Password: restart! Inter regain the championship two weeks after the defeat against Roma, which has somehow reduced them in the eyes of the world. The repair exam is in Turin against Ventura's grenades, not exactly the easiest opponents you can meet. “It will be a very difficult match – admitted Walter Mazzarri in the usual press conference on the eve. – We will play on a particular field against an excellent team, led by a coach who always organizes the game.
It's an important test, another check on our journey, but I'm confident I can do well”. Needless to hide it, tonight's game won't be like any other. In fact, the first will be staged at the Olimpico with Thohir as owner (absent), or, if you prefer, with Moratti as a minority shareholder. That's no small detail and players are likely to feel the jump as well. Mazzarri doesn't deny it, but he doesn't want to lose concentration: “Moratti took this decision for the good of the club. – In any case, I always find the motivations, such as the desire to give my best.
If Thohir should call me I will gladly speak to him. As? In English, I too have worked my way around foreign camps as an observer, I can make myself understood. Having said that, I think I've made a career out of it because I know my way around a company. I never call the property, but I'm always available because I'm an employee. But so far not much has changed, when the time comes I will discuss the transfer market with Branca and Ausilio". Better to think of Toro, who will have to be faced with a team full of unknowns.
The international break brought the usual problems to Appiano: injuries (Alvarez) and flight delays (Campagnaro and Palacio). In short, Mazzarri will be forced to change the interpreters of his score again: “I'm sorry for Ricky, he was doing very well and needed continuity. Kovacic instead of him? It's a possibility, while the same argument doesn't apply to Guarin even though, in America, I had tried it on the trocar.
He's progressing well in his new role now, so there's no need to confuse him." So the choice seems to have been made, with the young Croatian going to play behind Palacio. The Argentine, together with Campagnaro, arrived late in Appiano Gentile, but the story has nothing to do with what happened to Vidal. “If there's a flight delay, it's nobody's fault, I don't see why I should fine them” explained Mazzarri, who in any case won't be able to have his faithful defender at his disposal. Indeed, in yesterday's training session, the Argentine suffered a muscle strain in the quadriceps of his right leg which made it impossible to call him up.
Rolando will play in his place, in Inter's third match after those against Cagliari and Roma. Also at risk is the presence of Ranocchia, who after the mistakes made against Roma, feels more and more breathing down the neck of the recovered Samuel. Mazzarri's other doubt is on the left wing, where Nagatomo still has the advantage over Pereira. Nothing to do instead for Icardi and Belfodil: the coach believes that the former still doesn't have 90 minutes in his legs and certainly doesn't dotes on the latter. In short, Palacio will lead the assault on Toro, for a match that could give important answers on Inter's consistency. One way or the other.
