Champions League Third Qualifying Round: Sporting Lisbon V INTER MILAN

[doz]

We could have got a much easier draw than this.It's a bit of a sticky one i think but one we can doubtlessly come through.
First leg to be played on 13/14 August with the return a fortnight later.

[Il fenomeno]

Yess... we will definetly be the favourites for this game...

We are totally better than them... so we will win this one.

[doz]

I agree but it's a pity we couldn't have got an easier draw.I expect us to win but it will be a test.

[Il fenomeno]

I think, should we get in trouble for the away leg, it would be fundamental to call Ronnie to action on the return leg. Sure, he will only have around 3 weeks of training, but we will need him, only if we loose the away game.

GK: F.Toldo

RB: J.Zanetti
CB: I.Cordoba
CB: M.Materazzi (Nesta)
LB: F.Coco

RM: S.Conceicao
CM: C.Zanetti
CM: L.Di Biagio
LM: S.Dalmat

AT: A.Recoba (M.Kallon)
AT: C.Vieri (B.Coraddi)

Inter will win I think 2-1 away...

[FANTA]

HOLY PHUCK SPORTING LISBON ?!?!

i thought we'd be playing some part timers from cyprus or something, not bloody sporting lisbon.

i know we should win but i am not confident about this at all.

[Il fenomeno]

well,,, listen, we are the stronger team... Cordoba, Mate or Nesta will be able to neutralise Jardel... and we know how Portuguese defences are... open as hell.. they have like 4-5 men defending... the rest are thinking of offence only.

I just hope Ronaldo can play in the second leg, if we would be down.

I hope Vieri and the italians could play the first leg. We have to get atleast a draw there, should we loose with a goal, they will come to san siro to defend.... thats the problem.

I hope we could snatch a victory... but only remember, on the paper we are stronger than them,,, hell, on the paper, we are stronger than everyone in Europe.

[Looney]

Don't go getting knocked out in the first round now guys, we want to beat you guys 6-0 in the final!

[FANTA]

yes i am aware we are the stronger team. but sporting lisbon are the portuguese champs and do have quality players so we aren't going to brush them aside as easily as you think. plus the portuguese season will have started already once these matches come around so they will be fitter and better prepared than us.

it is also doubtful ronaldo won't be playing because he will still be on holidays. apparently he is more special than anyone else on the team and gets longer holidays.

i am just a bit nervous because we all saw what happened when we played helsingborg. you can blame lippi all you want but we still lost.

and looney, what are you talking about ? milan are playing the juggernuats from the czech rep. slovan liberec. they're already goooorrrrrnnnn. (milan that is)

[BLAUGRANA]

Not the best draw. While we can go through, it won't be easy.

[Sebastian]

:eek:.....damn hard....JARDEL is quite strong oponent and aspecialy when he's playing against a team with GREAT reputation.......

[Il fenomeno]

I have some good news... but Ronaldo deserves extra days in holidays... he was also celebrating for 3-4 days... plus he won it... so he got extra... he might return for the second leg, but I doubt it. Here are some good news:

Jardel Asks To Leave Sporting

07/26/2002. Sporting Lisbon have received a huge blow to their preparations for the new season with the news that Mario Jardel wants to leave the club.

The Brazilian has sited a breakup with his wife as the reason why he wants to get out of Portugal.

"I am not in a psychological condition to remain in Portugal," he said at a press conference.

No clubs have as yet come in for the striker who scored 42 goals last season.

[Elvis Pressley]

it will be tough, but I think we'll be ok

[Il fenomeno]

FACCHETTI: "RONALDO WILL ARRIVE IN AUGUST AND WILL MISS THE FIRST ROUND AGAINST JARDEL, ITS UNFORTUNATE”
Friday, 26 July 2002 21:10:29
NYON - (ANSA) The most difficult opposing team on paper will encounter Inter. Inter’s vice-president Facchetti shows a good face but a tough game: '' Undoubtedly - retains Facchetti - Sporting is fore sure one the most difficult teams to encounter. However, two years ago, it seemed that we should of pass the round easily and instead we were eliminated immediately.'' The nerazzurri in fact were eliminated from the preliminary round from a modest Swedish team Helsingborgs. One of the main motive of interest of the challenge it would have to be the duel between the Brazilian bomber Ronaldo and Jardel. '' Ronaldo - reminds Facchetti – that he will return to Milan the 5th August. I am not certain that he is ready for the first leg of the preliminary round on the 13th or 14th August. However, the decision will be made by the coach’

Does this mean, Ronnie more or likely will be available for the second leg,,,,

I hope Cuper does have Ronaldo on the bench, in case emergency.

[nismo]

i agree with most of what you guys are saying. this will be a stern test for inter, but inter should still progress to CL finals.
my only concern if players like queresma, and jardel, but coco should have no probs of queresma, and cordoba and matrix will keep jardel quiet hopefully.
vieri and recoba should be more than enuff for sporting backline, and what we saw last year when AC versed them in uefa cup last sporting will be dangerous if they get the first goal.
first leg 1-2
return leg 3-0

[doz]

I think that the Jardel transfer request could unsettle them.Hopefully he will be gone before the tie begins.

[FANTA]

if jardel doesn't play we are in.

[ilcapitano]

Hope so too, Jardel is one of the best goal scorers in the world...even if he hasn't played in a really BIG team yet...not near as good as Roni, if we look at the whole package, but his flair for goals is amazing...and he's a real killer when it comes to finishing from crosses...:worried:

[Il fenomeno]

Just hope our key player Ronaldo is on stand by. I hope Cuper have's him on the bench for the first leg, cause u never know if we are down 2-0... we need to get a goal.

Our first priority though in this match should be defence. If we manage to keep a clean sheet, then we are in, I promise. Cause on the return leg, it will be all Inter... and all Ronaldo

[Sebastian]

FACCHETTI: "RONALDO WILL ARRIVE IN AUGUST AND WILL MISS THE FIRST ROUND AGAINST JARDEL, ITS UNFORTUNATE”
Friday, 26 July 2002 21:10:29
NYON - (ANSA) The most difficult opposing team on paper will encounter Inter. Inter’s vice-president Facchetti shows a good face but a tough game: '' Undoubtedly - retains Facchetti - Sporting is fore sure one the most difficult teams to encounter. However, two years ago, it seemed that we should of pass the round easily and instead we were eliminated immediately.'' The nerazzurri in fact were eliminated from the preliminary round from a modest Swedish team Helsingborgs. One of the main motive of interest of the challenge it would have to be the duel between the Brazilian bomber Ronaldo and Jardel. '' Ronaldo - reminds Facchetti – that he will return to Milan the 5th August. I am not certain that he is ready for the first leg of the preliminary round on the 13th or 14th August. However, the decision will be made by the coach’

no RONALDO i guess......but that shouldn be a huge problem.....there's still enough TALENT to disintegrate SPORTING...:evil:....

[Skualo]

im very mad about this draw all others teams like milan and manchester or bayern got easy teams :mad: we got portugal champs it seems we are cursed....but whatever we have more prestige and we WILL win...no ronaldo but no jardel either...both parts without important pieces..but we are better team of course...

GO INTER

[nismo]

Originally posted by joonas78
Hope so too, Jardel is one of the best goal scorers in the world...even if he hasn't played in a really BIG team yet...not near as good as Roni, if we look at the whole package, but his flair for goals is amazing...and he's a real killer when it comes to finishing from crosses...:worried:
actually jardel not as good as ppl think he is. the whole team's formation is revolved around him, so he can score from the team's passing play, that's was Big Phil's reason for not taking him to the WC because the team would have to focus their efforts on him instead playing as a smooth unit. without jardel sporting would be tactically inefficient as he's their main goals source. but nevertheless he will be a threat if does play in the return leg, but who cares about jardel when you have ronaldo instead :ronaldo:

[nismo]

Originally posted by Il fenomeno
Just hope our key player Ronaldo is on stand by. I hope Cuper have's him on the bench for the first leg, cause u never know if we are down 2-0... we need to get a goal.

Our first priority though in this match should be defence. If we manage to keep a clean sheet, then we are in, I promise. Cause on the return leg, it will be all Inter... and all Ronaldo
don't forget bobo as well buddy :D

[stefan9]

Jardel maybe good but we have 3 world class strickers even if ronie won't be availiable for the first game I am sure bobo and chino can handle it.

[Skualo]

of course they cab handle it...more important that is the away one so that means ronaldo aveilable for the return wich is going to be played in Genova don ask me why:confused:...are we still banned for the motocycle issue in alaves game???

