Category Archives: Seria A

New coach for Inter Milan

Posted by oli on September 22, 2011 None comments

Big news from Seria A. Claudio Ranieri has officially become the new coach of Inter Milan. He has signed a contract binding him to the club until 30 June 2013, replacing Gian Piero Gasperini, the coach that in the officials opinion didn’t manage to fulfill their objectives.

With a huge CV, training teams like Valencia, Chelsea and Roma, Ranieri is confident that he is the solution for Inter’s crisis: “I’m coming to bring Inter to life!”

“Inter is a great team. They had a bad start of the new season and I will have to talk with the players to understand why, or which was the reason. We need to bring enthusiasm and speed to make a change. I cannot promise that we will win, but I think this team has much to offer and needs to demonstrate it. ” said Ranieri.

With just one point in 3 games and the loss of last game against Novara, Inter is on the 18th place in Serie A. For Ranieri, this will be almost like an impossible mission. The first practice is scheduled today, a new start for Inter Milan.

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Gasperini in danger

Posted by oli on September 19, 2011 None comments

Things are getting frustrating for Inter. Massimo Moratti patience seems to have reached the limit. Heads of Inter already have a plan in case the coach Gian Piero Gasperini fails to pull up the next 3 games.

Moratti is not interested in the game with Novarra, but will make a decision regarding the technical bench after the game with Bologna in Serie A, and CSKA Moscow in Champions League.

Most likely replacements of Gasperini will be one of the followings: Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Baggio, DelioRossi and Claudio Ranieri, all free of contract at this time.

But Gasperini still thinks that he is doing a good job: “This is a team that was used to playing deep and hitting on the counter. At the moment we need to focus on reinforcing the midfield and laying some solid foundations so that we can get the balance right; we can then build on that with the quality of our strikers.”

After two stages, Inter managed to get one point in Serie A. This season, they missed the Italian Super Cup and have not won since July 30, on the friendly match with Celtic. This might be the right moment to wake up!

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Surprise in Italy

Posted by oli on September 12, 2011 None comments

Last game from Italian Serie A ended with a surprise for everybody. The match in discussion is the one between Palermo and Inter, important because is the first step in the point gathering competition.

The game starts very good for Inter, opening the score in the 32nd minute from a corner and some help from Milito. First period ends with Inter in advantage.

Starting the second period under pressure, Palermo pushes and in the 49th minute Miccoli evens the situation. The game is heating and in the 51 minute Milito scores for Inter from a penalty and in 54th Hernandez for Palermo, taking the score to 2-2.

Micolli and Pinilla in 86’ and 88’ are taking the score to 4 – 2 for Palermo. Trying to reduce the gap, Forlan scores in 90+1 minute, but it was too late.

Palermo: Tzorvas, Pisano, Silvestre, Migliaccio, Balzaretti, Alvarez, Barreto, Della Rocca, Ilicic, Hernandez, Miccoli
Substitutes: Benussi, Mantovani, Cetto, Bertolo, Acquah, Zahavi, Pinilla

Inter: Julio Cesar, Lucio, Walter Samuel, Zanetti, Jonathan, Stankovic, Cambiasso, Nagatomo, Zarate, Milito, Forlan
Substitutes: Orlandoni, Ranocchia, Obi, Alvarez, Sneijder, Castaignos, Pazzini

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Totti wants more

Posted by oli on September 3, 2011 None comments

The earth shakes in AS Roma’s playground after the   sporting director Walter Sabatini has harshly criticized Francesco Totti, accusing him that his “vanity” is ”killing the team” through his opposition regarding the new coach Luis Enrique, who did not placed the Italian player in the first  11 since he came to Roma.

“This situation is about to kill the team. Totti must deal with these exclusions in another way. He must learn to manage the situation better, he must put aside any form of vanity in order to help the group.” said Walter Sabatini.

Totti, who reached his 34 years, was just a substitute player in the game with Slovan Bratislava from the Europa League play-off round. Annoyed by the situation, he came the next day with a workout shirt with the inscription “Basta! / Enough”, making referral to the coach.

Sabatini continued: “In the modern football, there can be no untouchable players. We are in an impasse and I feel the danger of this situation that needs to be solved. Otherwise, there will be no team and there will be football.”

Francesco Totti is in the 20th season playing for AS Roma, many years in which he became an important voice of Roma. He was one of the people who opposed from the start to the coming of Luis Enrique as a coach and Franco Baldini on the general manager position.

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Alcantara will play for Napoli

Posted by oli on August 25, 2011 None comments

Although with a humiliating loss, Napoli did not go in vain to the match which presented the lot of Barcelona for 2011-2012 season. Italian bosses struck a deal for a midfielder from Spain’s champions.

The two clubs reached an understanding to a loan for Barcelona’s young player, Thiago Alcantara. He has no chance to catch the team after coming of Cesc Fabregas, despite the fact that it was the best man of Catalans in preparation and this move to Italy looks like the best place for Alcantara’s talent.

Thiago Alcantara is the son of a Brazilian world champion, but was born in Italy and has passport and has an Italian passport. The loan is expected to formalize the following days. Napoli and Barcelona negotiated this loan on Monday night after the presentation match of the Catalans.

Napoli is awaiting now the start of the new season. The first game is set on Sunday with Genoa, a match awaited with confidence after their last meeting ended with a 1-0 victory for them. Even overall, they are in front with 22 victories and 65 goals scored.

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