ALL ABOUT INTER MILAN

Tidak Ada Cinta (lagi) Antara Adriano dan Mancini!

noreply@blogger.com (...dhe) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:08:00 +0000

Milan – Sepertinya sudah tidak ada cinta lagi antara mantan pelatih Inter Milan Roberto Mancini dengan Adriano ketika keduanya saling acuh satu sama lain di sebuah toko handphone mewah di Milan.
L’Imperatore tidak pernah bertatap muka lagi dengan Mancini sejak perseteruan keduanya pecah dan berbuntut dibuangnya Adriano ke Sao Paulo Brasil selama enam bulan.
Baik Adriano dan Mancini tidak akan pernah menyangka bisa berpapasan satu sama lain ketika berada dalam sebuah toko. Adriano yang juga tengah bermasalah dengan pelatih I Nerazzuri Jose Mourinho ditinggal di Milan sementara pemain yang lain bertandang ke Siprus melawan tuan rumah Anorthosis Famagusta.
Adriano memang hobi belanja dan menghabiskan uangnya dari gajinya di Inter dan pergilah ke toko handphone mewah, mantan striker Fiorentina dan Parma ini membeli handphone mewah senilai 4.800 euro tapi tidak disangka dia bertemu dengan Mancini yang di saat bersamaan juga berbelanja di toke tersebut.
Il Giornale mengklaim Mancini sedang duduk di depan kasir sementara Adriano berjalan untuk mencoba handphone terbarunya. Namun, baik pemain dan pelatih tersebut tidak saling menyapa dan keduanya membuang muka dan mengacuhkan kehadiran satu sama lain, sementara karyawan toko tersebut hanya keheran-heranan saja.
Toko tersebut tidak terlalu besar dan tidak diragukan kedua orang ini saling bertatap muka namun tanpa ekspresi dan hanya menunjukan sedikit emosi saja.
Kabarnya, Adriano membeli handphone senilai 10.000 euro dan itulah salah satu alasannya dia tersenyum untuk menghindari gosip publik.[

Mario Balotelli Anak Durhaka!

noreply@blogger.com (...dhe) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:05:00 +0000

Milan – Si anak durhaka Mario Balotelli menyerang balik orang tua biologisnya dengan menuduh mereka hanya menginginkan dirinya karena ketenaran dan uang berlimpah setelah menjadi pemain sepak bola profesional.

Sebulan lalu, orang tua biologis striker Inter Milan ini mengatakan, Balotelli sudah lupa dengan mereka dan sama sekali tidak menginginkan uang Balotelli karena sudah merasa kecukupan.
Pemain tim nasional Italia U-21 diangkat anak oleh keluarga Italia setelah ibu dan ayah kandungnya setuju untuk memberikan Balotelli ketika masih berumur 2 tahun.
Sejak itu, hubungan Balotelli dan orang tua sebenarnya membeku menyusul pernyataan keduanya di media massa.
“Saya kira, jika saya tidak menjadi Mario Balotelki, bapak dan ibu Barwuah (orang tua kandung) tidak akan peduli apapun tentang saya. Saya diangkat anak oleh keluarga Balotelli ketika saya masih berusia 2 tahun, kenapa? tidak seorangpun menanyakannya kepada mereka, dan sekarang mereka diwawancarai koran-koran karena memegang foto saya berkaos Inter tapi dengan wajah sedih,” tegas Balotelli.
Menurut Balotelli, kenapa mereka tidak pernah meminta ke pengadilan untuk membawa dirinya ketika baru sembuh dari sakit.
“Keluarga angkat saya bisa membawa saya ke sana untuk melihat merek atapi mereka tidak pernah ada di rumah. Sekarang saya pemain Seri A dan mereka ingin datang dan menemui saya,” ujar Balotelli.
Balotelli lahir di Palermo namun kemudian dibawa ke Brescia oleh keluarga angkatnya yang membesarkan dia dan merawat Balotelli sejak kecil. Balotelli sepertinya kecewa dengan perlakuan orang tua kandungnya selama dia masih kecil.

Inter Segera Perpanjang Kontrak Cruz

noreply@blogger.com (...dhe) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:00:00 +0000

Spekulasi terkait kelanjutan karir Julio Cruz di Inter mulai menuai respon dari pihak klub yang kabarnya sudah menyiapkan kontrak baru untuk striker jangkungnya itu.
Seperti diketahui, kontrak Cruz bersama Inter berakhir Juni mendatang. Namun demikian belum ada tanda-tanda kontraknya akan diperbarui meski ia memberi kontribusi positif untuk Nerrazzurri.

