Trying to save face for Italy: Inter's Europa League Campaign

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  1. Rob_420

    Rob_420 Member

    Jun 2, 2006
    Montreal
    Club:
    SS Lazio Roma
    Great ball by Cassano to Alvarez 4-1!
     
  2. Taib

    Taib Member+

    Lazio
    Italy
    Sep 7, 2007
    Club:
    SS Lazio Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    4-1 to Internazionale. Cassano who has been the best player on the pitch crosses an inch perfect cross for Alvarez to head home!! Come on Inter!
     
  3. Samora

    Samora Moderator
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    Inter Milan
    United States
    Mar 27, 2008
    San Diego!
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Great job showing up and making it such a nail biter, we had a chance to take it but so did spurs and in the end they itched through, good luck to them
     
  4. Rob_420

    Rob_420 Member

    Jun 2, 2006
    Montreal
    Club:
    SS Lazio Roma
    Ranocchia had the chance on his zoro mask.
     
  5. Taib

    Taib Member+

    Lazio
    Italy
    Sep 7, 2007
    Club:
    SS Lazio Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Internazionale 4-1 Tottenham FT.

    Really got to feel for Internazionale. A fantastic game and did not deserve to go out following the effort and desire shown tonight. Really great advert for the Europa League to be honest for all the haters. I have to give Internazionale their props here because it would have been easy to play a weakened team after the first leg considering their League form but they did not and they took the game all out.

    Just looking back and all the chances created the one that sticks out in my mind was the Cambiasso chance right at the end of normal play. If only that had gone in...still Internazionale should be proud of that performance and help spur them on in the League.

    Hopefully qualify for Europe next season instead of some of the others that did not give a damn.
     
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  6. Mago Cuscatleco

    Sep 17, 2009
    Canada
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    my heart just broke:thumbsdown:
     
  7. JCNapoli17

    JCNapoli17 Member+

    Aug 23, 2012
    Winning
    Club:
    SSC Napoli
    discussion in the Rivalry Thread (wow a discussion lol), basically that they should abolish the away goal rule if it goes to extra time, I'm in agreement but I wanted to see what you guys thought?
     
  8. Taib

    Taib Member+

    Lazio
    Italy
    Sep 7, 2007
    Club:
    SS Lazio Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    The rule is a rule. No point making excuses now.
     
  9. JCNapoli17

    JCNapoli17 Member+

    Aug 23, 2012
    Winning
    Club:
    SSC Napoli
    no its not an excuse just an idea going forward doesn't change what happened today, I think it puts the home team at a disadvantage who already turn the tie enough to get the game to extra time, gives away team an extra 30 minutes to get an away goal.
     
  10. Samora

    Samora Moderator
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    Inter Milan
    United States
    Mar 27, 2008
    San Diego!
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    well it does make it really difficult for the home team to score two in 30 mins, the only other alternative I see is straight to PK's, we might have had an edge there since everyone started to believe we can go through
     
  11. Il Ciuccio

    Il Ciuccio Member+

    Feb 17, 2010
    Club:
    SSC Napoli
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Cassano is a GOD A GOD ! and Stram is a better coach then people think he is ! Mazzarri couldnt even get us to score one dam goal !!!
     
  12. Il Ciuccio

    Il Ciuccio Member+

    Feb 17, 2010
    Club:
    SSC Napoli
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Handanvic is great at stopping Pks.
     
  13. Taib

    Taib Member+

    Lazio
    Italy
    Sep 7, 2007
    Club:
    SS Lazio Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    The home team is already playing at home. That is an advantadge already. Playing at home on European nights is a big advantadge because the other team has travelled to the ground and playing in a unfamiliar ground.

    LOL. Steaua Bucherest has an away goal!
     
  14. JCNapoli17

    JCNapoli17 Member+

    Aug 23, 2012
    Winning
    Club:
    SSC Napoli
    Still despite this, its a completely different game in extra time and takes whats left in the tank to push through, but we'll agree to disagree

    Chelski sure are missing Di Matteo right about now lol
     
  15. Taib

    Taib Member+

    Lazio
    Italy
    Sep 7, 2007
    Club:
    SS Lazio Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    I do not think Tottenham have any tactics because they let him free reign throughout the entire match and never marked him even though that is the first thing that would happen for Internazionale in Serie A.

    Was eleven Mazzarri's playing for Napoli?! Don't blame Mazzarri for everything. Your players were 90% at fault.
     
