is one of the few new arrivals who has worked with us from the start and with whom we have done a certain kind of work that always makes Diego an option on the ball. But Eto'o is also doing very well. And Balotelli, who is behind them at the moment, can learn a lot and become even better."

The Portuguese continued his match analysis on Inter Channel. He said: "It was a fantastic match. All the goals were beautiful. The team is very strong. Psychologically the boys did well, they played with confidence and tranquillity and were well organised. When it's like this it's fantastic. It's important to react well after a difficult moment. We drew against Bari, worked all week and won a match today that is important for the history of Inter. I didn't leave the stadium crying last week and I'm not leaving with a bottle of champagne after tonight's victory. Tomorrow is another day and now we have to work towards the match against Parma."

Source: http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=32061&L=en

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Mourinho: 'This is my Inter'

Jose Mourinho smiles as his Wesley Sneijder gamble paid off and notes “this is the way my Inter has to play.â€

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Milan-Inter 0-4: Italian Champions Thrash Sorry Ten Man Rossoneri In Derby

Italian champions Inter confirmed they are the team to beat in Serie A with a 4-0 win against Milan in tonight's Derby della Madonnina.

Tonight for the first time in history an official Milan derby was played in August. It turned out to be an emphatic win for Inter, who earned a fully deserved 4-0 triumph, even though Milan played with ten men from the end of the first half following Gennaro Gattuso's sending off.

The match was intense from the start, with Milan looking the slightly better side early on. The first dangerous moment came in the 6th minute, when new Inter signing Wesley Sneijder fired a great shot from distance that was tipped away by goalkeeper Marco Storari.

Four minutes later, the Rossoneri responded, as Alexandre Pato received the ball from Marco Borriello and tried a shot, which was well blocked by Walter Samuel.

Two minutes after that, Ronaldinho had a chance as on a counterattack he tried a first-time shot on a back-pass by Pato, but he sent it well over the bar.

It was a good spell for Milan, and in the 13th minute Gianluca Zambrotta played it to Ronaldinho, who sent in a dangerous cross-shot that Julio Cesar failed to hold, and Borriello had a chance to tap it in but could not find his footing.

After a slower spell midway through the first half, Inter suddenly took the lead with a great move in the 28th minute. Samuel Eto’o played it first time to Diego Milito, who sent Thiago Motta clear through on goal and the Brazilian midfielder curled it past Storari to make it 1-0 Inter.

Six minutes later, Inter had a chance to double their lead as Eto’o was fouled in the area by Gennaro Gattuso as he tried to finalise a quick counterattack, and the referee pointed to the spot. In fact, the midfielder should probably have been sent off as the striker was alone in front of goal, but the ref only gave a yellow card. Milito stepped up to take the penalty, and confidently beat Storari to give the Nerazzurri a 2-0 lead.

'Rino' did get himself sent off in the 38th minute, just moments before he was to be replaced by Clarence Seedorf, as he fouled Sneijder and received his second yellow card, leaving Milan behind with ten men.

Inter didn’t take long to exploit their numerical advantage, and in the first minute of stoppage time Maicon finalised a nice one-two with Milito with a clinical finish to make it 3-0 to the 'visitors' just before the break.

During half time, Milan coach Leonardo decided to bring in Seedorf and Massimo Ambrosini for Borriello and Flamini, respectively.

Inter controlled the match with ease in the early stages of the second half, and Maicon threatened to get his second in the 53rd minute, when he made a dangerous run and fired a shot on goal that whizzed past the post.

Three minutes later, the impressive Sneijder turned around and fired a shot from 30 metres which went just over the crossbar.

Just after the hour mark, Inter had the ball in the net again but Eto'o's header didn't count as the Cameroonian was in an offside position.

In the 68th minute, Jose Mourinho's men did find a fourth goal, as Dejan Stankovic unleashed one of his trademark shots from distance that found its way to the top corner of the goal.

Two minutes later, substitute Klaas Jan Huntelaar wasted a good chance to get a consolation goal for the Rossoneri, as his shot from inside the area was straight at Julio Cesar.

Inter continued to create danger for the home side's defence, and in the 75th minute Eto'o's low shot went just past the post.

The final half-chance for a disappointing Milan side came in the 87th minute, when Huntelaar controlled the ball in the air from a pass by Andrea Pirlo and fired in a shot which was saved by Julio Cesar.

There was no stoppage time as the referee blew his whistle for full-time in the 90th minute, allowing Inter and their fans to start celebrating a huge victory that allows them to leapfrog their city rivals in the standings.

Source: http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/20 ... rossoneri-

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[quote="Totally FRANK"]Sneijder did exactly what he was bought for. And Moratti was saying yesterday that “I don’t know if he was the most necessary signing in the world, but having him in there gives the team another option.â€

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[quote="Totally FRANK"]Sneijder did exactly what he was bought for. And Moratti was saying yesterday that “I don’t know if he was the most necessary signing in the world, but having him in there gives the team another option.â€

[Dejan-Stankovic]

When have any of us said anything negatively about Moratti, unless he's deserved it? I don't see anything wrong with what Frank said and I think Moratti, out of all people, would be glad that Mourinho was right in this case.

I'm pretty sure every Interista knows what Moratti has done for the club.