Namun itu dulu. Inter kini mulai menjajaki kemungkinan untuk memperpanjang kontrak Cruz, demikian dilaporkan Gazzetta dello Sport, Kamis (20/11) waktu Italia.

Seperti diwartakan Gazzetta, para petinggi Nerazzurri telah melakukan pembicaraan agen Cruz dan menawarkannya kontrak baru untuk memperpanjang karirnya di San Siro hingga tahun 2010.

Langkah Inter itu diyakini dilakukan untuk menjaga opsi lini depan Inter setelah muncul kemungkinan hengkangnya Hernan Crespo ke Real Madrid.

Winner of Italian Serie A

noreply@blogger.com (SURIYADI) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:50:00 +0000

Apakah dimusim kompetisi 2007/2008 ini Inter Milan dapat menjuarai Italia Serie A..??? itulah yang selalu menjadi bahan pebicaraan khususnya para pengamat sepak bola.
Kalau hitung-hitungan angka, mungkin sekarang Inter Milan berada diatas angin karena selalu menikmati kemenangan dan minimal seri baik dikandang maupun tandang.

Wow.. itulah kebanyakan yang dapat diucapkan para internisti, khususnya saya sangat bangga dengan performa Inter Milan di musim kompetisi 2007/2008 ini. Inter sampai dengan pekan ke-21 masih belum mengalami kekalahan (perawan coi..) dengan mengantongi 16 kali menang dan 5 kali seri.

Namun apakah hasil diatas bisa menjadi patokan bahwa Inter Milan akan scudetto musim ini ?. Tentu saja masih belum bisa ditebak mengingat masih tersisa 17 kali pertandingan lagi. Perjalanan masih panjang...

Dharapkan para pemain Inter Milan masih memiliki mental juara seperti kompetisi musim lalu. Mungkin yang sering menjadi kendala adalah faktor kelelahan dimana Inter Milan masih menyisakan pertandingan di Liga Champions.

Memang bola bundar, namun apabila Inter dapat memenangkan pertandingan dari tiga rivalnya yakni AC Milan, Juventus dan Roma maka dapat dipastikan lahkah selanjutnya akan lebih enteng.....(kira - kira)

Harapan para Internisti...Keep focus and Bravo Inter..

Upcoming fixtures

noreply@blogger.com (SURIYADI) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:44:00 +0000

Sunday, February 10 2008, 20:30
Serie A
Catania v Inter

Saturday, February 16 2008, 18:00
Serie A
Inter v Livorno

Tuesday, February 19 2008, 20:45
Champions League
Liverpool v Inter

Sunday, February 24 2008, 15:00
Serie A
Sampdoria v Inter

Wednesday, February 27 2008, 20:30
Serie A
Inter v Roma

Sunday, March 2 2008, 20:30
Serie A
Napoli v Inter

Saturday, March 8 2008, 18:00
Serie A
Inter v Reggina

Tuesday, March 11 2008, 20:45
Champions League
Inter v Liverpool

Sunday, March 16 2008, 15:00
Serie A
Inter v Palermo

Wednesday, March 19 2008, 20:30
Serie A
Genoa v Inter

Saturday, March 22 2008, 20:30
Serie A
Inter v Juventus

MASSIMO MORATTI PENOMENAL PRESIDENTIAL

noreply@blogger.com (SURIYADI) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:34:00 +0000

Massimo Moratti (born May 16, 1945 in Bosco Chiesanuova) is an Italian oil tycoon. He is the owner and president of the Serie A football club Internazionale and arguably the biggest CCB in world football.

He is the son of the beloved Angelo Moratti, who was owner and president during Inter's golden age in the 1960s. It has long been the younger Moratti's ambition to restore Inter to the heights they once knew under his father. He has to date fallen short of that goal, winning 1 UEFA Cup (1998), 2 Scudetto/Serie A (2006, 2007), 2 Coppa Italia (2005, 2006) and 2 Supercoppa Italiana (2005, 2006). The Scudetto victory of 2005/6 was, itself, controversial. Inter finished third in Serie A, but were awarded the title following the punishment of Juventus F.C. and A.C. Milan for their involvement in Italy's high profile match-fixing scandal. However, Inter has since clinched the 2007 Seria A title, with a record-breaking run of 17 consecutive victories.

