INTER: PARMA FIRST, THEN MILAN!
AGAINST EMILIAN PLAYERS SNEIJDER, FORLAN, STANKOVIC AND CHIVU
MORATTI – BRANCA SUMMIT TO ASSUME TEVEZ.
After the calm comes the storm. After the holidays in a climate of relative calm, it's time for Inter to get back on the pitch. It will be Colomba's Parma who will "christen" the Nerazzurri San Siro, who will try to push the team towards a victory that would be fundamental. At Inter nobody says it openly but the accounts – comeback have been done and how. The table provides for three points against Parma, to then play it all in the derby against Milan next Sunday. In the event of a misstep against the Emilians, Inter would again find themselves very far from the top positions, and only a double collapse of Milan and Juventus could allow them to stay in the race.
The risk that the Nerazzurri might take today's opponents lightly, perhaps already thinking about Milan, exists, but woe to tell Claudio Ranieri: "I only think about Parma, I look from match to match – said the coach at the press conference – they they will close and start again, as indeed everyone does at San Siro. We will be super focused on Parma, then we will think about the derby, for now we don't care."
Will it be true? It's hard to believe Ranieri, at least looking at the call-ups. The Nerazzurri coach left Sneijder, Forlan, Stankovic and Chivu at home, all as a precaution in view of the derby. "They are all players who come from injuries – Ranieri defended himself – but they will be available for the match against Milan".
The Testaccio coach doesn't want to risk anything in view of what appears to be a crucial appointment for the season. The derby is already being played out on the transfer market, and if Ranieri preferred to hide behind a no comment ("You talk about Tevez, I won't do it because he's not one of my players"), important indiscretions are filtering through the club. Yesterday Massimo Moratti went to Appiano Gentile to greet the team, but above all to meet Marco Branca, who as you know has just visited Manchester City. The go-ahead that everyone was waiting for arrived from the president: the order to proceed for Tevez has been given. Translated, Moratti has given his willingness to take the Argentine on loan with an obligation to buy, just as Manchester City has been asking for some time. However, the not insignificant obstacle is represented by the player himself, who has already reiterated on several occasions that he only wants Milan. That's why the Rossoneri are still ahead, but at Inter the match is considered open. The response from City regarding the offer presented by Galliani will arrive from England by Monday. Should it be negative, Milan could withdraw from the race for Tevez. And then Inter would make a truly sensational overtaking.