[doz]

Originally posted by §kualø
of course they cab handle it...more important that is the away one so that means ronaldo aveilable for the return wich is going to be played in Genova don ask me why:confused:...are we still banned for the motocycle issue in alaves game???

Good question.I can't find anything about this.We can't be still banned from the motorbike incident as that ban was in place last season.Maybe there is work going on at the San Siro, i don't know.Anybody who knows would they please post it here.

[Sebastian]

are we still banned???
well isnt it obvious???
..:D.... and the motorcycle was against ATALANTA......against alaves they've BURNED the stadium.....:silly:....

[Severus]

Originally posted by Il fenomeno
Yess... we will definetly be the favourites for this game...

We are totally better than them... so we will win this one.

oh how i've heard this soooooooo many times before, it seems to be a staple among interisti.

remember alaves, helsingborgo, feyenoord ?

the chops are gonna hand your arses to you as your european adversaries always do.

[Sebastian]

....:silly:......you can newer escape from that red litlle fellow who's whispering on you're left shoulder....:D.......

[Severus]

red ? you mean black&white ... the colours of success :D

[Skualo]

Originally posted by Severus
red ? you mean black&white ... the colours of success :D

and cheat;)..............:D

[Slavenik]

You guys seem to be scared from Sporting. What if they have Jardel? We have Chino, BOBO, Corradi etc. Dont be afraid we will go through.

[Elvis Pressley]

Im not scared of anybody, but I respect Sporting Lisbon, there a good team with good players. Just because we have better players doesnt mean we will come out on top.

Im confident, but not over confident, we still have to do it.

[Skualo]

is true what elvis says...is not matter of players is matter of team...if it not look back to the games severus named...all those we played with recoba vieri ect...and loose...but im confident we will pass..actually is a good thing for us to face sporting to start the season with hard games...

[Sebastian]

it's not about the fear.......it's about the fact that we allways UNDERASTIMATE our apponent.......:fed-up:.......we can beat them...but we must RESPECT they're personality and stile.......

[nismo]

there's a difference between cocky and confidence.
cocky was when we lost to helsinborg 2 years year,
i hope inter don't make the same mistakes twice
and like what eclino, respect them regardless of their shiteness.:D

[ronie]

now that cuper has learnt from his mistake now we can win

[doz]

We must all believe that victory is possible and be confident but not overconfident or cocky.We should not be predicting ridiculous scorelines and thinking ahead to the CL proper.

[Looney]

Hey we beat Sporting last season without some of our best players and they had a full team, you guys shouldn't have much problem.

[Sebastian]

you must newer judge that way.......last year was last year....that's it......every match is unique and a lot of factors are seting the pace there.....even only one factor goes wrong we may live through another 6-0 loss....:silly:.....MILAN had a rediculous team when we lost that humiliating derby.....every game is diferent....so we must newer underastumate our oponent...but it seems that we allwas do that.....:rolleyes:....

[Skualo]

not with cuper hes smart enougth to aboid that..i think:rolleyes:

[nismo]

hopefully cuper has drilled into inter players the importance of being humble and humility, instead of being over-sized egos :silly: in games against crap teams

[Skualo]

yes..some days he said something that gives me more trust about the pass to the CL...something like "we wont get eliminated..sporting is a good team but we will pas my players allready fell the game"...theyre very concentrated in the game someones like cordoba and recoba said that the qualifying round is half of the season...a lot of concentration and good work i can smell here:D

[nismo]

that's true what ur saying skualo
having the champion mind-set
no matter how good ur team is, if u don't have the belief and faith in the ability to win u are going to lose no matter how many figos ronaldos or zidanes is in ur team. but i like what i hearing from cuper, he sound very confident and trust his own players, which is a good thing of course:rolling: :angel:

[Looney]

Wonder if Milan and Inter can meet in the final?

[doz]

Originally posted by Looney
Wonder if Milan and Inter can meet in the final?

I hate to dampen spirits around here but i honestly don't see either Milan side reaching the final.:(

[Skualo]

Originally posted by Looney
Wonder if Milan and Inter can meet in the final?

honestly i couldnt handle those 90min...ill probably will died for an heart attack:D

[nismo]

Milan Derby for final???
that's what i hoped for laST season for uefa cup:(
but unless the groupings and fixtures proved otherwise, ot could be possible.

[Skualo]

yeah why not:D

[ronie]

inter and milan in the finals?. noway it'll probably be the semi-finals like barca vs real in the CL

[Looney]

I hope they do, the Milan teams have been copping some stick from the Rome teams and The Old Slut tifosi so it's time we shown them where the real rivalry is!

[doz]

Just curious, but have you some sympathy for Milan Skualo? You post a lot on their forum.:D

[Toldo No.1]

Originally posted by doz


I hate to dampen spirits around here but i honestly don't see either Milan side reaching the final.:(

Why not Doz? If we qualify for the CL, then I would say that we are one of the favourites for the trophy. I would say that we are in a group with a couple of other teams, Munich, Man Utd, Roma, Juventus as favourites, behind the clear favourites IMO, Real Madrid. We have an excellent squad of players, a coach with plenty of CL experience and Ronaldo-Vieri up front. Although the Scudetto is obviousely our main target, we have as good a chance as anyone does to reach the final of the CL.
First things first though, we still have to qualify for it.

Forza Inter
Sporting Lisbon BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! :p

[ilcapitano]

It's allready getting ridiculous, that Italian teams haven't had euro success for so many years. And it's almost impossible that it would continue this time...I predict at least one Italian team in the best four.

[nismo]

actaually let's just get past the qualifying round first before we start predicting inter's chances of making the finals;)

[ronie]

i know that we can get past the qualifying rounds:D and the the CL

[mohdshams]

I think that, like what some people have said before, that if enter wins the games against Sporting Lisbon then they will at least reach the quarterfinal. Look at the excellent team they have. They can do it!!! But it all comes to the games against Sporting Lisbon. I think we have the upperhand in these two matches for only one reason, Mario Jardel's exit from Sporting. That is a key disadvantage that Sporting has that we must use to the maximum.

FORZA INTER FORZA INTER!!!!! (although i dont speak italian ;))

[Il fenomeno]

After yesterday's showing, i doubt we will be physically ready for the game. I doubt we can win the away game, but I just hope for the best. I also hope Ronnie will be there... I predict this line-up for the away game:

GK: F.Toldo

RB: J.Zanetti
CB: I.Cordoba
CB: M.Materazzi (A.Nesta)
LB: F.Coco

RM: S.Conceicao
CM: M.Almeyda (L.Di Biagio, C.Zanetti)
CM: S.Dalmat
LM: D.Morfeo (Kily, guly)

AT: C.Vieri (B.Corradi)
AT: A.Recoba (M.Kallon)

[ronie]

if ronie is there...........i say it'll be at least 3-0

[Zek]

too many stickys guys
I am asking moderators not to make so many stickys it's way too much and quite inconvinient, just have a look on active threads 1 out of 6 is active and about 5 not sticky threads are active.
that' s all from me and let's make tihs thread sticky when it will be close to the game.

[doz]

Although i think this thread should remain sticky, we can make it sticky again when the match approaches.

[Zek]

agree with the last one ;)

[ronie]

:D

[Castignoli]

ha looks like C. Zanetti is not going ?!?! and Canavarro is coming to Inter not Nesta quite a turn of events

Prediction Against Sporting Lisbon

Toldo

J. Zanetti Cannavaro Materazzi Coco
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
(maybe not in opening game but imagine!! wow thats killer)

Conceicao DiBiagio Dalmat ??

Vieri Recoba

and if we need the boost in the second leg Ronie will play LF and Recoba will drop back to play left winger
It should be interesting to see who Cuper decides to field w/ a world cup champ and 2 new defenders

[Castignoli]

ha looks like C. Zanetti is not going ?!?! and Canavarro is coming to Inter not Nesta quite a turn of events

Prediction Against Sporting Lisbon

Toldo

J. Zanetti Cannavaro Materazzi Coco
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
(maybe not in opening game but imagine!! wow thats killer)

Conceicao DiBiagio Dalmat ??

Vieri Recoba

and if we need the boost in the second leg Ronie will play LF and Recoba will drop back to play left winger
It should be interesting to see who Cuper decides to field w/ a world cup champ and 2 new defenders and no C. Zanetti

[nerazzuri]

almeyda should replace warrior

[Severus]

ronaldo wont even be around for the second leg. i don't know what you're talking about castignoli. but don't worry, recoba will carry the load :rolleyes:

[Slavenik]

Dont be so sure Severus.