Moratti has been criticized among Inter fans for his mixed success in the transfer market. He released Andrea Pirlo and Clarence Seedorf to hated rivals A.C. Milan, and the two players have since been integral to the latter's success. Fans have also criticized Moratti for allowing some of the recent signings at Inter, such as Cesar, and his continual retainment of Recoba. The Inter fanbase was also divided at the end of the 2006 summer transfer window when persistent rumours of an Adriano-Ronaldo swap persisted, with no denial from Moratti nor the coach Mancini about them. The release of Obafemi Martins has also caused the Inter fans to express some dismay, leaving the club with three strikers over the age of 30 for the start of the 06/07 Serie A season.

Moratti has spent around $400 million in the transfer market, exceeded only by Roman Abramovich of Chelsea F.C.. There has been nine coaches under his ownership, the current being Roberto Mancini.[1] In July 1999, Moratti sanctioned a then world-record €48m purchase of striker Christian Vieri and has since purchased numerous superstars including Ronaldo, Adriano, Crespo, Ibrahimovic, Cruz, Vieira and Veron.

GIUSEPPE MEAZZA STADIUM (SAN SIRO)

noreply@blogger.com (SURIYADI) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:22:00 +0000

The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, more commonly called the Stadio San Siro, is a football stadium in Milan, Italy. It is the home stadium for two of the three most successful Italian Football League clubs: A.C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale, and one of the most famous football stadiums in the world. Although it has been officially renamed in honour of Giuseppe Meazza, the Inter and Milan player of the 1930s and 1940s, it is still commonly called the San Siro. With the spectators being so close to the pitch, the stands being so steep and with a large roof, it is considered to have one of the best atmospheres of any stadium in the world.

The stadium construction started in 1925 in the Milanese district of San Siro, which gave its original name. The idea to build a stadium in the same district of the horse racing track, belongs to the man who then was the president of A.C. Milan, Piero Pirelli. The architects designed a stadium only for football (there is no athletics track in it). The inauguration was on 19 September 1926, when 35,000 spectators saw Inter defeat Milan 6-3. Originally the ground was home and property of AC Milan, later Internazionale became tenants and the two have shared the ground ever since. Although Giuseppe Meazza played for both Internazionale and AC Milan, he enjoyed more success at Inter and is more favoured by the Inter faithful; as a result, Milan fans favour the term San Siro for the ground. Fox Soccer Channel has often referred to the stadium as Stadio Giuseppe Meazza di San Siro when airing replays of past Milan home matches.

As well as being used by Milan and Inter, the Italian national side also plays occasional games there and it has also been used for the 2000/01, 1969/1970 and 1964/65 Champions League/European Cup finals. The stadium was also used for UEFA Cup finals when played over home and away legs but has never featured since the competition changed to a single final structure in 1997/98.

The stadium underwent further renovations for the 1990 World Cup with $60m being spent, bringing the stadium up to standard. As part of the renovations, the stadium became all seated, with an extra tier being added to 3 sides of the stadium. This entailed the building of 11 concrete towers around the outside of the stadium. Four of these concrete towers located at the corner to support a new roof which has distinctive protruding red girders.

MEMORIAL OF GIUSEPPE MEAZZA

noreply@blogger.com (SURIYADI) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:10:00 +0000

Giuseppe Meazza (August 23, 1910–August 21, 1979) was an Italian footballer playing mainly for Inter in the 1930s, scoring 243 goals in 361 games for the club. He is still considered by many to be one of the greatest Italian players of all-time as well as the greatest Italian forward of all time. He was a great leader with superb shooting, unreal dribbling and an eye for the pass.

Meazza was the first Italian football player who became famous worldwide, and was the first player with personal sponsors. He was also famous for sleeping at a brothel the night before a match.

San Siro, the principal stadium in his native city of Milan, which is today shared by Internazionale and crosstown rivals AC Milan, is now officially called Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.

1934
Nerazzurri Allemandi, Castellazzi, Demaria and the legendary Giuseppe Meazza win the World Cup with the Italian national team in Rome in 1934. Two years later, Frossi and Locatelli win the gold medal at the Berlin Olympics.

1938
Inter players Ferraris II, Ferrari, Locatelli and Meazza are involved in the Azzurri set-up that wins the 1938 World Cup in Paris. The same year, Inter win their fourth Scudetto, while the clubs first Coppa Italia success comes in 1939. Another league title arrives in 1940, while the name Ambrosiana is abandoned in October 1945, after which the club returns to its previous name Inter.

