Internazionale Main Thread II

[Totally FRANK]

They just keep recycling the same old news again and again. Mou said he has three things to do before he retires:1) return to EPL, 2) Win the Spanish league and 3) coach the national team. He also said his future is with Inter now.

Sun is one shitty paper. All they are good for is the gossip stories about celebrities and nothing else.

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[RomaShield27]

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[RomaShield27]

[Dejan-Stankovic]

[maro]

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[Dejan-Stankovic]

[Totally FRANK]

Of the eight teams left in the Champions League, I am quite certain that we have enough quality to beat anyone except Barca. Barca are on a different planet and if we get paired up with them for the quarters, we are screwed. Apart from them others are beatable IMO.

If Mourinho gets his tactics spot on and the front trio of Sniejder, Eto'o and Milito stay fit, then we have got a chance of reaching the semis or even the final.

[Totally FRANK]

Inter Coach Jose Mourinho Gives Calcio New Life - Arrigo Sacchi
Mourinho has given Calcio a whole new meaning, says the ex-Nazionale coach...

Jose Mourinho has been labelled as the man who has revolutionised Italian football following Inter's win over Chelsea in the Champions League.

Former Italy coach Sacchi has said Mourinho has changed the Italian game from being ultra defensive, to being liberal in attack.

"The Portuguese coach is fantastic. He has changed the concept of Italian football," he wrote in La Gazzetta Dello Sport.

"We have always been used to closing ourselves in heroic defences to then trust the counter-attack.

"But Mourinho has convinced his men that playing attacking football at 1000mph would make beating Chelsea possible. And that's what happened."

[Messinterista]

I was just about to post that frank...but here is something different...the fag that Lippi is...
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Marcello Lippi Blasts: Inter Are Not Italian!

The Nazionale coach has criticised Inter for not having enough Italians in the team...

Italy coach Marcello Lippi is not impressed with Inter because there is not much Italian about them.

Jose Mourinho's starting XI against Chelsea had no player from Italy. Marco Materazzi, who came after 92 minutes, was the only Italian who took part, albeit briefly.

According to Goal.com Italia, Lippi said: "Italian football in crisis? You could think that looking at the Champions League, but it's not like that.

"What is there Italian about Inter for example? They are all foreigners, including the coach.

"The expression of Italian football, apart from the Nazionale, are Palermo, Genoa and Chievo. They all play well, and have excellent coaches."

For the record, Lippi spoke on Tuesday morning, before Inter's win over Chelsea in the Champions League.

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

[Dejan-Stankovic]

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[Messinterista]

We got CSKA!!!!

[Messinterista]

...but we play the winner of barca/arsenal. If we want to win this thing, we would have had to play them again at some stage.

[RomaShield27]

Jammy dodgers. Good draw for Inter. If you can't beat CSKA at this stage then good night god bless. Its also good that both english teams got tough draws and so hopefully will get knocked out. Which leaves Barca, who you will play in the semi's if you win.

[Messinterista]

Arsenal stand in Barcelona's way Published: Friday 19 March 2010, 12.20CET

In the quarter-finals FC Barcelona face Arsenal FC, Olympique Lyonnais play FC Girondins de Bordeaux, FC Bayern München take on Manchester United FC and FC Internazionale Milano meet PFC CSKA Moskva.

FC Barcelona will continue their defence of the UEFA Champions League title with a quarter-final against the side they beat to win the competition in 2006, Arsenal FC.

For the first time since 1998/99 six nations were represented in the draw, made by UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino and the ambassador for the Madrid final, Emilio Butragueño. While Barcelona meet Arsenal over two legs on 30/31 March and 6/7 April, Olympique Lyonnais play French rivals FC Girondins de Bordeaux, FC Bayern München take on Manchester United FC in a replay of the 1999 Camp Nou final and FC Internazionale Milano meet PFC CSKA Moskva.

In the semi-finals, Barcelona or Arsenal will take on Inter or CSKA while the remaining French representatives face Bayern or United. The final will be played at Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu stadium, the first in its new Saturday slot of 22 May, part of a week-long festival that will also encompass the UEFA Women's Champions League final in Getafe two days earlier.2009/10 UEFA Champions League draw
Quarter-finals: 30/31 March & 6/7 April
1: Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) v FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)
2: FC Bayern München (GER) v Manchester United FC (ENG)
3: Arsenal FC (ENG) v FC Barcelona (ESP, holders)
4: FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) v PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Semi-finals: 20/21 & 27/28 April
1: Winner quarter-final 2 v Winner quarter-final 1
2: Winner quarter-final 4 v Winner quarter-final 3
Final: Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid; 20.45CET, Saturday 22 May

Winner semi-final 1 v Winner semi-final 2

Source: http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague ... barcelonas

[Messinterista]

UCL: CSKA Moscow factfile
Friday, 19 March 2010 12:38:40

NYON - Inter have been drawn against Russian side CSKA Moscow in the quarter-finals of the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League. CSKA, one of Inter's three group stage opponents in 2007/08, finished last season's Russian Premiershit campaign in fifth place with 52 points from 16 victories, 4 draws and 10 defeats. They won their opening fixture of this season's domestic league campaign, beating Amkar Perm 1-0.

Leonid Slutskiy's side qualified for the quarter-finals with an aggregate 3-2 win over Sevilla in the round of 16 after finishing second in Group B behind Manchester United with 10 points from 3 wins, a draw and 2 defeats. CSKA's top scorer in Europe this season is Milos Krasic with 4 goals.

Past meetings with Inter
2007/08 Champions League (23/10/2007) CSKA Moscow 1-2 Inter (Jo 32, Crespo 55, Samuel 83).
2007/08 Champions League (07/11/2007) Inter 4-2 CSKA Moscow (Jo 23, Vagner Love 31, Ibrahimovic 32, 76, Cambiasso 34, 68 ).

European honours
• UEFA Cup: 2005
• European Super Cup: 2005

Squad

Goalkeepers: 1 Chepchugoy Sergey, 33 Yevgeny Pomazan, 35 Igor Akinfeev, 77 Artur Nigmatullin.

Defenders: 2 Delvidas Semberas, 4 Sergey Ignashevich, 6 Alexey Berezutskiy, 14 Kirill Nababkin, 15 Chidi Odiah, 24 Vasiliy Berezutskiy, 42 Georgi Schennikov, 54 Uros Cosic.

Midfielders: 7 Keisuke Honda, 10 Alan Dzagoyev, 11 Pavel Mamaev, 13 Mark Gonzalez, 17 Milos Krasic, 24 Yevgeni Aldonin, 23 Nika Piliev, 25 Elver Rahimic, 41 Dmitri Zameshaev, 46 Alexander Stolyarenko, 48 Igor Dragunov.

Strikers: 20 Guilherme, 26 Sekou Oliseh, 89 Tomas Necid, 91 Anton Zabolotni.

The home of CSKA
Luzhniki Stadium, inaugurated on 31 July 1956 and restructured twice (1978-1980 and 1995-1997).
Capacity: 84,745.
Pitch size: 105m x 68m.

Source: http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=33490&L=en