Anyway this is the squad i think Cuper will field

Toldo

J.Zanetti - Cannavaro - Materazzi - Coco

Conceicao - C.Zanetti - Dalmat - Morfeo

Vieri - Recoba

I think that Cuper will field Morfeo on the left after he was speaking how Morfeo played great on the left adapting very good. Almeyda will probably replace one of the CMs.

[nismo]

yeah, tha's a likely lineup slave
cuper has said dalmat is best suited as central midfielder, so it could mean either recoba or morfeo on the left wing.
or have almeyda and christiano as CMs and dalmar on left wing.

[ilcapitano]

Maybe not in the away game, where the key word is defence.
More likely Cuper uses two defensive midfielders in the centre, and since C. Zanetti isn't on the squad list, it's propably DiBiagio and Almeyda.

[nismo]

or dalmat and almeyda in the middle

[nerazzuri]

thats a good one. almeyda who fights for the ball and dalmat who can attack and defend

[doz]

Well assuming all our back 4 and goalkeeper are fit there's no questioning who will start assuming Cuper sticks with the rigid 4-4-2. Cordoba has been linked with a transfer recently and i'd be surprised if he started.Morfeo is an almost certainity for LW after his impressive recent displays.I think it will be a Di Bi/Almeyda CM partnership.
Though i really don't want to have to say this, i wouldn't be at all surprised if Cuper opts for Guly ahead of Sergio on the RW.
We can all have our own fantasy line-ups but i think Cuper will field this team;

--------------------------------Toldo----------------------------------------
Zanetti----------Cannavaro-------Materazzi------------Coco
Guly------------Di Biagio----------Almeyda------------Morfeo
----------------Vieri---------------Recoba----------------------

[Musiq]

WHAT!!! :eek:

Leaving out Cordoba!! This is insane! No way, Cordoba's gotta be there in this lineup for Inter's chances to improve.

<center>
Toldo
<p>
Zanetti-----------Cannavaro-----------Cordoba--------------Coco
<p>
Conceicao--------Zanetti(Dalmat)--------Gigi--------Morfeo(Guly)
<p>
Recoba-----------Vieri
</center>


Jardel's not in Sporting's squad for this match, so I think the defence is safe for now. As for the attack, Inter always, and I mean ALWAYS scores a hatful of goals when Bobo's playing!

By the way Doz, have you ever seen Guly play on the right side? And what's this sh*t about Cordoba involved in transfer rumours? Moratti would be crazy to give him away!

[InTeR_FaNaTiC]

well cordoba should start , he's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead of cannavaro is pre-season preparation ..... i think if we secure a win we could let fabio in , in the second half ...

and from what cuper said ... i think he'll field dalmat as a starter :


"A 4-4-2 is the formation I prefer," said Cuper. "With Dalmat in the middle, the module is interpreted differently but is respected nevertheless. The Frenchman is doing very well in this position."


sooooo this is it i think :

toldo
zanetti - cordoba - matrix - coco
conceicao - dalmat - almeyda/di biagio - morfeo
bobo - cino

[InTeR_FaNaTiC]

how can i put a pic in my sig .. can anyone help , please :angel: :) ?

[Musiq]

Yeah, Cuper would probably try Canna in the 2nd half!

[nismo]

like what Doz saidm assuming everyone fit which is unlikely, so i reckon cordoba starting ahead of canna, with canna get subbed on depending ont he situation of the game. morfeo looks to get ahead of guly for obvious reasons, and as previously mentioned, cuper intends to use dalmat as a creative CM, much like gerard when he was coaching valencia do u agree Zul???

[nismo]

i feel optimistic about this formation. this inter formation reminds me of cuper's valencia during 99/00 CL, but a highly modified version. Cuper's valencia stormed to the finals, and comparing the likely line-up in this inter, it resembles valencia's key players in a way during that campaign in 2000.
Gerard-Dalmat :
Kily-Morfeo/:
Farinos-Almeyda/:
Mendieta-Conceicao
Lopez-Recoba
I know the players dont exactly match their eachother, but the way cuper has formed the inter players for his first CL campaign, reminds me of the time he was back valencia. maybe he'll reach the finals this time and win it.

[ilcapitano]

Hector Cuper at a press conference in Lisbon:

"I think that even without Jardel and Joao Pinto, the team is still very strong. They're well-disciplined and have good ball possession. I’m expecting a very difficult opponent, even if in Portugal they’re saying that Inter are favourites, and I agree. My team must always be favourite and I have a lot of confidence in my players."

Go Inter!
:rolling:

[nerazzuri]

it'll be a tough game

[Slavenik]

Anyways, i predict a victory for us. I think we will win with 2-0, with Bobo and Recoba being the scorers. I think that we will dominate the bigger part of the game.
So lets hope i'm write :D

[nerazzuri]

nicely said:thumbsup:

[InTeR_FaNaTiC]

http://www.inter.it/media/raw/2002-08-14_012022.jpg



Heading to Success .. YA BABY ;) ;) :D :D :)

[Slavenik]

Champions League Preview: Sporting-Inter

08/13/2002. BACKGROUND

If this clash was a Champions League quarter final, it would by no means look out of place.

After all, we're talking about the Portuguese champions and a side that were only denied the Scudetto title by a defeat on the final day of the Serie A season. Still, one of these sides will be competing in the Uefa Cup this season.

Sporting's preparation for this match has been somewhat overshadowed by the whole Mario Jardel situation. Rumours were abound that the player had mean hospitalised due to his depression at the split with his wife, but the club have now said this is not the case. Nonetheless, the player failed to show for a medical assessment on Monday and is not in the squad for this game. He remains keen to get away.

The question is, how will his side cope without him in this clash? Well they'll bring in the Romanian striker Niculae who was prolific last season (seven goals in 16 games) only to get injured early on, but it's hard to replace a man who scored each of Sporting's last nine goals of the campaign. It also remains to be seen how Lazlo Bononi's men will cope without Hugo Viana. Time will tell.

The ongoing Ronaldo saga must surely have disrupted Inter's preparation for this most vital of matches. It is clear that the Brazilian wants to leave and that coach Hector Cuper will not stand in his way if he is desperate to go. The reasons behind his desired departure seem to be his need to return to Spanish football and his dislike of the more tactically disciplined Calcio. Shame if he does leave as he'll never be remembered as one of Serie A's true greats as he had every potential of becoming.

The vibes from the Inter camp have mainly been those stressing just how important it is to make it into the cash rich first phase of the Champions League- something Inter failed to do in the 1999/00 season when they were beaten by Helsingborgs at this stage. Luigi Di Biagio, Alvaro Recoba and Cuper himself have made a point of quite how vital to the Nerazzurri's season this game is.

But what of on the pitch matters? Fabio Cannavaro has every chance of making his debut in Lisbon following last Wednesday's £15 million move from Parma.

"It's a possibility," says Cuper. "By that point he will have been through five full training sessions and with Parma he has already played two friendly matches."

The Argentine has also realised that Stephane Dalmat's best position is without doubt central-midfield. If the former Marseille man is given a fair crack of the whip this season, we could be talking about a regular in the French side by the end of the season. That's how much potential this man has.
Stewart Coggin

[Skualo]

im veru confident we will leave portugal with a good result :)

does moratti knows how to combine a pant with a jacket?????:D

[Skualo]

Originally posted by Musiq
Yeah, Cuper would probably try Canna in the 2nd half!

hey musiq...i have that ball :) i have it in my room like a trophey :D

[CanNaVaRo]

Soooo exactly one hour to go...I am a bit nervious but still confident...Forza grande Inter!! THis is the first official game of 2002-2003!! Forza Forza Forza!! We believe in you INTER!!!

There is still no confirmed line-up on www.inter.it ... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

WHATEVER!!

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO WIN THIS MATCH AT ALL COSTS!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

[CanNaVaRo]

Ahh,pfew..at last!! Here is the official line-up for the upcoming clash :

INTER (4-4-2): Toldo , J.Zanetti , Cordoba , Materazzi , Coco ; Conceiçao, Di Biagio, Dalmat , Morfeo ; Kallon , Vieri
A Disposizione Fontana , Guly, Cannavaro , Corradi , Recoba , Almeyda , Pasquale


Hm,a bit strange seeing Recoba at the bench..Cannavaro probably will come out in the second half...Forza INTER!! Bobooo score couple of goals!!

GOOD LUCK INTER!!!:smoking: :smoking:

35 minutes to go...

[Musiq]

hey musiq...i have that ball i have it in my room like a trophey

Yeah? Wow! I would try to get one, but there's no football like it in my area! ;)

RoNaLdO, Inter.it gives the official lineups about 5 minutes before the game!!