1947
Giuseppe Meazza plays the last of his 408 official matches in an Inter shirt. The Inter striker, who attains legend status with his 287 goals for the club, dies in 1979, and a year later the San Siro stadium is named in his honour.

Managerial history

noreply@blogger.com (SURIYADI) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:33:00 +0000

Name Nat Years
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Virgilio Fossati Italy 1909–1915
Nino Resegotti Italy 1919–1922
Bob Spotishwood England 1922–1924
Paolo Schiedler Italy 1924–1926
Árpád Weisz Hungary 1926–1928
József Viola Hungary 1928–1929
Árpád Weisz Hungary 1929–1931
István Tóth Hungary 1931–1932
Árpád Weisz Hungary 1932–1934
Gyula Feldmann Hungary 1934–1936
Albino Carraro Italy 1936
Armando Castellazzi Italy 1936–1938
Tony Cargnelli Austria 1938–1940
Giuseppe Peruchetti Italy 1940
Italo Zamberletti Italy 1941

Ivo Fiorentini Italy 1941–1942
Giovanni Ferrari Italy 1942–1945
Carlo Carcano Italy 1945–1946
Nino Nutrizio Italy 1946
Giuseppe Meazza taly 1947–1948
Carlo Carcano Italy 1948
John David Astley England 1948
Giulio Cappelli Italy 1949–1950
Aldo Olivieri Italy 1950–1952
Alfredo Foni Italy 1952–1955
Aldo Campatelli Italy 1955
Giuseppe Meazza Italy 1955–1956
Annibale Frossi Italy 1956
Luigi Ferrero Italy 1957
Giuseppe Meazza Italy 1957
Jesse Carver England 1957–1958
Giuseppe Bigogno Italy 1958
Aldo Campatelli Italy 1959–1960
Camillo Achilli Italy 1960
Giulio Cappelli Italy 1960
Helenio Herrera Argent 1960–1968
Alfredo Foni Italy 1968–1969
Heriberto Herrera Paraguay 1969–1971
Giovanni Invernizzi Italy 1971–1973
Enea Masiero Italy 1973
Heriberto Herrera Paraguay 1973
Enea Masiero Italy 1974
Luis Suárez Spain 1974–1975
Giuseppe Chiappella Italy 1976–1977
Eugenio Bersellini Italy 1977–1982
Rino Marchesi Italy 1982–1983
Luigi Radice Italy 1983–1984
Ilario Castagner Italy 1984–1986
Mario Corso Italy 1986
Giovanni Trapattoni Italy 1986–1991
Corrado Orrico Italy 1991
Luis Suárez Spain 1992
Osvaldo Bagnoli Italy 1992–1994
Giampiero Marini Italy 1994
Ottavio Bianchi Italy 1994–1995
Luis Suárez Spain 1995
Roy Hodgson England 1995–1997
Luciano Castellini Italy 1997
Luigi Simoni Italy 1997–1998
Mircea Lucescu Romania 1999
Luciano Castellini Italy 1999
Roy Hodgson England 1999
Marcello Lippi Italy 1999–2000
Marco Tardelli Italy 2000–2001
Héctor Raul Cúper Argent 2001–2003
Corrado Verdelli Italy 2003
Alberto Zaccheroni Italy 2003–2004
Roberto Mancini Italy 2004–present

PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY

noreply@blogger.com (SURIYADI) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:18:00 +0000

Inter have had numerous presidents over the course of their history, some of which have been the owners of the club, others have been honorary presidents, here is a complete list of them.[10]

Giovanni Paramithiotti 1908–1909
Ettore Strauss 1909–1910
Carlo De Medici 1910–1912
Emilio Hirzel 1912–1914
Luigi Ansbacher 1914
Giuseppe Visconti Di Modrone 1914–1919
Giorgio Hulss 1919–1920
Francesco Mauro 1920–1923
Enrico Olivetti 1923–1926
Senatore Borletti 1926–1929
Ernesto Torrusio 1929–1930
Oreste Simonotti 1930–1932
Ferdinando Pozzani 1932–1942
Carlo Masseroni 1942–1955
Angelo Moratti 1955–1968
Ivanoe Fraizzoli 1968–1984
Ernesto Pellegrini 1984–1995
Massimo Moratti 1995–2004
Giacinto Facchetti 2004–2006
Massimo Moratti 2006–present

ROBERTO MANCINI

noreply@blogger.com (SURIYADI) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:08:00 +0000

