It's Inter-Genoa, but it would be better to call it "The birth of Strama". The last of 2012 coincides with the most beautiful amarcord for the Inter coach, who made his debut on the Nerazzurri bench on April 4st (precisely nine months ago). Then, as now, the opponent was Genoa, who come back to San Siro with an even worse ranking situation. “Time for a birth… – joked Strama. – I seem to be talking about 5-XNUMX years ago, I felt an indescribable emotion and that match will always remain in my heart, but this is another match and we will have to be hungry enough to win it”.
Up front there will be an almost desperate opponent: penultimate in the standings with only 13 points (but without the penalty Siena would be ahead), DelNeri's Genoa have lost 7 of their last 9 games. A relegation pace, and in fact the match at San Siro (12.30) will be the last chance for the former Juventus coach. The Ligurians will also miss Borriello, not called up for still obscure reasons (probably disciplinary).
We should rub our hands together, but Stramaccioni nipped the easy enthusiasm in the bud: “I respect this game a lot, it has a fundamental value for us. Even if Genoa aren't having a good time, in a single match they can put anyone in difficulty. With Napoli he didn't deserve to lose and he played with the same team that will probably face Inter. It's important to do well and round the mark from second in the standings”.
A placement that satisfies the coach, at least for now: “It's a satisfactory situation if you look at the beginning of the project. Despite Sunday's misstep we are still second. Comparisons with the first ones don't interest me, we are on a path that now involves the search for continuity of results. We want to finish second to make a great second round, also because we will recover many players ". It is inevitable to think of the market, and therefore of Sneijder. Wesley, who has been on vacation since the beginning of the week, is about to leave, even if his wife Yolanthe (these days the only source of information) keeps changing her version.
"We are about to leave Milan, everything could close in the first days of January" he declared in the afternoon on a Dutch TV, only to then retract in the evening: "So many questions about our situation: as far as I know, we will not leave Milan". Is Milan behind it? In this case, our indiscretions would be confirmed, but Inter will only think about this in a few hours, because first they have to face Genoa with some training headaches. Guarin's disqualification has been confirmed, so the Colombian will not be available, as will Nagatomo. There will instead be Cambiasso, who will grit his teeth after the blow taken in Rome against Lazio and will team up with Gargano. Up front we will see the return of the Cassano-Milito-Palacio trident. Strama confides in them to ensure that a special day does not turn into one to forget.
POSSIBLE FORMATIONS
Inter Milan (3-4-3): Handanovic; Ranocchia, Samuel, Juan Jesus; Zanetti, Gargano, Cambiasso, Pereira; Palacio, Milito, Cassano.
On the bench: Belec, Di Gennaro, Silvestre, Chivu, Romanò, Mbaye, Jonathan, Mariga, Benassi, Duncan, Alvarez, Livaja.
Trainer: Andrea Stramaccioni.
Unavailable: Stankovic, Obi, Mudingayi, Castellazzi, Nagatomo, Coutinho.
Disqualified: Guarin (1).
Genoa (4-1-4-1): Frey; Sampirisi, Canini, Granqvist, Antonelli; Toszer; Rossi, Kucka, Bertolacci, Vargas; Still.
On the bench: Tzorvas, Donnarumma, Kranjic, Melazzi, Merkel, Piscitella, Said, Anselmo, Hallenius.
Trainer: Luigi DelNeri.
Unavailable: Ferronetti, Jorquera, Bovo, Jankovic, Borriello.
Disqualified: Seymour (1), Moretti (1).
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni (Mantua).
Line Assistants: Dobosz-Barbirati.
Port Assistants: Duties – Ciampi.
Fourth official: Jordanian.