[CanNaVaRo]

Musiq,they have announced them already ;)))

[Musiq]

Hey yeah :smokin: ! Its a huge surprise that Kallon's playing instead of Recoba!!!

[CanNaVaRo]

Yeah,really surprising..but after all he is our top pre-season scorer..let's see what he can do in this game :)

Forza Cuper! lol

[Elvis Pressley]

its good to finally have a team that we can be confident about huh guys?


remember when Mircea Lucescu was the coach? damn I always expecting to lose, was never confident EVEN once!

what a shitty coach he was.


Lippi wasnt much better, and Tardelli was a bad joke.


Thanks Cuper.

[Slavenik]

The first half is going to finish and the result is 0-0.

[InTeR_FaNaTiC]

is that it ... the first half was dreadful .. i hope we can get better in the second half

[doz]

Originally posted by Musiq
WHAT!!! :eek:

Leaving out Cordoba!! This is insane! No way, Cordoba's gotta be there in this lineup for Inter's chances to improve.

<center>
Toldo
<p>
Zanetti-----------Cannavaro-----------Cordoba--------------Coco
<p>
Conceicao--------Zanetti(Dalmat)--------Gigi--------Morfeo(Guly)
<p>
Recoba-----------Vieri
</center>



By the way Doz, have you ever seen Guly play on the right side? And what's this sh*t about Cordoba involved in transfer rumours? Moratti would be crazy to give him away!

OK so i got my starting XI wrong.
:annoyed:

To explain. If you read my post properly Musiq you would see that i was trying to predict the team through Cuper's usually negative minded selection. I never said Guly was good, i think he's crap, our worst player but Cuper seems to like him and played him a lot last season. Cuper doesn't seem to have confidence in Sergio so i'm surprised he played him.
I thought Fabio would start even if he hasn't been here long but even without him the backline looks good. Cordoba has recently been linked with a switch to Milan in exchange for Serginho and cash.
I liked Cuper's midfield selection. It was very positive with Dalmat included but why was El Chino left out for Kallon? Does anyone know?
Score is still 0-0 as i speak and this would be a very good result i think.

[Elvis Pressley]

full time 0-0, great result.

we'll take them at the san siro.

[doz]

Yes 0-0 is a great result. With Fabio and El Chino sure to start the second leg i know we can do it.;)

[doz]

I wonder should i create a thread for Il Fenomeno to bash Vieri in as he will no doubt do when he appears after those uncharacteristic misses from Bobo.

[InTeR_FaNaTiC]

ok so 0-0 maybe a good result .. but we have problems ... Conceicao was a pure joke .... any player that know hi game can stop him and you can kiss the right side goodbye ... even I can stop him :silly: ...... this maybe the first time that this happens but Guly did WELL compared with concaicao ..... " and he runs and runs and runs and runs ... he keeps running >> and he cross .... but the cross id wide " this sums up conceicao's style ... and this is what he did tonight .... no wonder why cuper doesn't like him that much ....... :annoyed:

and we clearly saw how a mistake it was to bech el cino .. i mean , this man is a genius ... four opportunities were created when he got in ..... he has to play in next match .....

our best players in the whole match are the full backs ... Zanetti and Coco we're absolutely brilliant ... just imagine how the match score line would be if we played with gresko instead of coco .. :D

and i think cuper ought to try the 3412 in our match with Roma .... then we can see how good it can be ...

[InTeR_FaNaTiC]

we also should work on penalties .... just in case :worried: :worried:

[tok87]

Well, the game finished 0:0. We played quite good, especially in the 2nd half, we should score at least once in the 2nd half, what a miss from Vieri, from 2 meters, like in italy - Korea.

Our best player was Dalmat, when Recoba went in, we saw a better Inter. Recoba should play in the first 11!

But i notice one think, we need a new player on the right side, Conceisao played really, really bad, and when Guly went in, he wasnt better.
We must win the 2nd leg!

FORZA INTER!

[vicdeman]

------------------------------------1. Toldo

----Coco------------Cordoba---------Cannavaro---------J.Zanetti



------ Concecao/Almeyda---------Di biagio-------C..Zanetti/Morfeo

------------------------------------Dalmat


-----------------------------Recoba-------Vieri



This is my line up Cordoba too good to miss out.
Great team when you look at it!
Concecao not sure give some other alternatives!!!!
Recoba should start!

[Severus]

0-0 against sporting lisbon is pathetic. especially when they were pressing inter into their own half for more than a good hour and were unfortunate to get atleast a couple of goals.

inter's going nowhere this year.

[nismo]

it was a decent game for inter, even though we didn't score, we also didn't concede any goals as well. morfeo was solid and okay on the left side, but recoba should be the obvious starter for vieri, he can create and score goals as well.
as for sergio......what can i say, it looks like nothing changed from last season.
home-leg, inter to win 3-0 or 3-1 for sure, with canna and recoba certain starters.

[Severus]

don't put so much faith in recoba because the last time you did that i reckon was when he came out flat footed against lazio.

[Skualo]

on that game everyone played bad not only recoba...especially gresko..anyway i couldt see the game...damn idiots of rai international they can pass a single game?...only stupids series or talk shows...well as i said i coulnd see it..but based on the declarations of zanetti we sucked in the first half but were bosses of the second one..so 0-0 is a fair result..san siro is waiting for them...

[FANTA]

conceicao is a class act. stop blaming him for everything. there's 10 other guys on the pitch you know.

[FANTA]

Originally posted by doz
I wonder should i create a thread for Il Fenomeno to bash Vieri in as he will no doubt do when he appears after those uncharacteristic misses from Bobo.

i say we make a thread to bash il fenomeno instead ;)

[Slavenik]

I'm satisfied, as this was the away match and we arent still fit enough. Against Roma Cuper willtry something, but i bet that in the second leg, when we will start with Cannavaro and El Chino we can win Sporting.

[Musiq]

Except for one or two great crosses, Conceicao was pathetic! So was Vieri in the second half. Coco showed real presence of mind lots of times, especially that clearing header! He'll probably become a very very important player this season.
But yes, in all, Inter did play poorly. Materazzi and Cordoba did not coordinate as well as they usually do, so there were a few gaps in defence. But really, not too many opportunities were created. Dalmat was good sending in excellent balls. KAllon fought well, really well. In fact, I feel Cuper should have brought in Recoba instead of Bobo, who was clearly very tired.

But in the second leg, things <i>should</i> be completely different. I still think that Cuper should persist with the Matrix-Cordoba defence duo, I mean they obviusly have a lot of experience working together and the Champion's League qualifiers are no times for experimentations! So let Cannavaro play in the start of Serie A. Another obvious thing is that Recoba should start!
Well, here's hoping! :D

[ilcapitano]

I was hoping for an away goal (1-1 would have been much better), but I'm content with this result.
There was also one surprise result I was quite happy about:
Zalaegerszegi (?) - ManU 1-0

[nerazzuri]

musiq, you cant just put canna in the startin line up....:rolling: ...his gotta win his position

[Musiq]

Didn't I just say that we should not use Canna for this 2nd leg? :rolleyes:

I never said that we should just plop him in the lineup!! ;)

[doz]

I think it would be lunacy not to guarantee Cannavaro a first team shirt.

[nerazzuri]

no shit:rolleyes:

[InTeR_FaNaTiC]

i know this may sound a bit stupid .. but if cuper ain't gonna field this :
toldo
canna - cordoba - matrix - coco
J.zanetti - dalmat - di biagio - morfeo
recoba - vieri

then we should make a sacrifice and play dalmat on the right , this seems the only solution,
i don't like it but whatcha gonna do ?

just for this game ... and then we should try the 3412 in training and in the friendly with roma

[Musiq]

Originally posted by doz
I think it would be lunacy not to guarantee Cannavaro a first team shirt.

Doz, what you're saying would probably be right in the middle of the Serie A, but not at a time like this. We have only one chance now, and if we blow it, we won't get a crack at the Champion's League, something that Inter richly deserves!

I'm not denying that Cannavaro is a world-class defender, but think about it. He is not yet used to playing with either of Materazzi or Cordoba. If he had arrived in the middle of July, fine!
Or if the Matrix-Cordoba duo was a crap combo, fine! But its not! MAterazzi and Cordoba work very very well together. So we have no time for experimentation, let our old defence duo do the job now. Cannavaro can join in a little later.