Born: Jesi (Ancona), 27 November 1964
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 78 kg

Clubs as coach: Fiorentina (in Serie A from March 2001 to January 2002), Lazio (in Serie A as assistant coach from September 2000 to January 2001 and as head coach from 2002/03 to 2003/04), Inter (in Serie A from 2004/05)
Honours: 2 Scudetto (Inter, 2005/06 and 2006/07). 4 Italian Cups (Fiorentina, 2000/01; Lazio, 2003/04; Inter, 2004/05 and 2005/06). 2 Italian Super Cups (Inter, 2005 and 2006)

INTER SQUAD 2007/2008

noreply@blogger.com (SURIYADI) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:03:00 +0000

FIRST TEAM SQUAD

1 GK Francesco Toldo
2 DF Iván Córdoba (Vice-captain)
4 DF Javier Zanetti (captain)
5 MF Dejan Stanković
6 DF Maxwell
7 MF Luís Figo
8 FW Zlatan Ibrahimović
9 FW Julio Cruz
11 MF Luis Jiménez
12 GK Júlio César
13 DF Maicon
14 MF Patrick Vieira
15 MF Olivier Dacourt
16 DF Nicolás Burdisso

18 FW Hernán Crespo
19 MF Esteban Cambiasso
21 MF Santiago Solari
22 GK Paolo Orlandoni
23 DF Marco Materazzi (Vice-captain)
24 DF Nelson Rivas
25 DF Walter Samuel
26 DF Cristian Chivu
28 MF Maniche (on loan from Atletico Madrid)
29 FW David Suazo
30 MF Pelé
31 MF César
36 MF Francesco Bolzoni (from youth team)
37 MF Gabriele Puccio (from youth team)
40 DF Ivan Fatić (from youth team)
45 FW Mario Balotelli Barwuah (from youth team)
46 FW Aiman Napoli (from youth team)
47 DF Marco Filippini (from youth team)
50 MF Luca Siligardi (from youth team)

OUT ON LOAN
10 FW Adriano (at São Paulo FC)
20 MF Álvaro Recoba (at Torino)
MF Attila Filkor (at Grosseto)[8]
GK Enrico Alfonso (at Venezia)
MF Tijani Belaid (at Slavia Praha)
MF Ibrahim Maaroufi (at FC Twente)
FW Jonathan Biabiany (at Modena F.C.)
DF Simone Fautario (at A.C. Pistoiese)
FW Filippo Mancini (at Manchester City)
FW Goran Slavkovski (at Sheffield United[9])
FW Domenico Germinale (at Cittadella)

FIRST TEAM OF INTERNAZIONALE

noreply@blogger.com (SURIYADI) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:22:00 +0000

The club was founded on March 9, 1908 as Internazionale FBC Milano, following a "schism" from the Milan Cricket and Football Club. A group of Italians and Swiss (Giorgio Muggiani, a painter who also designed the club's logo, Bossard, Lana, Bertoloni, De Olma, Enrico Hintermann, Arturo Hintermann, Carlo Hintermann, Pietro Dell'Oro, Hugo and Hans Rietmann, Voelkel, Maner, Wipf, and Carlo Ardussi) were unhappy about the domination of Italians in the AC Milan team, and broke away from them, leading to the creation of Internazionale. From the beginning, the club was open to foreign players and thus lived up to her founding name. The club won its very first Scudetto (championship) in 1910 and its second in 1920. The captain and coach of the first Scudetto was Virgilio Fossati, who was killed in World War I. In 1928, during the Fascist era, the club was forced to merge with the Milanese Unione Sportiva and was renamed Ambrosiana SS Milano.

They wore white shirts around this time with a red cross emblazoned on it. This shirt design was inspired by the flag and coat of arms of the city of Milan, which in turn is derived from the flag of the patron saint of Milan, St. Ambrose and dates back to the 4th century AD. The new upcoming President Oreste Simonotti decided to change name to A.S. Ambrosiana in 1929. However, supporters continued to call the team "Inter," and in 1931 new president Pozzani caved to shareholder pressure and changed the name to AS Ambrosiania-Inter.

Their first Coppa Italia (Italian Cup) was won in 1938-39, led by the great legend Giuseppe Meazza, for whom the San Siro stadium is officially named, and a fifth league championship followed in 1940, despite an injury to Meazza. After the end of World War II the club re-emerged under a name close to their original one; Internazionale FC Milano, which they have kept ever since.

