Cagliari - Inter (1 Oct 06)

[M.Adnan]

Let's see how we're going to get one point from a shit side Cagliari.

One point is enough, we're still 8 points away from Milan, there are still alot of matches to play. This is Moratti's mentality.

 

[IbraHimoVic]

Figo on the bench,same for Grosso.
It will be a tough game! Inter would normally win,but i dont know,after the poor game against bayern i'm not so convinced that we have such a strong team...some of inter players are really a mess!

 

[Interezzo]

Figo on the bench,same for Grosso.
It will be a tough game! Inter would normally win,but i dont know,after the poor game against bayern i'm not so convinced that we have such a strong team...some of inter players are really a mess!

It will be a tough game but something happened at the bayern game,the germans were pretty organized they controlled the midfield.the only way inter managed to get the ball to the forwards is through a long pass which was useless.in the chievo game,we managed to score 4 goals coz chievo wasnt organized. see what happened when they played like a real team in the last 10 mins and we lost control.Inter needs to control the game, Mancio keeps telling them that but they cant seem to do it.Inter definetly need cambiasso and vieira back to control the midfield in order to attack and defend with confidence.

 

[Hussein]

It will be a tough game but something happened at the bayern game,the germans were pretty organized they controlled the midfield.the only way inter managed to get the ball to the forwards is through a long pass which was useless.in the chievo game,we managed to score 4 goals coz chievo wasnt organized. see what happened when they played like a real team in the last 10 mins and we lost control.Inter needs to control the game, Mancio keeps telling them that but they cant seem to do it.Inter definetly need cambiasso and vieira back to control the midfield in order to attack and defend with confidence.

Thsoe two will be missing from the starting line-up on Sunday and our midfielders are numbered.

We need fresh legs to face a physical Cagliari side who I expect to be very aggressive against us. Let's not forget that Cagliari didn't win a Serie A match yet and beating us will mean alot to them, therefore, we have to be cautios in the first half and try to hit them hard in the second.

 

[interisti_11]

i think we are going to win 5-0!
1 ibra and 4 adriano!

 

[Interforeva]

i think we are going to win 5-0!
1 ibra and 4 adriano!

I hope your prediction comes true! It will be a tough game, but it is a chance for the team to respond to the CL criticism and put in a big performance, which will hopefully result in a win.

 

[Fabio]

People really think Figo can play 3 games in a row? He was already half dead vs Bayern.

Fabio

 

[bjwam4]

Figo really needs to work on his conditioning. He is not the only 34 player in the world!

Please Mancini use Solari while we have him. He is in decent form, and the more you play him the more useful he will be in the future.

 

[Soca_Warrior]

Solari will have to play, probably on the left with Mariano on the right. What I dont like is that we have to play Dacourt even though he is not in the best condition but hopefully Cambiasso can play a half hour. Dejan will have to play CM unfortunalely, and Adriano and Crespo will start, hopefully Recoba can make the bench. I would like a Burdisso Matrix partnership but I doubt Burdisso is ready to start. Maxwell and Zanetti as fullbacks with Maicon coming on sometime in the second half so Zanetti goes to midfield. And for some reason Julio Cesar will start again.

 

[interisti_11]

i said once...and i tell it twice.....we gona win 0-5!
1 ibra
4 adriano!
remember me!

 

[Stefan]

i said once...and i tell it twice.....we gona win 0-5!
1 ibra
4 adriano!
remember me!

Please respect guys who are superstitious. Making such predications causes bad karma. If you want to make predictions we have a pl league.

 

[Adam]

After this game there's a 2 week break for the non internationals and imho ibra and grosso should be punished for their lack of profesionalism shown during the bayern game.

And benching them is how I would punish them.

Maybe if they were old players to the club, Ibra and Grosso are both new so benching them and pointing the finger at them like that might **** up their confidence. Especially if it's the trainer pointing the finger. Wouldn't be the right move in my opinion. A fine and a slap on the wrists would be more appropiate.

 

[Hussein]

i said once...and i tell it twice.....we gona win 0-5!
1 ibra
4 adriano!
remember me!

It could happen, but remember we might end up losing badly too. I don't like predictions and I think winning this given even narrowly will do for us. The most important thing is that we win this game and keep the first place ours.

 

[Hussein]

Double post!

 

[alvaro]

-------Ibrahimovic-Adriano----------
-Solari-Dacourt-Cambiasso-Gonzalez-
--Maxwell-Samuel-Cordoba-Zanetti--

 

[CafeCordoba]

Match squad:

APPIANO GENTILE - Roberto Mancini has called up the following twenty players for Sunday afternoon's Serie A Week 5 match against Cagliari at the Stadio Sant'Elia (kick-off at 15:00):

Goalkeepers: 1 Francesco Toldo, 12 Julio Cesar Soares, 22 Paolo Orlandoni

Defenders: 2 Ivan Ramiro Cordoba, 4 Javier Zanetti, 11 Fabio Grosso, 13 Maicon, 16 Nicolas Burdisso, 23 Marco Materazzi, 77 Marco Andreolli

Midfielders: 5 Dejan Stankovic, 6 Maxwell, 7 Luis Figo, 15 Olivier Dacourt, 21 Santiago Solari, 50 Ibrahim Maaroufi, 91 Mariano Gonzalez

Strikers: 8 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 10 Adriano, 18 Hernan Crespo

Samuel out with the flu still. Mancini is cafefull with Cambiasso and didn't choose him yet. Maybe Maaroufi can make it to the bench? Orlandoni and Andreolli out the match.

 

[Forza ragazzi]

I want:
Toldo; Maicon, Burdisso, Materazzi, Grosso; Solari, Javier, Oli/Deki, Maxwell; Adri, Crespo

I believe:
Cesar; Maicon, Cordoba, Materazzi, Grosso; Mariano, Javier, Oli/Dejan, Solari/Maxwell; Ibra, Crespo

 

[Pulsar36]

-------------------------------Cesar----------------------------------
---Maicon-----------Materazzi-----------Cordoba-------------Grosso---
---Mariano------------Dacourt-----------Stankovic------------FIgo-----
-----------------------Ibra-------------Adriano-------------------------

 

[Pi]

This game is important, the team will have to react after the game against Bayern and I expect a lot of spirit from the team, also I think that we should give another chance to Adriano and play him in the center of the attack along with Crespo (we got 4 goals against Chievo).

I don't think that Cordoba should be dropped right now, not after a game like the one we had (know what I mean?), maybe when Samuel gets back. In midfield there's the bigger doubt, how will we play in the midfield? Figo seems to be usable only for 30 minutes, so it will be tough for Mancini to have a attacking midfield (especially if he doesn't use Solari).

I'm curious about Maxwell and I believe if he is fit he should start, I'm not that happy with Grosso's form in some games this season, but I feel that Grosso will start anyway.

 

[Tanel]

I believe we'll win this game. With Adriano finally getting his farking goal and Ibra and him making a huge game together. It's time to rotate Crespo also a bit as he is one of our most appeared players atm. If Esposito will do what he can do then we could be in trouble, but he hasn't done that for ages now and I don't think he'll do it tomorrow either. Otherwise I'm definately not afraid of that Cagliari side. Loss of Gobbi weakened the midfield of theirs very much.