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What The Italian Media Said About Inter's Champions League Victory: Heroic Inter Deny Barcelona
The Italian media were quite pleased with Inter's performance in Barcelona...
| Bet: | Returns: | Inter £12.22 | Draw £58.00 | Novara £120.00 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Inter £12.50 | Draw £52.50 | Novara £130.00 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Inter £12.50 | Draw £55.00 | Novara £100.00 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Inter £12.50 | Draw £55.00 | Novara £130.00 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Inter £12.50 | Draw £50.00 | Novara £100.00 |
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Apr 29, 2010 1:00:00 PM
By Stefan Coerts
Inter went to Barcelona with only one thing on their minds: defending their 3-1 lead from the first leg of their Champions League semi-final. The Italian champions were dealt a huge blow on the half-hour mark when Thiago Motta received his marching orders, but they continued to impress at the back and only Gerard Pique was able to beat the Inter defence. The Nerazzurri thus qualified for the final by beating Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate.
"After 30 [sic] of years of waiting, Inter have managed to qualify for the final of the Champions League again. A night filled with passion and determination helped Inter past Barcelona. An Inter built of steel and moulded by tactician Jose Mourinho have eliminated the European and world champions in a tactically perfect performance.
"The Spanish attack was nowhere to be seen, Messi and Ibrahimovic were virtually invisible. Even the injury of Pandev, the dismissal of Thiago Motta and the hostility of 90,000 Barcelona fans could not deny this Inter. The next opponents will be Bayern Munich and the Bavarians are the only team left to deny Moratti his dream of winning the Champions League. The dream of winning the treble continues."
"Why would you go out and try to score goals if you can also slip up and bounce back, defend and stay in the game? Inter are back in the final of the Champions League and go to Madrid on May 22. They did it the Italian way, with a lot of suffering and parking the bus. By losing 1-0, but winning 3-2 on aggregate.
"Samuel starring as 'the wall', Zanetti as 'the anti-Messi', Lucio, Julio Cesar and all the others. Eto'o and Milito playing in the middle of the park, Mariga tackling in the dying minutes of the game. These men are the heroes of the evening in Barcelona. Who needs 90,000 fans supporting the team if 5,000 fans come out winners in the end? The heroes stood on the pitch and the directors of the play sat on the bench, with Mourinho taking the stage after the final whistle.
"Now Bayern Munich will be next, with Inter starting the game as favourites this time. Nobody seemed able to stop Barcelona on their way to yet another Champions League final. Nobody except eleven Inter players, or ten for that matters, in a very compact side."
"One of the finest results during the Massimo Moratti era has kept the Inter president's Champions League dream alive. Gerard Pique's late goal was not enough to help Barcelona to the final. Yet another tactical masterpiece from Mourinho was too much for the Catalans. Not even Thiago Motta's early dismissal could frustrate a near perfect defensive performance. Messi and his fellow attackers never stood a chance against towering defenders Lucio and Samuel.
"More than 75 per cent possession led to only one serious chance for Barcelona, a suspicious Pique goal. That goal only woke up a game that looked already dead and buried though. However, Moratti will long remember that disallowed Bojan Krkic goal in the dying seconds of the game.
"Inter travel to Madrid knowing that they have overcome all kinds of problems. The Nerazzurri fully deserved their qualification for the final. Xavi and his companions played pretty much every ball through the centre of the pitch instead of using the wings and Julio Cesar was never really threatened between the sticks."
"What we saw from Inter tonight was a throwback to some of the great Italian defensive displays from the past. Granted, the Nerazzurri do not possess a single homegrown player in their entire starting XI, let alone their back four, and Barcelona certainly played into their hands with their somewhat predictable short passing game, but it cannot be underestimated what an achievement it is to keep at bay the world’s best attacking unit for over an hour with just ten men. Kudos to Jose Mourinho once again, of course, for getting his tactics spot on.
"Congratulations not only to Inter, but also to Italian football which has suffered horribly since the Calciopoli scandal in 2006. For all the talk of crisis, Serie A could win its second Champions League in the last four years and third in the last eight years – more than the Spanish La Liga and more than the English Premier League. Now just imagine if there hadn’t been a crisis!"
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Corriere dello Sport - Mythical Inter Join Bayern Munich In Final
"After 30 [sic] of years of waiting, Inter have managed to qualify for the final of the Champions League again. A night filled with passion and determination helped Inter past Barcelona. An Inter built of steel and moulded by tactician Jose Mourinho have eliminated the European and world champions in a tactically perfect performance.
"The Spanish attack was nowhere to be seen, Messi and Ibrahimovic were virtually invisible. Even the injury of Pandev, the dismissal of Thiago Motta and the hostility of 90,000 Barcelona fans could not deny this Inter. The next opponents will be Bayern Munich and the Bavarians are the only team left to deny Moratti his dream of winning the Champions League. The dream of winning the treble continues."
Gazzetta dello Sport - Heroic Inter Hold On In Camp Nou
"Why would you go out and try to score goals if you can also slip up and bounce back, defend and stay in the game? Inter are back in the final of the Champions League and go to Madrid on May 22. They did it the Italian way, with a lot of suffering and parking the bus. By losing 1-0, but winning 3-2 on aggregate.
"Samuel starring as 'the wall', Zanetti as 'the anti-Messi', Lucio, Julio Cesar and all the others. Eto'o and Milito playing in the middle of the park, Mariga tackling in the dying minutes of the game. These men are the heroes of the evening in Barcelona. Who needs 90,000 fans supporting the team if 5,000 fans come out winners in the end? The heroes stood on the pitch and the directors of the play sat on the bench, with Mourinho taking the stage after the final whistle.
"Now Bayern Munich will be next, with Inter starting the game as favourites this time. Nobody seemed able to stop Barcelona on their way to yet another Champions League final. Nobody except eleven Inter players, or ten for that matters, in a very compact side."
Tuttosport - Epic Inter, Mourinho Makes Champions League Final
"One of the finest results during the Massimo Moratti era has kept the Inter president's Champions League dream alive. Gerard Pique's late goal was not enough to help Barcelona to the final. Yet another tactical masterpiece from Mourinho was too much for the Catalans. Not even Thiago Motta's early dismissal could frustrate a near perfect defensive performance. Messi and his fellow attackers never stood a chance against towering defenders Lucio and Samuel.
"More than 75 per cent possession led to only one serious chance for Barcelona, a suspicious Pique goal. That goal only woke up a game that looked already dead and buried though. However, Moratti will long remember that disallowed Bojan Krkic goal in the dying seconds of the game.
"Inter travel to Madrid knowing that they have overcome all kinds of problems. The Nerazzurri fully deserved their qualification for the final. Xavi and his companions played pretty much every ball through the centre of the pitch instead of using the wings and Julio Cesar was never really threatened between the sticks."
Goal.com International - Inter Beat Barcelona, As Defence Beats Attack
"What we saw from Inter tonight was a throwback to some of the great Italian defensive displays from the past. Granted, the Nerazzurri do not possess a single homegrown player in their entire starting XI, let alone their back four, and Barcelona certainly played into their hands with their somewhat predictable short passing game, but it cannot be underestimated what an achievement it is to keep at bay the world’s best attacking unit for over an hour with just ten men. Kudos to Jose Mourinho once again, of course, for getting his tactics spot on.
"Congratulations not only to Inter, but also to Italian football which has suffered horribly since the Calciopoli scandal in 2006. For all the talk of crisis, Serie A could win its second Champions League in the last four years and third in the last eight years – more than the Spanish La Liga and more than the English Premier League. Now just imagine if there hadn’t been a crisis!"
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