[edit] La Grande Inter

Main article: La Grande Inter

Following the war, Inter won its sixth championship in 1953 and the seventh in 1954. Following these titles, Inter was to enter the best years of its history, affectionately known as the era of La Grande Inter (The Great Inter). During this period with Helenio Herrera as head coach, the club won 3 league championships in 1963, 1965 and 1966. The most famous moments during this decade also include Inter's 2 back-to-back European Cup wins. In 1964, Inter won the first of those tournaments, playing against the famous Spanish club Real Madrid. The next season, playing in their home stadium, the San Siro, they defeated two-time former champion, Benfica.

Following the golden era of the 1960s, Inter managed to win their eleventh league title in 1971 and their twelfth in 1980. Inter were defeated for the second time in five years in the final of the European Cup, going down 0-2 to Johan Cruijff's Ajax Amsterdam in 1972. During the 1970s and the 1980s, Inter also added two to its Coppa Italia tally, in 1977-78 and 1981-82.

Led by the German duo of Andreas Brehme and Lothar Matthäus, and Argentine Ramon Diaz, Inter captured the 1989 Serie A championship. Fellow German Jürgen Klinsmann and the Italian Supercup were added the following season but to little avail as Inter were unable to defend their title.

[edit] Dark times

The 1990s was a period of disappointment. Whilst their great rivals AC Milan and Juventus were achieving success both domestically and in Europe, Inter were left behind, with some mediocre positions in the standings, their worst coming in 1993-94 when they finished just 1 point from relegation. Nevertheless, they achieved some European success with 3 UEFA Cup victories in 1991, 1994 and 1998.

With Massimo Moratti's takeover from Ernesto Pellegrini in 1995 Inter were promised more success with many high profile signings like Ronaldo, Christian Vieri and Hernán Crespo, with Inter twice breaking the world record transfer fee in this period.[citation needed] €19.5 million for Ronaldo from FC Barcelona in 1997 and 31 million € for Christian Vieri from Lazio in 1999. However the 1990s remained a decade of disappointment and is the only decade in Inter's history in which they did not win a single Italian Serie A championship. For Inter fans it was difficult to find who in particular was to blame for the troubled times and this led to some icy relations between them and the president, the managers and even some individual players.

Inter chairman Massimo Moratti later became a target of the fans, especially when he sacked the much-loved coach Luigi Simoni after only a few games into the 1998/99 season, after having just received Italian manager of the year award 1998 the day before Massimo Moratti decided to end his contract. In the 1998/99 season Inter failed to qualify for any European competition for the first time in almost 10 years, finishing in a poor eighth place.

In the 1999/00 season, Massimo Moratti made some major changes, marking once again some high-profile signings. A major coup for Inter was the appointment of former Juventus manager Marcello Lippi. Moreover, Inter were seen by the majority of the fans and press to have finally put together a winning formula. Other signings included Italian and French legends Angelo Peruzzi and Laurent Blanc together with other former Juventus players Christian Vieri and Vladimir Jugovic. Inter were also seen to have an advantage in this season as they had no European "distraction". Once again they failed to win the elusive Scudetto. However they did manage to come close to their first domestic success since 1989 when they reached the Coppa Italia final only to be defeated by Lazio allowing them to win the Scudetto and domestic cup double.

The following season another disaster struck. Inter impressed in the Supercoppa Italia match against Lazio and took the lead through new signing Robbie Keane – however, they lost 4-3. Overall, though, they were looking good for the season that was about to start. What followed was another embarrassment, as they were eliminated in the preliminary round of the Champions League by Swedish club Helsingborgs IF. Alvaro Recoba was given the opportunity to equal the tie with a last-minute penalty, yet he missed, hitting the post, and Inter found themselves back at square one as Marcello Lippi, the manager at the time, was sacked after only a few games into the season. Throughout this period, Inter suffered the mocking of their neighbours AC Milan; Milan were having success both domestically and in Europe. Also throughout this period suffered endless defeats to AC Milan including a 6-0 defeat in 2000/01 season. Marco Tardelli, chosen to replace Lippi, failed to improve results, and is remembered by Inter fans as the manager that lost 6-0 the city derby to AC Milan in the 2000/01 season. Other members of the Inter "family" during this period that suffered were the likes of Christian Vieri and Fabio Cannavaro, both of whom had their restaurants in Milan vandalised after defeats against AC Milan.