[Zek]

did not enjoy the game, Dalmat looked good, Morfeo looked lost, Cordoba and Matrix nice, Concesssaio was playing like a virgin girl, get a life Sergio!

back to holidays, gonna steal my father's sigar:D

[Skualo]

Originally posted by RoNaLdO_FaNaTiC
i know this may sound a bit stupid .. but if cuper ain't gonna field this :
toldo
canna - cordoba - matrix - coco
J.zanetti - dalmat - di biagio - morfeo
recoba - vieri

then we should make a sacrifice and play dalmat on the right , this seems the only solution,
i don't like it but whatcha gonna do ?

just for this game ... and then we should try the 3412 in training and in the friendly with roma

:thumbsup: everyone knows that i allways defend conceicao...but honestly i dont know whats happening with him:confused: ...i still beyying optimistic about him...anyway that formation is realy good..changing zanetti for conceicao and leaving cordoba instead of canna in the rigth...should be better

-------------------------------toldo---------------------------------
----cordoba-----cannavaro---materazzi--------coco---------
------------almeyda------------------------dalmat-----------------
--zanetti----------------------------------------------morfeo------
----------------vieri------------------recoba-----------------------

does anybody knows were is CRISTIANO ZANETTI???:confused:

[nismo]

Originally posted by FANTA
conceicao is a class act. stop blaming him for everything. there's 10 other guys on the pitch you know.
c'mon fanta
conceicao didn't hardly made a decent goal-scoring cross all game, maybe he's a class act for portugal and lazio-days, but nowadays he's a shadow of his former self. Sergio always had an excuse for playing so crappy
last season it was time to settle into the side
then it was coming back from injury (which i understand)
now it's the portugal players knows his tricks which is the reason why he couldn't perform:rolleyes:

[nismo]

Originally posted by §kualø


:thumbsup: everyone knows that i allways defend conceicao...but honestly i dont know whats happening with him:confused: ...i still beyying optimistic about him..
skualo my friend, i'll never understand why you have so much patience for this player. didn't we give him one whole season (minus injury time) to see what he can do?? i'm thinking i have more chance of winning the lotto than watching sergio string 5 world-class games together:D :angel:

[Skualo]

:fed-up: ..................:D

[nerazzuri]

conceicao is useless to us know but we should still give him a month THEN we'll judge him

[Slavenik]

After a month the calciomercato window will be closed. So we must react now, we should find a replacement. Maybe we should see what he will do against Roma.

[Skualo]

he will react and start to play like he does...hope so:(

[Musiq]

Originally posted by nismo

c'mon fanta
conceicao didn't hardly made a decent goal-scoring cross all game, maybe he's a class act for portugal and lazio-days, but nowadays he's a shadow of his former self. Sergio always had an excuse for playing so crappy
last season it was time to settle into the side
then it was coming back from injury (which i understand)
now it's the portugal players knows his tricks which is the reason why he couldn't perform:rolleyes:

Though I agree he didn't play properly, he did make a couple of good crosses - about half-way in the 1st half, only Bobo was too lazy to head them prooperly, both were cleared!

[Musiq]

Originally posted by Slavenik
After a month the calciomercato window will be closed. So we must react now, we should find a replacement. Maybe we should see what he will do against Roma.

We already have Okan Buruk, and we were very very very very very very STUPID to let go of Umit Davala. He was dynamite in the WC. Really, he would have been the perfect right winger.

[Skualo]

i forgoted umit:eek: ...hes very good we can bring him back in december...

[InTeR_FaNaTiC]

in december :eek: ????? really ??? i thought he's with gala till the end of the season ... well that's great

[nismo]

Originally posted by Musiq


We already have Okan Buruk, and we were very very very very very very STUPID to let go of Umit Davala. He was dynamite in the WC. Really, he would have been the perfect right winger.
yeah, umit was very good att he WC
i hope moratti brings him back before sergio screws up more

and you're right musiq, apart from those two crosses, sergio, as usual misfired everything else:mad:

[CoreDud]

well no team is ever complete is it? there will always be a problem spot or two...if there isn't there is no need for a transfer market:) Conceicao is playing badly thats for sure but this is only the first match guys i'm sure Cuper knows exactly what's he doing and if he finds out that there is not good enough quality for right wing than he can easily ask Moratti for a transfer or two...

[doz]

Originally posted by Musiq


We already have Okan Buruk, and we were very very very very very very STUPID to let go of Umit Davala. He was dynamite in the WC. Really, he would have been the perfect right winger.

Umit had already agreed a loan to Galatasaray through Milan when we signed him so we can't get him until next season.:cry:

[001]

we really need to do the job at the san siro.

I cant stand another season in the bloody Uefa Cup:mad:

[001]

Sporting stifled by Inter
Wednesday 14 August 2002
Sporting Clube de Portugal 0-0 Internazionale FC
Internazionale FC emerged the happier party from their UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first-leg match against Sporting Clube de Portugal as they held their hosts to a scoreless draw in Lisbon.

Narrow advantage
The result at the José Alvalade stadium means the Italian side will have a narrow advantage in the return leg on 27 August. A solitary strike will be enough at the San Siro, although Inter would have been happier with an away goal to defend.

Morfeo miss
Although neither side managed to score tonight, perhaps indicative of the absence of Ronaldo and Mario Jardel for Inter and Sporting respectively, the encounter was not lacking in goalscoring incidents. The best opportunity fell Inter's way in the 65th minute when Domenico Morfeo seemed certain to score only for Pablo Contreras to tackle him inside the five-metre box before clearing the ball to safety.

Tiago on hand
Sporting had opened brightly and César Prates almost gave Laszlo Bölöni's side the ideal start after eleven minutes, but his shot from outside the penalty area angled narrowly over the crossbar. The Italian side then responded with their best chance of the half after 20 minutes, but Sporting goalkeeper Tiago denied Christian Vieri and Morfeo in quick succession before Mohamed Kallon had his shot blocked and Sérgio Conceição fired over from five metres in a frantic spell inside the Portuguese team's penalty area.

Barbosa denied
Overall, the home side continued to pose the more potent attacking threat, with Marius Niculae going close with a low shot from outside the penalty area after 25 minutes, while Inter keeper Francesco Toldo had to race from his line to deny Pedro Barbosa on the stroke of half time after the Sporting captain dribbled past four defenders. Barbosa again tested Toldo shortly after the interval from 20 metres, but the Italian international managed to turn the ball around the post.

Strong finish
Inter finished the match strongly though, and a sign of things to come in the return was evident in the last eight minutes as Alvaro Recoba shot narrowly wide, Vieri missed the ball with the net gaping from five metres and Matías Almeyda forced a save from Tiago with a shot from outside the box.

[nismo]

Originally posted by CoreDud
well no team is ever complete is it? there will always be a problem spot or two...if there isn't there is no need for a transfer market:) Conceicao is playing badly thats for sure but this is only the first match guys i'm sure Cuper knows exactly what's he doing and if he finds out that there is not good enough quality for right wing than he can easily ask Moratti for a transfer or two...
yeah that's the problem, but these problem spot can be ironed out with the right purchases. but my point is this isn't sergio's first match in a inter shirt, he should've solved whatver it was that's wrong with him during the off season :rolleyes:

[CoreDud]

then Moratti better get a player or two, don't you think?

[nismo]

maybe try Beati out there on the right
he can't do any worse than sergio at the moment:D

[Musiq]

I still say, lets try to pass this season using Conceicao and Okan. In fact, we can play Dalmat on the right wing too. Or even the youth team player Salvatore Ferraro. I was quite impressed by him last season when he played in the UEFA Cup semi-final vs. Feyenoord

[nerazzuri]

dalmat can play anywhere in the midfield but his best postion is the wings:D

[Skualo]

actually i like him more centred...more space to create..he along side with cristiano could be destructive :)

[doz]

Dalmat should play centre. If we want to win things this season we have to be more attacking in CM and Di Biagio-Zanetti doesn't porovide that.

[doz]

I heard a rumour today that Feyenoord is offering us Brett Emerton.

Ignore this. It was supposed to go into the transfer rumours thread but it somehow ended up here.

doz

[nismo]

Originally posted by Musiq
I still say, lets try to pass this season using Conceicao and Okan. In fact, we can play Dalmat on the right wing too. Or even the youth team player Salvatore Ferraro. I was quite impressed by him last season when he played in the UEFA Cup semi-final vs. Feyenoord
Are you for real??
Ferraro plays as a defender, why put him as a winger??
it's like having cannavaro partnering up vieri:rolleyes: :D

[nerazzuri]

:eek: :silly: :rolling:

[Musiq]

Originally posted by nismo

Are you for real??
Ferraro plays as a defender, why put him as a winger??
it's like having cannavaro partnering up vieri:rolleyes: :D

You misunderstand me. I meant that when J Zanetti goes on his long runs, no other player in the Inter team (excep maybe Umit, but he's not here) can cover up for him. So Ferraro would be ideal. Or quite Simply, play Ferraro as RB and J Zanetti as RW

[Musiq]

Originally posted by nerazzuri
dalmat can play anywhere in the midfield but his best postion is the wings:D

Its quite the other way round. Dalmat can play anywhere in midfield, even as a striker (like he played vs. Roma last season), but his best positon in the the centre. Even Cuper says so!

