Internazionale Main Thread III

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[Lombardiamia]

[Messinterista]

[Lombardiamia]

Sneijder gives the 'ok'
Tuesday 27 April, 2010

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Inter's No 10 Wesley Sneijder insists that he is fit enough to play in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Barcelona tomorrow night.

The Holland international has already achieved talismanic status in his first season with Inter and is considered vital to their chances in Europe.

Sneijder apparently pulled out of Inter's training ground yesterday, wound down the window and gave fans the thumbs up, suggesting he'll be there in the Camp Nou.

La Gazzetta dello Sport understands that Sneijder still feels pain in the area around his left thigh, but would like to risk himself for such an important match.

He will undergo more physiotherapy this morning in a bid to prove to Mourinho that he is worth including in his match-day squad.

Mourinho is said to be considering bringing the entire squad over to Barcelona as a motivational ploy, although that has yet to be decided.

http://www.football-italia.net/apr27c.html

[Lombardiamia]

At long last.......

LA TESTATA "NERAZZURRA" ADESSO C'E': E' LA GAZZETTA


"Inter e RCS Sport hanno raggiunto un accordo in base al quale la societa' di via Solferino diventa il nuovo partner per la gestione delle sponsorizzazioni del club nerazzurro.L'accordo, che partira' dal 1' luglio 2010, avra' validita' quadriennale e vedra' le due societa' impegnate in un progetto comune di valorizzazione del brand nerazzurro"

Con l'arrivo del nuovo direttore e i cambi nel consiglio di amministrazione RCS (è entrato anche Tronchetti Provera) si è finalmente colmata una lacuna nel mondo dell'informazione sportiva che questo comunicato conferma una volta di più. Anche se sarebbe bastato guardare con occhio attento come in queste settimane è stata trattata la riapertura delle vicende su Calciopoli per essersene resi conto.

Anche l'Inter ha una testata, anzi due, di riferimento. E, come ripetutamente detto alcuni mesi fa, non potevano che essere i due quotidiani milanesi: Gazzetta dello Sport e Corriere della Sera.

Anche in via Solferino hanno compreso che il lettore premia chi prende posizione, chi si schiera, chi fa battaglie in nome e per conto proprio. E' una necessità ineludibile in questo momento storico di crisi delle vendite dei quotidiani e dei periodici: si salva chi racconta ciò che un determinato target si vuol sentire dire.

Per l'informazione di qualità e super partes in larga scala per ora non c'è spazio. Se non su internet, se non in un mercato di nicchia. E di sicuro non gratuitamente.

I toni, i titoli e le strategie di comunicazione della rosea non saranno quelli di Tuttosport e de Il Romanista perchè si parte da una storia ed una tradizione centenaria di quotidiano nazionale e popolare dello sport. E da un dato di vendite superiore a quello dei concorrenti, seppur in costante flessione.

Però l'Inter concederà sempre più esclusive, interviste, anticipazioni e messaggi a microfoni spenti da far scrivere senza virgolettati ai 3 giornalisti nerazzurri della rosea (Cecere, Graziano, Elefante).

L'interista quindi dovrà comprare la Gazzetta. O almeno questo è l'auspicio che si fanno a RCS e in fondo all'Inter. Moratti ha compreso i danni potenzialmente devastanti che le campagne di stampa hanno prodotto di recente e ha fatto la mossa che auspicavo. Non è certo quella sprovveduta vittima del sistema di potere che alcuni dipingono.


Le prossime mosse saranno la battaglia legale che scatenerà sulla difesa dello scudetto del 2006 e il nuovo accordo con Mourinho per un nuovo sodalizio vincente.

L'Inter è Moratti, Moratti è l'Inter. Oggi più di ieri

[Dejan-Stankovic]

Inter's Wesley Sneijder Wins Fitness Battle & Will Play Against Barcelona

Good news for Inter as Sniejder makes the grade...

Inter playmaker Wesley Sneijder is back in training, fit and ready to play against Barcelona in the Champions League, according to Sky Sport 24.

There were fears the Dutch midfielder would have to miss the game because of a muscular strain he picked up against Atalanta on Saturday. He was substituted 45 minutes into the Nerazzurri's 3-1 win.

It meant Sneijder was unable to train on Sunday and Monday, having sessions with the club physiotherapist instead.

But he is now ready to start after returning to full training on Tuesday. Sneijder performed various drills with the team under Jose Mourinho's eyes.

The squad will travel to Barcelona from Milan this afternoon, boarding a flight at 15:00. Dejan Stankovic, who is suspended, will also be included in the squad.

Mario Balotelli is expected to head to Spain, despite last week's antics in the semi-final first leg. He trained with the squad today as well.

[Dejan-Stankovic]

A quick trans please Lomba; babelfish trans is annoying the crap outta me.

[Lombardiamia]

It means that finally, we have signed a deal with the Gazzetta dello Sport & Corriere della Sera, both Milan based newspapers, for 4 years starting from July the 1st. They will also market our brand, apart from being a hugely significant ally, especially after all that happened this year.
The article states that Inter will give exclusive interviews to 3 (Inter-fans) journalists of these 2 newspapers regularly in order to have a bigger reach within the Inter fans. It says that the headlines will not be Tuttosport or Il Romanista style, because it has a style to defend, but nonetheless, they will be an important ally.
The very last part of the article, the author says that Moratti's next steps will be a hard juridical fight for the 2006 Scudetto & a new contract with Mourinho.

P.S. This is not an article written on a common sport website, but the most well-informed Inter blog on the net. I assume you will not find anything about this deal very easily on the net.

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Morning session ahead of departure for Spain
Tuesday, 27 April 2010 12:49:58 [permanent link]permalink
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APPIANO GENTILE - The Nerazzurri trained at the Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti this morning in preparation for tomorrow night's UEFA Champions League semi-final return leg against Barcelona.

