I'm happy that Juventus knocked out Real ... well sorta. An AC Milan vs. Juventus CL final is a strong endorsement for Italian football ... Oh, I can only think: Health Vieri = Inter in the finals. Forza Italia ... sorta
I don't think an injured Vieri was the reason Inter got knocked out. Even with him they couldn't score against Milan(1 goal in 4 games is pitiful). The reason Inter lost was because Cuper put the shackles on a team that has the potential to be very explosive offensively. Maybe Cuper can learn and apapt in the future, he can learn from Ancelotti , but it won't be for Inter. He's as good as cooked in Milan, I wonder where he will go next.
Let's see. Inter scored "only" 60 goals in Serie A this season. Good enough to lead the league. In the four matches with Milan, we only scored 1 goal. And Milan scored 3. A few shots a couple of inches in either direction and it's a different story. We scored 25 goals in CL play, compared to 20 for Milan. Look, I haven't made up my mind about Cuper, but this notion that we aren't an attacking team seems wrong. The fact is that our defense was a little too porous this year. To compensate, in the big matches Cuper had to play it conservatively. Otherwise I guarantee we wouldn't have made it as far as we did in the CL nor in Serie A. In my mind we need to improve the defense in the offseason.
In my mind we need ot improve the midfield in the offseason. Our midfield, other than Emre, is consistently horrible.
I disagree, Inter's defense can stack up with anybody. Cannavaro, Materazzi, Cordoba, and Zanetti are four solid defenders. Maybe you need a new left back but that's it(anybody here still think Inter made out on the Coco/Seedorf swap?) I agree, Inter don't have any creativity in their squad. If you look at Milan they have Rui, Pirlo, Seedorf, and Rivaldo who can all create from midfield. Whereas, Inter only have Emre. The rest of the team are made up of donkeys in the midfield, Di Biago? C. Zanetti? Dalmat? Almeyda? etc. Inter don't need to make wholesale changes, they just need to bring in 1 or 2 creative midfielders like a Ronaldinho.
I think we're on the same page. I think Inter's back four are all world class, no changes necessary. I think it's the midfield's inability to hold the ball and work it up to our forwards which is lacking. This puts additional pressure on the back four and Toldo, who are supermen, but can only do so much.
I don't think it's fair to blame C. Zanetti and Almeyda into the group with the rest... DiBiagio neither. I mean with Almeyda (even though I don't like how HE plays) Inter played better. The problem is the "creative" midfield... specially coming in through the wings... S. Conceicao - flop Dalmat - The great french HYPE Morfeo - ... Guly - Injured and then.... That is Inter's problem... great air strikers like Vieri and Crespo with no one to feed them crosses... Look at almost all Inter's in the CL... at least 50% came from the wings... get some good wingers and the world is your oister. And even though I admire him as a player, It's time to sell Recoba... no place in the team and he's starting to fade out... let's just get Adriano back from loan... together with Vieri, Crespo, Martins and Kallon (goosebumps)... with Ryan Giggs and Solari on the wing.
Inters problem is the entire organization. Spent so much money for so many years... what good has ever come of it? Throughout Europe Inter is regarded as a boring club who can't seem to get anything decent going. Reaching the semi's whas quite something. Anyone who thinks they ever had a chance of winning it is out of his mind. No offense.
I agree that it's the organization. How did Inter manage to make Marcelo Lippi look inept and run him out of Milan on a rail? Well, I guess I shouldn't question it, I should just be thankful.
Go ahead and disagree with +- the whole football world who are still thanking god that they won't have to watch Inter in the final. They're not bringing what you should expect. Did you actually see them winning the CL?
Midfield. Sell or loan off just about everyone besides Emre, CZ, Okan, and.... maybe I'm leaving someone else out I don't konw. Get two great wingers and a decent one. Sell Recoba. We could get about 20 mil for him I'd think. I would love this line-up, and think it could win the Serie A for us. Toldo Cordoba Materazzi Cannavaro JZ Okan Emre CZ Fiore Crespo Vieri Other possible wingers: Quaresma, Zambrotta, Robert, maybe Kewell? Some others I can't think of. Sell Kallon. He is good, but we have too many forwards! Bring back Adriano and sell Ventola. Keep Martins.
As usual, every year, the best months for Inter Are July (they spent much money and get lots of bad players) and August (they win the Birra Moretti Cup). April and May are the bad Months. I suppose every Inter fan would like to cancel them from their calendar Italiandomination http://www.forum.calcio.com
If Moratti wanted Scolari so much we would have gotten him as we had the choice of him or 10 million dallars. Moratti went for the money which, by the way, we haven't gotten back from Real and is a mystery. Giggs wouldn't be good in serie a.
Im sorry but I disagree, Solari didnt go to Inter because he didnt want to leave Madrid since he has strong attachments to the city (played in Atletico Madrid before PLUS his wife is a madrileña) after realize that Moratti asked for the money.
inter has been playing some horrible soccer the past few years---------------- everyone in europe cries when inter is on TV................ they have a great defense and offense but for crying out loud get a midfield dibaggio dalmat okan and the rest of the donkeys cant creat its like 4 defenders in midfield so inter please get some creative midfielders to make the games watchable ac milan destroyed you this season and we will continue next season and honestly inter wont get the scudetto next year---i cant see it they will destruct as always FORZA MILAN
It's obvious that Milan will win the next italian Serie A. In Italy is almost impossible to win 3 successives titles. So Juventus can't win another and there aren't any other clubs good enough as Milan and Juve
The derbies this year: Milan 1-0 Inter Inter 0-1 Milan Milan 0-0 Inter Inter 1-1 Milan Sure. total domination