[nerazzuri]

looks like your finally right for the first time

[Musiq]

Look who's talking!! :rolleyes:

And BTW, how come you and Nismo both have exactly the same thing as your location - Representin' Perth to the fullest!

[nerazzuri]

so i live in perth why cant i copy him

[Musiq]

OK..........OK..........Chill out!

Just curious ;) !! :D

[Musiq]

Actually, the reason is, when I was posting at Inter-fans.com, someone there also had exactly the same location! ;) Weird, isn't it?

[nerazzuri]

i bet u someone else on the WSB has the same location as u:dontcare:

[nismo]

Originally posted by Musiq


You misunderstand me. I meant that when J Zanetti goes on his long runs, no other player in the Inter team (excep maybe Umit, but he's not here) can cover up for him. So Ferraro would be ideal. Or quite Simply, play Ferraro as RB and J Zanetti as RW
You never mentioned anything about javier zanetti in that post, and i quote " In fact, we can play Dalmat on the right wing too. Or even the youth team player Salvatore Ferraro." Where did you mention using ferraro as a RB??
But i'll give you the benefit of the doubt this time round. Next time i won't let you off so lightly :evil: :D just kidding,

[nismo]

Originally posted by Musiq
Actually, the reason is, when I was posting at Inter-fans.com, someone there also had exactly the same location! ;) Weird, isn't it?
That person was me
i was the only one on that board with that location, until it was defunct and they transferred me hear:(
but this place rocks, it's 10 times better than the forum at inter-fans.com:D

[InTeR_FaNaTiC]

Originally posted by nerazzuri
i bet u someone else on the WSB has the same location as u:dontcare:


ya dat's me ;) :D :eek: :evil:

[Musiq]

Originally posted by nismo

That person was me
i was the only one on that board with that location, until it was defunct and they transferred me hear:(
but this place rocks, it's 10 times better than the forum at inter-fans.com:D

So it was you! What name were you using there? I was a little gullible about posting then, so I used my own name ;) :D !!

But yes, it's really great here. The only thing I liked more about Inter-fans.com were the ratings - they were all in Inter's terms
Like for instance, instead of Fifa President, we had Massimo Moratti and one other rating was Hector Cuper !!

[nismo]

Originally posted by Musiq


So it was you! What name were you using there? I was a little gullible about posting then, so I used my own name ;) :D !!

But yes, it's really great here. The only thing I liked more about Inter-fans.com were the ratings - they were all in Inter's terms
Like for instance, instead of Fifa President, we had Massimo Moratti and one other rating was Hector Cuper !!
I still used the same nick: nismo when i was at interfans.com
It was only me and this guy called odoacer that posted on a regular basis, it was sooo boring just me and him posting all the time. The rankings there were good, but they were insane, it's like 10000 posts to reach the top star or something:cool:

[Musiq]

I was vinod there. I started posting a little late. I got about 250 posts there and I was rated an Inter Starter. Here, after posting 75, I'm rated a CLub Starter!! ;)

[Sebastian]

Originally posted by Musiq
I was vinod there. I started posting a little late. I got about 250 posts there and I was rated an Inter Starter. Here, after posting 75, I'm rated a CLub Starter!! ;)


posts are quite valuable to you right???

[Musiq]

No No No No......... I was just comparing the difference in the ratings between these 2 forums.

[nismo]

Originally posted by elcino



posts are quite valuable to you right???
it's the only reason why he's here
he wants to follow in your footsteps elcino heheheh
j/k

[Musiq]

Don't be so idiotic! :silly: :yawn::rolleyes:

I only compared the difference in the ratings!:p

[nismo]

Originally posted by Musiq
Don't be so idiotic! :silly: :yawn::rolleyes:

I only compared the difference in the ratings!:p
clam down musiq
j/k means just kidding, or didn't you know that.:confused: :D
not the humourous type i guess :rolleyes:

[nerazzuri]

lol:D

[Sebastian]

Originally posted by Musiq
Don't be so idiotic! :silly: :yawn::rolleyes:

I only compared the difference in the ratings!:p

chill out man.....there's no need of ARGUING and insolting.....at least not on INTERNET........:D....

this is quite UNIQUE forum......get use to lot of METAPHORIC crap....and you're voyage through out this VAST realm will be more satisfying...;).....all you need to do is download some HUMOR in to you're BRAIN programes....:silly:....

[nismo]

Originally posted by elcino


chill out man.....there's no need of ARGUING and insolting.....at least not on INTERNET........:D....

this is quite UNIQUE forum......get use to lot of METAPHORIC crap....and you're voyage through out this VAST realm will be more satisfying...;).....all you need to do is download some HUMOR in to you're BRAIN programes....:silly:....
follow elcino's example musiq :D
and be humble and a sense of humour
no need fot offensive material, unless it's really required or in self defense. :angel:

[nerazzuri]

like u and i. its always a battle;)

[Sebastian]

Originally posted by nismo

follow elcino's example musiq :D
and be humble and a sense of humour
no need fot offensive material, unless it's really required or in self defense. :angel:

offense is the best possible defense....:silly:...:D......but not on INTERNET...:D.....it's quite easy when you're sitting behind you're computer drinkin some juice....while you're girlfriend is sthrenghtening here FOREARM......:silly:......

you know i was a member of the TEKKEN board...i still am...but that is the most illogical thing i ever saw....you all know the game TEKKEN....and im a true MASTER.......but the fact is that you just cant proove to some hot shot on INTERNET......it's a fighting game and he just"i will kick you're ass you son of a bitch".......and how can i proove him otherwise????
i cant...:silly:......cos there's is no logical and possible way......as long as i dont find him away from this VERTUAL reality....it's impossible to thrash his ass and convinse him that"it's impossible to be HUMBLE when you're NO ONE and NOTHING"....am i wrong???

that's why if you dare to insolt someone on INTERNET....you're allready lost the "duel".....you cant fight FIRE with FIRE.....just be COOL and the FLAME will desapear.....;).....

[Musiq]

Yeah......Thankzzzzzz for your <i>advice</i> ;) !!

Good old Nerazzuri, he's always ready for a nice little duel with me! :D Me Likey.....................:evil:

[nismo]

Originally posted by elcino

that's why if you dare to insolt someone on INTERNET....you're allready lost the "duel".....you cant fight FIRE with FIRE.....just be COOL and the FLAME will desapear.....;).....
good words elcino :thumbsup:
don't add fuel to the FLAME by slagging eachother off, be like a buddhist and use passive resistance, and non-offensive means to settle a dispute, and eventually peace will be amongst those.:angel:

[nerazzuri]

nice words monk:thumbsup:

[Sebastian]

Originally posted by nerazzuri
nice words monk:thumbsup:


....MONKS are the WISEST people alive.....:smoking:......and LIFE it's all about WISDOM and HEALTH......:evil:....

[Musiq]

Why don't we get back to the <i>ORIGINAL</i> theme of this thread? ;)

Well, 4 more days to go for the clash! Originally, I was nervous after our 1st leg performance, but after the Pirelli Cup win, on seeing the way they played, I feel quite confident. The atmosphere over the San Siro's sure to be ELECTRIC! Ltes hope Conceicao's word are true:


<b>Portuguese teams never perform well away from home!</b>

[Il fenomeno]

Champions League 3rd round second-leg match, Tuesday 27th August 2002 21:00 at San Siro

First leg: 0-0

Well, here we go, this will pretty much determine our season.

Should we win convincingly, and with R9 returning, im sure that we will come very, very far in both throphees.

Should we however loose, this will probably a mediocre season. I do not expect us to finish above 2nd place.

We got a deserved draw in the away game, and now it is in our hands, while the fans will be cheering us... since the red section is closed, expect some 40,000 fans there...

If Jardel is not playing... then this is the line-up:

Porbable line-up:

GK: F.TOLDO

RB: J.ZANETTI
CB: F.CANNAVARO
CB: I.CORDOBA
LB: F.COCO

RM: A.GULY (D.MORFEO)
CM: M.ALMEYDA
CM: S.DALMAT
LM: S.CONCEICAO

AT: C.VIERI
AT: A.RECOBA

SUBS:
FONTANA
MATERAZZI
GAMARRA
MORFEO
DI BIAGIO
CORRADI
RONALDO

I PREDICT INTER TO WIN 3-1...