Inter fans protests throughout this period went from the vandalism to banners being displayed in the stadium against certain players. In some cases fans organised for sections of the stadium to be empty for entire matches, mainly the Curva Nord. Another "protest" that has been debated was during the AC Milan vs Inter UEFA Champions League semi-final in 2005. Fans from the Curva Nord stopped the match by throwing flares onto the pitch after a Esteban Cambiasso goal was disallowed.

Nevertheless, every year, with the all the new signings and new coaches, Inter were deemed one of the favourites for the championship. This led to a popular AC Milan chant against Inter – "Luglio Agosto" (July and August); this was because during the summer months according to the press Inter had won the championship before it had even begun, only for them to crumble when it counted.

In 2002, not only did Inter manage to make it to the Uefa cup semi-finals, they were also only 45 minutes away from capturing the Scudetto, when they needed to maintain a one-goal advantage over SS Lazio at Rome's Olimpico stadium. This was the last match of the season, and Inter were top of the Serie A table at kick-off. However, a defeat would see Juventus, who were second, or even AS Roma, in third place, take the title from them. As a result, some SS Lazio fans were actually openly supporting Inter during this match, as an Inter victory would prevent their bitter rivals AS Roma from winning the championship.

Inter were 2-1 up after only 24 minutes. SS Lazio equalised during first half injury time and then scored two more goals in the second half to clinch victory that eventually saw Juventus win the championship after their 2-0 victory away to Udinese.

2002/03 saw Inter take a respectable second place and also managed to make it to the 2003 Champions League semi finals against their bitter rivals AC Milan. Being tied 1-1 with AC Milan, Inter lost on away goals rule. It was another disappointement but they were finally on the right track.

However, once again Massimo Moratti's impatience got the better of him, Hernán Crespo was sold after just one season, and Hector Cuper was fired after only a few games. Alberto Zaccheroni stepped in, a life long Inter fan but also the man who was in charge of SS Lazio's 4-2 victory over Inter in 2002, the fans were sceptical. Zaccheroni brought nothing new to the side, apart from two fantastic wins over Juventus 3-1 in Turin and 3-2 at the San Siro the season was again nothing special. They were embarrassingly eliminated from the Champions league in the first round finishing 3rd in their group. Furthermore, they only managed to scrape back into the Champions League by finishing in 4th place by only a point over Parma A.C.. Inter's only saving grace in 2003/04 was the arrival of Dejan Stankovic and Adriano Leite Ribeiro in January 2004 both solid players that filled the gap that was left by the departures of Hernán Crespo and Clarence Seedorf

[edit] Resurrection

On June 15, 2005, Inter won the Coppa Italia, defeating AS Roma in the two-legged final 3-0 on aggregate (1-0 win in Milan and 2-0 win in Rome) and followed that up on 20 August 2005, by winning the Supercoppa Italiana after an extra-time 1-0 victory against original 04-05 Serie A champions Juventus (before being stripped of this title). This Super Cup win was Inter's first since 1989, coincidentally the same year since Inter last won the Scudetto before 2006. On 11 May 2006, Inter retained their Coppa Italia trophy by once again, defeating AS Roma with a 4-1 aggregate victory (A 1-1 scoreline in Rome and a 3-1 win at the Giuseppe Meazza, San Siro).

Inter were awarded the 2005-06 Serie A championship as they were the highest placed side in the season's final league table after points were stripped from Juventus and AC Milan - both sides involved in the match fixing scandal that year. On 14 July 2006, The Italian Federal Appeal Commission found Serie A clubs Juventus, Lazio, Fiorentina, Reggina and AC Milan guilty of match-fixing and charged the 5 clubs with their respective punishments, (although all charges were later reduced in some capacity). So with the confirmed relegation of Juventus Turin to Serie B (for the first ever time in their history) and the 8-point deduction for city rivals AC Milan, Inter became favorites to retain their Serie A title for the upcoming 2006-07 Serie A season.

During the season, Inter went on a record-breaking run of 17 consecutive victories in Serie A, starting on September 25 2006 with a 4-1 home victory over Livorno, and ending on February 28, 2007, after a 1-1 draw at home to Udinese. The 5-2 away win at Catania on February 25 2007 broke the original record of 15 matches held by both Bayern Munich & Real Madrid from the "Big 5" (the top flight leagues in England, Italy, Spain, France & Germany). The run lasted for almost 5 months and holds among the best in European league football, with just Benfica (29 wins), Celtic (25 wins) and PSV Eindhoven (22 wins) bettering the run. Inter's form dipped a little as they scored 0-0 and 2-2 draws against relegation-battlers Reggina and slumping Palermo (respectively), the latter game featuring a second-half comeback after Palermo went up 2-0 at halftime. They could not keep their invincible form near the end of the season as well, as they lost their first game of the domestic season to Roma in the San Siro 3-1 thanks to two late Roma goals. Inter had enjoyed an unbeaten Serie A run for just under a year.