After two days of treatment and physiotherapy, Wesley Sneijder joined his team-mates for a light session consisting of warm-up exercises in groups, keep-away drills and ball possession drills in confined spaces.

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Our full squad is going to Barca
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José Mourinho names squad for Barcelona v Inter
Tuesday, 27 April 2010 12:52:52 [permanent link]permalink
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MILAN - José Mourinho has named a squad of 25 players (4 goalkeepers, 8 defenders, 8 midfielders & 5 strikers) for Wednesday evening's UEFA Champions League semi-final return leg against Barcelona at the Camp Nou (kick-off 20:45):

Goalkeepers: 1 Francesco Toldo, 12 Julio Cesar, 21 Paolo Orlandoni, 51 Vid Belec.

Defenders: 2 Ivan Cordoba, 4 Javier Zanetti, 6 Lucio, 13 Maicon, 23 Marco Materazzi, 25 Walter Samuel, 26 Cristian Chivu, 39 Davide Santon.

Midfielders: 5 Dejan Stankovic, 7 Ricardo Quaresma, 8 Thiago Motta, 10 Wesley Sneijder, 11 Sulley Muntari, 15 Rene Krhin, 17 Mariga, 19 Esteban Cambiasso.

Strikers: 9 Samuel Eto'o, 22 Diego Milito, 27 Goran Pandev, 45 Mario Balotelli, 89 Marko Arnautovic.

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Lucio lauds Mourinho for Inter lift-off
Lucio paid tribute to the "teamwork" which inspired FC Internazionale Milano's first-leg win against FC Barcelona, saying José Mourinho's motivational skills "have been crucial".

FC Internazionale Milano coach José Mourinho stressed that football is not an individual sport when asked how he might stop Lionel Messi before the UEFA Champions League semi-final against FC Barcelona, but being able to call upon a centre-back like Lucio certainly helps.

The Brazilian defender was a stand-out performer in the 3-1 first-leg victory against the holders, helping keep Barcelona's prolific Argentinian in check and producing a late goal-line clearance to preserve his team's two-goal lead. While Lucio won many of the plaudits, the 31-year-old was keen to point out the "teamwork" and industry which underpinned the Nerazzurri's San Siro success.

"Messi is a player who's very important for Barcelona, a player of the highest quality," Lucio told UEFA.com. "In the first leg we managed to mark him very well − not just Messi, but the whole of Barcelona's attack. We defended well and everyone was helping out, covering for their team-mates, and that was the key thing about our performance. It took teamwork to maintain our defensive line and repel Messi and the Barcelona attack."

Messi was not only shackled by Lucio and Walter Samuel, his central defensive partner, but also endured a difficult evening against the Nerazzurri's holding midfielders. Esteban Cambiasso and Thiago Motta harangued him whenever he dropped deep, while Javier Zanetti prevented him from finding space on the right. It was a collective performance, different to the duel between Lucio and Didier Drogba which was a defining feature of Inter's elimination of Chelsea FC in the first knockout round.

Drobga and Messi, however, are the forwards who are the most troublesome to mark according to Lucio. "They are the most difficult," he said. "When you have to face fast attackers, who have technique and know how to dribble very well, they are definitely the toughest opponents."

That victory against Chelsea is viewed by many as the turning point for Inter, who have won six consecutive UEFA Champions League games going into the return at the Camp Nou. The Serie A titleholders seem to have a completely different mentality in Europe, something which Lucio attributes solely to Mourinho.

""Mourinho has definitely transmitted calm and is a great motivation to the players, and that's definitely been crucial"," he continued. "People make us believe in our dreams, to trust in our team, and that has been making a difference in everyday life in the competition. That's definitely important, the coach passing his confidence on to the players."

Such new-found belief was tested when Barcelona took an early lead at San Siro through Pedro Rodríguez but Inter maintained their composure and hit back with strikes from Wesley Sneijder, Maicon and Diego Milito. "We had a great attitude because we started by going 1-0 down and then managed to score three goals," said Lucio.

"It was definitely an important victory, which gives us confidence. We know that it's not over yet, there's one more match to play, and we know it will be difficult. We'll go there with the same spirit, the same will, and we definitely have a good chance of reaching the final.

"That reaction was really impressive; everyone on the pitch was focused. We were playing better than Barcelona even when they scored, and we had the calmness to keep on working. Everyone gave their all, and it was crucial psychologically for us to react well to the goal."

A very religious person, Lucio's fighting spirit on the field belies his relaxed and calm demeanour off it. "Clearly on the pitch you need a bit more aggression − it's a war on the pitch − but off it respect and friendship are fundamental," he stressed. "I have a stable family, I have a wife and kids, and that undoubtedly gives me the stability I take on to the pitch.

"It gives me tranquility and a good balance, meaning I'm able to work and train well every day. When you're at work, regardless of whether it's football or if it's something else, you always have to believe in the best and have hope, and that has also made the difference in our team."

A losing finalist with Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 2002, when he equalised in the 2-1 defeat by Real Madrid CF in Glasgow, Lucio is eager for another chance to lift the UEFA Champions League trophy. The Brazilian believes the chemistry within the squad is such that this campaign could be the one that sees Inter end their 45-year wait for the trophy.

"This is an important time, it isn't easy, but our team has been very consistent. Now, more than ever, the last few matches are key for us to achieve our dream, which is the title."

[Dejan-Stankovic]

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Mou: 'Our dream, Barca obsession'
Tuesday 27 April, 2010

Jose Mourinho piles the psychological pressure on Barcelona. “I don’t know their problem. The Final is a dream for us, but an obsession for them.â€

[Dejan-Stankovic]

He didn't mention Pandev so maybe he's still in a little bit of doubt.