FORZA INTER

[nismo]

Originally posted by Musiq
Why don't we get back to the <i>ORIGINAL</i> theme of this thread? ;)

Well, 4 more days to go for the clash! Originally, I was nervous after our 1st leg performance, but after the Pirelli Cup win, on seeing the way they played, I feel quite confident. The atmosphere over the San Siro's sure to be ELECTRIC! Ltes hope Conceicao's word are true:


sergio said that he'll get back his form this season, and if that's anythign to by, i'm not optimistic about the return leg!!!

j/k i'm sure inter will over power them.
morfeo is in top form
dalmat, if he's not lazy, will be creating havoc in CM
recoba, if he can reproduce the goods in the first leg will definitely give us a boost
canna....what can i say, maybe the pirelli cup was a one off, i'm sure he shore up the defence.

[Musiq]

Dalmat didn't seem to be LAZY, but a little apprehensive. PErhaps he was slightly scared of picking up an injury before the CL match, so he didn't give it his all.

But I expect he'll do MUCH MUCH better in the 2nd leg.

But one thing about conceicao, he playedd better vs. Roma than with Sporting. So maybe Cuper wil try him on the left flank.

And Guly seems to be improving. I hope he does a good job on the right flank this season.

[Il fenomeno]

nismo... u forgot vieri :)

Btw, there is no chance that Ronnie will be there... since he is overweight... by 8 kgs i heard... that'll take him around two weeks to get fit... he might feature in the derby on the 1st... but against Torino at home... he will be there.

[Il fenomeno]

Btw, Cannavaro did a PR yesterday, inviting fans to fill the San Siro.

And he really got an answer,,, over 20,000 tickets have already been dold, this is 3 days before the kickoff.

I hope to see atleast 40,000!!!

FORZA INTER

[001]

i hope he is there, and i hope he isn't there

man football screws with your mind


:D

[Musiq]

What do you mean by that? :confused: Do you want him there or not? ;)

What lineup do you guys predict? This is mine:
<center>
<b>
Toldo(Fontana)
<p>
Zanetti~~~~~~Cannavaro~~~~~~Cordoba~~~~~~Coco
<p>
Guly~~~~~~Almeyda~~~~~~Dalmat~~~~~~~Morfeo
<p>
Vieri(Corradi)~~~~~~Recoba
<p>
<center>
</b>
Seeing that Guly did a good job vs. Roma on the right and that Cuper adores him, I think he'll probably get a starting chance.
In the centre of midfield, I would have instinctively put Gigi, but he's injured and I doubt if he'll recover in time.

The same thing with Toldo and Bobo. If they recover ion time, they'll certainly start, but if they don't, Fontana and Corradi will get their chances, though Corradi sucked big-time vs. Roma!

There's another possibility that Cuper might kick out Corradi all together and put Conceicao on the left and Morfeo to partner Recoba up front.

[doz]

I'd go along with your starting XI what you're saying Musiq although i don't think there's any chance of a Recoba-Morfeo frontline. Too similar.

[stefan9]

Canna and cordoba can't be the cd's they are too short we will be exposed .
This is my lineupp:

GK:Toldo

RB:Cordoba/Canna CD:Canna/Cordoba CD:Matrix LB:Coco


RM:J.Zanetti CM:Dalmat CM:C.Zanetti LM:Morfeo

FC:Vieri FC:Recoba

[Musiq]

In Sporting Lisbon, they don't exactly have towering giant-like forwards to contend with :rolleyes: , so I don't think Canna Cordoba is a bad idea. In the 1st leg, all Inter needed was to read the game well. And that's exactly what Cannavaro does. His interceptions are perfect. So I don't think there's much chance that Canna will not be playing.

[Musiq]

Originally posted by doz
I'd go along with your starting XI what you're saying Musiq although i don't think there's any chance of a Recoba-Morfeo frontline. Too similar.

True that :D, but don't you think it will be a lot more succesful than Recoba-Corradi? Because Recoba can create as well as scores, while Morfeo scores about 40% of the times when he's assisted. While Corradi was simply pathetic in the CL. Besides, Morefeo came close to scoring on 2 separate occasions vs. S.Lisbon.

So I think it will be quite OK, but still, the probablity of Corradi playing is much higher!

[stefan9]

Originally posted by Musiq
In Sporting Lisbon, they don't exactly have towering giant-like forwards to contend with :rolleyes: , so I don't think Canna Cordoba is a bad idea. In the 1st leg, all Inter needed was to read the game well. And that's exactly what Cannavaro does. His interceptions are perfect. So I don't think there's much chance that Canna will not be playing.

Well if you look at my lineup you will see I do have canna in just not sure if he or cordoba should be rb.

[Musiq]

I did notice that. What I'm saying is that you don't need to think twice before putting Cannavaro in. But its highly improbable that J Zanetti will play anything except right back for this particular match!

[nismo]

Originally posted by Musiq
What do you mean by that? :confused: Do you want him there or not? ;)

What lineup do you guys predict? This is mine:
<center>
<b>
Toldo(Fontana)
<p>
Zanetti~~~~~~Cannavaro~~~~~~Cordoba~~~~~~Coco
<p>
Guly~~~~~~Almeyda~~~~~~Dalmat~~~~~~~Morfeo
<p>
Vieri(Corradi)~~~~~~Recoba
<p>
<center>
</b>

Good line-up, maybe it'll be wiser to have guly instead of sergio on RW, since guly suprsingly is in better form than the portuguese. Morfeo should also start, as he's just been getting better and better each game. Almeyda and Dalmat in CM is likely, the black zidane impressed in the 1st leg, and almeyda is a reliable option. But i dont know if bobo is going to recover in time, fingers crossed. The backline is the only objection i have, canna and cordoba weren't exactly convincing in the pirelli cup, so mayve cuper will opt for a canna-matrix.

[Il fenomeno]

Well, I can assure you that Toldo and Vieri have recovered, and will be on the pitch from the start.

Gigi I guess is slightly injured... after the slovenia game.

GK: F.Toldo

RB: J.Zanetti
CB: I.Cordoba
CB: F.Cannavaro
LB: F.Coco

RM: S.Conceicao
CM: M.Almeyda
CM: S.Dalmat
LM: D.Morfeo

AT: A.Recoba
AT: C.Vieri

Im not sure u should trust guly to be honest. Let him sit on the bench, if we are down or in trouble, maybe then put him on.

Hey, Sergio was also excellent against Roma.

Inter to win 3-0 end of story.

[nerazzuri]

thats a good line up Il fenomeno

[Musiq]

Originally posted by Il fenomeno

Im not sure u should trust guly to be honest. Let him sit on the bench, if we are down or in trouble, maybe then put him on.

Hey, Sergio was also excellent against Roma.

Inter to win 3-0 end of story.

Guly is in pretty good form. After the match vs. Roma, (where the only blunder he made was missing that goal from 1m away) I'm convinced that he deserved his place.

Excellent vs. Roma? Did you even watch the match, or just read the Inter.it report where they make even the most stupid players look good? :rolleyes:

Conceicao, to be honest, was pathetic (I say this b'cos I usually back him!;) ). He did do better than vs. S. Lisbon, but still quite pathetic! :silly:

No, IMO, Cuper not will want to risk it again. Conceicao will probably not start vs Sporting. He might replace Guly(or whoever plays on the RW) in the later stages, unless of course the unlikely occurence of Inter trailing is happening!

[InTeR_FaNaTiC]

well maybe cuper will try to surprise Sporting by putting Dalmat on the RW and Morfeo as a LW ... and maybe squeeze Almeyda and DB ( or emre or whatever ) and even Guly who played in the center this pre-season .... maybe he'll try that :eek: ;) :cool:

[doz]

I don't see Inter winning 3-0 or anything close to that and i think it's a ridiculous prediction. I'm just hoping we get through to be honest although 3-0 would be nice.:silly:

[nismo]

I reckon it'll be 2-0 or 2-1
anything above that scoreline will be a bonus
but like doz said, regardless of the scoreline, we should all just pray inter qualify.

[Il fenomeno]

i take it they will want to come an defend, and take the match to extratime. They will probably play counter attacks lets see.

But im positive we will score many goals, since we create awsome lot of tap-ins... but miss most of them.

Yeah, I guess Conceicao wasn't that good.

We still have time to get a good right midfiedler... maybe get Oddo or Puyol to cover Zanetti in the back...

[doz]

Over 30,000 tickets have now been sold for the game. That's good going for a CL qualifier.

[BLAUGRANA]

Originally posted by Il fenomeno
i take it they will want to come an defend, and take the match to extratime. They will probably play counter attacks lets see.