On April 22, 2007 Inter were crowned Serie A champions for the 2nd consecutive season after defeating Siena 2-1 at Stadio Artemio Franchi. Italian World Cup winning defender Marco Materazzi scored both goals in the 18th and 60th minute, with the latter being a penalty. This is the first time Inter have won the Scudetto, on merit alone, since 1989. In addition, within hours after clinching their 2nd consecutive league title, the club confirmed head coach Roberto Mancini had signed a 4-year extension to his current contract, with an option to extend it for a further 12 months, which, if extended, would expire at the end of the 2011-12 campaign.[5] Inter president Massimo Moratti claimed that this contractual agreement was made "some time ago".[6]

[edit] Other historical information

Inter has never been relegated from the Italian top flight in their entire history, which dates back all the way to 1908; a fact Nerazzurri fans hold in high regard. By comparison, AC Milan has been relegated twice despite winning two more Scudetti. As of 2007, following Juventus' relegation to Serie B for the 2006-07 season following the "Calciopoli" scandal Inter remain the only Italian club that holds this honour, and its century in the top flight (counting the upcoming season) is one of the longest unbroken runs of any club in the world.

The current president and owner of Inter is Massimo Moratti. His father, Angelo Moratti, was the president of Inter during the club's golden era of the 1960s. Massimo, trying to emulate his father's great success, has spent an enormous amount of money in his time at the club to sign some of the world's best players in past and present generations, in an effort to win the Scudetto for the first time since 1989. Due to corruption, however Inter failed to win a single scudetto until Calciopoli scandal. Due to Inter's failure to win major silverware during most of his premiership, there was frequent criticism of Moratti by Interisti. Massimo initially threatened to put the club up for sale at the end of the 2005-06 season, but cancelled such plans after Inter was awarded the Serie A championship due to calciopoli.

Ironically, it is since he has tightened the strings on the transfer budget and Calciopoli that Inter have started to dominate domestics league. Free signings of Maxwell, Esteban Cambiasso, Olivier Dacourt, etc, have all proven to be excellent buys and created a formidable team.

ABOUT INTER MILAN

noreply@blogger.com (SURIYADI) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:20:00 +0000

Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as simply Internazionale, Inter or Inter Milan, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy, founded in 1908. The club are the only side in Italian football to have spent their entire history at the top tier (Serie A), currently in the 2007–08 season as defending champions.

Internazionale, who play in black and blue striped shirts with white shorts (but in the past, often in black shorts), have fifteen Serie A titles to their name; only their rivals Juventus and A.C. Milan have won more. Including the Coppa Italia and the Italian Super Cup, Inter have a total of 23 trophies won in Italy.

Outside of their homeland, the club have also had success in European and World tournaments; they won the European Cup in two successive finals during 1963–64 and 1964–65. They have also won the UEFA Cup three times and the World Club Championship twice. The Milanese team is one of the G-14’s founding members, a group that represents eighteen of the largest and most prestigious European football clubs.

Inter play their home games at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, also known as San Siro. The ground, which they share with rivals AC Milan, is the largest in Italian football, with a total capacity of 85,700.

INTER MILAN CLUB HISTORY

noreply@blogger.com (SURIYADI) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:16:00 +0000

INTER MILAN

From Cathy Thompson
Club Details:

Club Name: Football Club Internazionale Milano
Nicknames: Nerazzurri (the Black-Blues), La Beneamata (the Cherished), Il Biscione (the Big Grass Snake)
Ground / Stadium:

Ground: San Siro, Milan, Italy
Capacity: 85,700

Founded:
9th March 1908 (after a split from AC Milan)

Notable Staff:
Coach: Roberto Mancini
President: Massimo Moratti

Rivals:
AC Milan
Juventus
Roma

Serie A Champions:
1910, 1920, 1930, 1938, 1940, 1953, 1954, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1980, 1989, 2006, 2007

Coppa Italia Winners:
1939, 1978, 1982, 2005

European Cup Winners:
1964, 1965

UEFA Cup Winners:
1991, 1994, 1998