  16. Taib

    Taib Member+

    Lazio
    Italy
    Sep 7, 2007
    Club:
    SS Lazio Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    The only other option and I agree with Samora is to scrap the extra time and go straight to penalty kicks. The players are already to tired in extra time and have cramp.
     
  17. JCNapoli17

    JCNapoli17 Member+

    Aug 23, 2012
    Winning
    Club:
    SSC Napoli
    I could agree with either one really
     
  18. JCNapoli17

    JCNapoli17 Member+

    Aug 23, 2012
    Winning
    Club:
    SSC Napoli
    Napoli didn't really have much tactics in those 2 legs and the players came out half-assed, Mazzarri blamed a demon or something for why Napoli lost. Players are to blame too, but Plzen clearly studied Napoli, because all the things they took advantage of, everybody at the boards were noticing would be Napoli's downfall with the tactics Mazzarri employs and I guess Viktoria Plzen's coach has a BigSoccer account because Plzen did em all lol.
     
  19. Samora

    Samora Moderator
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    Inter Milan
    United States
    Mar 27, 2008
    San Diego!
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I agree on spurs not having much in tactics, defending wise they were worse tonight than us which is a rarity to see:p
     
  20. Rob_420

    Rob_420 Member

    Jun 2, 2006
    Montreal
    Club:
    SS Lazio Roma
    Cassano never gets that time and space in Serie A. Spurs thought they could just defend no fuss like they had done at what White Hart Lane but even in that match Inter were dangerous at times.

    Napoli fans always blame Mazzari first and foremost for their teams failures. He's made poor decisions and doesn't have any tactical abilities but most of the players came up small in the EL except for Cavani.
     
  21. Taib

    Taib Member+

    Lazio
    Italy
    Sep 7, 2007
    Club:
    SS Lazio Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    They were extremely naive. I remember their fullbacks in the first half overtaking their midfielders leaving the defence very exposed. Tottenham's attitude was very poor as well. They are lucky they went through.
     
  22. Taib

    Taib Member+

    Lazio
    Italy
    Sep 7, 2007
    Club:
    SS Lazio Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Only a dumb manager criticizes his players in public. I hope Mazzarri really laid into them in the locker room. There is no way you are convincing me that Plzen are better then Napoli. Mazzarri did not play a weakened team and still they lost 3-0 at home. Pathetic. Tactics only go so far. There is no way that Napoli losing 5-0 on aggregate is down to tactics or Mazzarri doing something. The players are 90% at fault. They have to take responsibilty. Then again, Napoli limped out of the group and got beat by PSV Eindhoven twice which means Napoli contributed half of the entire Dutch teams total wins in Europe.
     
  23. JCNapoli17

    JCNapoli17 Member+

    Aug 23, 2012
    Winning
    Club:
    SSC Napoli
    Should see the stuff he says about Lorenzo Insigne weekly


    Probably only the players under the age of 27

    The team was not a team he'd ever field in Serie A, he played Marco Donadel for christs sake. Look the players have to take a lot of responsibility for it, but this happens everytime Napoli go down a goal, they panic and go full throttle attack, they did the same to Lazio(referring to that game and Mazzarri puts out every single attacking player on the bench, and hopes for a goal. You saw what happened at the end of that match after the Campagnaro wonder strike, you guys nearly scored like... 3 goals after that.

    the Plzen manager had to notice this, every single time Napoli goes down a goal Mazzarri panics and goes full out attack and Plzen just kept hitting the counter attack, players should take responsibility but the burdens lie on the coach as well. His tactics have been "Put as many defensive players out on the field at once and hope Cavani or Hamsik can snag a goal for me" so when a team scores, hes lost and panicked because its not the kind of situation you want to put yourself in when you're down.

    a very attacking team (they had a +50 goal differential last i checked in Eresdivise) that Mazzarri thought he could play ultra defensive against. Got laughed at twice.
     
  24. MetroChile

    MetroChile Member+

    Jan 13, 2001
    NJ; Valpo.
    Club:
    Santiago Wanderers
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    Well, at least we made it respectable, right?
     
  25. Taib

    Taib Member+

    Lazio
    Italy
    Sep 7, 2007
    Club:
    SS Lazio Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    More then respectable. Internazionale embaressed Tottenham. No one really gave Internazionale a chance before hand and Internazionale proved them all wrong. I thought it was a fantastic game and herculean effort from Internazionale.
     
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