But im positive we will score many goals, since we create awsome lot of tap-ins... but miss most of them.

Yeah, I guess Conceicao wasn't that good.

We still have time to get a good right midfiedler... maybe get Oddo or Puyol to cover Zanetti in the back...

Forget about Puyol. He'll be at Barca for a long time.

[InTeR_FaNaTiC]

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RECOBA IS THE MASTER !!!!!!!

2-0 BABY ... YAAAAAAAA

DB and Recoba ... WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO
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[doz]

Yes, a solid win and we are in the draw on Friday. I didn't think it would be this comfortable but there you have it. A good result.;)
And apologies to il Fenomeno whom i ridiculed when he predicted 3-0.:o

[Musiq]

And I thought Inter would <i>just</i> scrape thru! Wow, the game was gr8.

After the 1st goal Inter slowly took control. Recoba was too good, but there were times when he should have passed the ball more.

And Dalmat, though he was good, he did take a little too much time to pass the ball around when the guys came near the pen. area of Sporting.

But Morfeo, whoooooooohoooooooooooo!! Hes definately earned a starting place for himself this season on that troublesome left side.

[InTeR_FaNaTiC]

oh my god ...... im freakin out !!!!! this is the best fealin in the ***kin world ...... WOOOW YAAH .....
ok ... relax ... breathe ...... pheeeew !!! man ..... ok .... i have to say .... we're the best team in the whole entire world ...... and we proved it today ...... even without that piece of sh!t .... u know who ..... :D

we dominated almost the whole match .. except from minute 20 to 30 i think in the first half ..... then out team was magnificent ....... Toldo was Splened .... coupla great saves .... ;)

coco was great .... he moved forward alot and created great chances and made great duo with morfeo who was just great .... morfeo had the freedom to move to center .... and so did Guly who did a way much better job than sergio in the first leg ........ zanetti didn't move much forward most of the game cause sporting pressed from that side ............. cordoba and matrix we're great .. didn't let sporting guys shake em .... di biagio .... what can i say ... out warrior .... magnificent jump and nettin the first goal when he recieved the greatest cross from recoba ( the master ) ........ Dalmat .... oh what can i say , he did everything asked from him .... he made great passes , one of them was for morfeo who then crossed for recoba to score the 2nd goal of the match ......... Recoba .... oh baby , that's why we all HAVE to LOVE HIM ..... vieri moved well and cooperated with recoba greatly ......... but he obviously wasn't in full fitness , due to his injury , but he put on a lot of effort ... and he succeded ..... Canna played half of the 2nd half on the right and cuper pushed zanetti as a RW .... they did a fine job but that was when the match went into it's last moments and sporting sort of gave up and didn't play well ...... i wished he tried a 3412 .... but it was kinda similar :)


BOOOOOOOOOY WHAT A RELIEF huh!!



BTW .... what happened to the board .... it wasn't workin for like .. the whole day , i hate when this shit
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[nismo]

Congratulations inter tifosis :D :thumbsup:
we're going to play in the Champions League!!!
I guess my prediction was correct, inter won by 2 goals :)
I watched just the highlights, not the whole match, but it was a very positive match indeeds. I won't give my analysis of the match, since i'll only be echoing Fanatics and Musiq, which by the way Musiq, your inter hero gigi was superb. even if there was a so-called push on their GK by the sporting players :rolleyes: But all i wanted to say is Morfeo has solved our LW problem, he's proved to us he's capable of playing on the LW in a handful of matches, than sergio did on the RW for the whole season:eek: I can't believe Guly performed better than Sergio on the RW this time round, he even put in a good pass to recoba in the firsthalf around 10minutes. Dalmat has a solid game, a good combination between recoba and morfeo for the 2nd goal, but like what musiq said, he hog the ball sometimes, but the 1st leg game he played better, othen than that he had a good game. Recoba man-of-the-match, that's it.
I'll see everyone in the Champions League:angel:

[BLAUGRANA]

No highlights and no game for me. I did read a couple of match reports though. The two things that really stood out for me were the performances of Recoba and Morfeo. Both sounded brilliant. Now we're in and based on what I've seen from the draw lots, we can't really get stuck with any of the big boys in the first round (if I'm remembering correctly).

[nismo]

Originally posted by AZULGRANA
No highlights and no game for me. I did read a couple of match reports though. The two things that really stood out for me were the performances of Recoba and Morfeo. Both sounded brilliant. Now we're in and based on what I've seen from the draw lots, we can't really get stuck with any of the big boys in the first round (if I'm remembering correctly).
hey zul
i remember how last CL, barca was top seeded, even though they qualified through 3rd round which was peculiar since they finished 4th for that past season. so how does the ranking work, apart from influences from g14??

[Musiq]

Actually Zul, we're very likely to get stuck with at least one other powerhouse. I don't want to sound pessimistic, but there it is. :(

We're in Gp. 1 along with Man.U, Real, Juve and a host of other top clubs.


And yes, that pass from Guly to Recoba was simply world class, I must say I didn't expect it of Guly!!

And did you see that header ball which Morfeo sent in to Bobo that split the defence in the 2nd half? WOW!! That guy rulz!! Bobo seemed to struggle a little to keep up with the pace., I suppose it's b'cos of his thigh injury.

[InTeR_FaNaTiC]

OH MAN , now i feel it'd b kinda unfair to bench one of Dalmat , Morfeo or Recoba just because ronaldo will be back .... especially morfeo ( who is the most likely to be benched ) ..... this is gonna be tough ..... all of them EARNED their startin places and just because a player like ronaldo is back doesn't mean benchin on of those .... this is crap ... :( .... i hope cuper finda a solution ..... this midfield line-up is crazy , i know but .. :

Morfeo (LW) - Gigi - Recoba - Dalmat(RW)

in my dreams :p

[InTeR_FaNaTiC]

anyone happens to know when is the draw for the 1st group stage ????????? and when will it start ????

[tok87]

Quite a good game by Inter.
We overplayed Sporting. Only till the 1st goal we were a litlle bit nervous, but its normal, cause it was a very imoprtant match.

Man of the match was Di Biagio, Recoba also played quite well, Cannavaro also did a good job in the 2nd half, he is a great player and its very good, that hes with us.

We will see on friday, who will be our opponent in the group fase.
We re "testa di serie", so we cant get Manchester, bayern, valencia, real...........

FORZA INTER! :evil:

[Il fenomeno]

It was a good game..

Vieri is not really that good at this moment. And he should definetly not be untouchable, isn't that CUper's policy? Also he has half-injured, why was he even used, he basically did not do anything.

Guly's pass was pure "s. american" class...

Morfeo is also good, but he should not play on the left flank, should he?

Coco was also pretty hard... really agressive... he will achieve great things.

We had an attendace of over 50,000 people, which was amazing.

FORZA INTER

[Sebastian]

Originally posted by RoNaLdO_FaNaTiC
anyone happens to know when is the draw for the 1st group stage ????????? and when will it start ????

it'll be on THURSDAY on6:03'5 sec....

[Sebastian]

...16'03'5 sec.....:D.....

[Juan]

I, for one, am shocked to see Inter at the top seeding tier. Good for them, as they will avoid Madrid, Bayern, ManU and those class.

For those who want to know, the ranking is derived from some strange formula that considers the European performances of each team in the last 5 years.

If you ask me, this Champs League will be very interesting, as many of the top team that weren´t on it for some time, such as Inter, will return.

I really dig Cuper as a coach, and I think this team can break the Italian jinx of the last few years (not that I would like it to, since I´m not much of an Inter fan, but... ;) )

[Musiq]

Yes but there are good teams in the other tiers, for eg. Roma and Milan. I would definately not want Milan. Roma, I don't mind!

[nismo]

Originally posted by Musiq
Yes but there are good teams in the other tiers, for eg. Roma and Milan. I would definately not want Milan. Roma, I don't mind!
don't worry musiq
no two teams from the same country can be put in the same group
so that's okay.
i think the worse scenario we could have
is a group sharing with deportivo, lens, and Feyenoord IMO anyways

[Musiq]

Yeah? But I thought that the draw is based only by the seedings, so its perfectly possible to have 2 teams of the same country.

Well, in that case, we have not much to worry about.

[nismo]

Originally posted by Musiq
Yeah? But I thought that the draw is based only by the seedings, so its perfectly possible to have 2 teams of the same country.

Well, in that case, we have not much to worry about.
Yes, it is possible based on seedings
but UEFA rules goes that 2 teams from the same country don't play eachother in the same group. Go to uefa.com to read more about the rules
but be warned they're pretty confusing, especially with rankings, and group progression