Coppa Italia: Juventus - Inter [Jan 30, 2008] (1 Viewer)
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Inter will face Juventus in the Coppa Italia tonight without strikers Hernan Crespo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Roberto Mancini won’t be able to call upon Crespo, as the Argentine hitman is suffering from the 'flu’, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not feature to allow him to recover for the weekend’s Serie A encounter with Empoli.
Brazilian defender Douglas Maicon returns from injury and Cristian Chivu is likely to play with Nicolas Burdisso suspended after his dismissal in the first leg.
Luis Figo is unlikely to play any part, despite being tipped to return from a lengthy spell on the sidelines after damaging his fibula during a clash with Pavel Nedved when the two teams met in the League.
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Roberto Mancini won’t be able to call upon Crespo, as the Argentine hitman is suffering from the 'flu’, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not feature to allow him to recover for the weekend’s Serie A encounter with Empoli.
Brazilian defender Douglas Maicon returns from injury and Cristian Chivu is likely to play with Nicolas Burdisso suspended after his dismissal in the first leg.
Luis Figo is unlikely to play any part, despite being tipped to return from a lengthy spell on the sidelines after damaging his fibula during a clash with Pavel Nedved when the two teams met in the League.
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Well, you didn't expect Cruz to be on the bench, did you ?
As for Suazo, he just came back from injury and Inter are likely to start with 4-4-1-1 with Cruz as the lone striker.
It may be bad if the result won't be good for us and we have to go all attack. In that case introducing Suazo will be worse than starting with Suazo
As for Suazo, he just came back from injury and Inter are likely to start with 4-4-1-1 with Cruz as the lone striker.
It may be bad if the result won't be good for us and we have to go all attack. In that case introducing Suazo will be worse than starting with Suazo
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Ranieri Confident Ahead Of Coppa Clash With Inter
Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri has admitted he is confident his side can beat Inter in the second leg of the Coppa Italia quarter final.
The teams drew the first leg 2-2 in a cracking game which saw Inter play for almost 80 minutes with 10 men and then conceding twice in the last few minutes to allow Juventus to peg them back.
The Former Chelsea coach is now ready to finish the job in the Derby d’Italia on Wednesday night. He also revealed that Mauro Camoranesi may feature after returning from injury.
“I hope Camoranesi does the same thing he did when we played them in the league,” said Ranieri, refering to his player scoring a late equaliser.
“Mauro is ready to help us as is Stendardo, I have a lot of belief in him, he’s a good player with experience in the Champions League and I’m sure he will settle well here.”
“Inter will come here to get a result and to win but so will we. We can’t compare ourselves to them but we will try and go through. We have to play like we did last week without making the same mistakes.”
The winner of this tie will face a potential banana skin game with either Fiorentina or Lazio in the Semi Final.
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Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri has admitted he is confident his side can beat Inter in the second leg of the Coppa Italia quarter final.
The teams drew the first leg 2-2 in a cracking game which saw Inter play for almost 80 minutes with 10 men and then conceding twice in the last few minutes to allow Juventus to peg them back.
The Former Chelsea coach is now ready to finish the job in the Derby d’Italia on Wednesday night. He also revealed that Mauro Camoranesi may feature after returning from injury.
“I hope Camoranesi does the same thing he did when we played them in the league,” said Ranieri, refering to his player scoring a late equaliser.
“Mauro is ready to help us as is Stendardo, I have a lot of belief in him, he’s a good player with experience in the Champions League and I’m sure he will settle well here.”
“Inter will come here to get a result and to win but so will we. We can’t compare ourselves to them but we will try and go through. We have to play like we did last week without making the same mistakes.”
The winner of this tie will face a potential banana skin game with either Fiorentina or Lazio in the Semi Final.
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Calcio Debate: Inter – Juve & Football Rivalries
Tonight sees another potentially explosive clash between Juventus and Inter in the Coppa Italia. Carlo Garganese asks where the Derby d’Italia ranks with some of the worlds biggest club rivalries…
The Derby d’Italia was coined back in 1967 by the legendary, no-nonsense Italian sports journalist Gianni Brera.
Since then, and in fact even before, the matches between these two sides have always been explosive, eventful and often controversial affairs.
Juventus fans will never hesitate to point out that the biggest-ever win (and Inter’s heaviest defeat) in their history was in 1961, when they thrashed the Nerazzurri 9-1 in Turin.
Inter supporters will note that the reason they were thumped so heavily was because they had an entire youth team out, including a debuting Sandro Mazzola (who actually scored Inter’s goal).
The reason why President Angelo Moratti (father of Massimo) fielded the club’s youngsters was in protest at the league’s decision to have the game re-played after a pitch invasion in the original match. Inter were originally awarded the points before an appeal board overturned their decision.
A further controversial angle to add to this was the claims by Inter supporters that it was not them but Juve fans who had actually invaded the pitch. Anyhow the legendary Omar Sivori would score six goals on his way to winning that year’s Ballon d’Or, ironically ahead of Inter’s Luis Suarez.
Another hugely contentious affair was the 'Ronaldo incident’ from 1998.
With four games remaining of the season, just one point separated the top-two Juventus and Inter, as they met at the Stadio Delle Alpi.
The Bianconeri were 1-0 up in the second-half, when there was a coming together in the penalty area between Ronaldo and Juve defender Mark Iuliano. The referee caused fury among Inter ranks by waving play-on, and indeed awarded a spot-kick down the other end just seconds later.
Alessandro Del Piero missed it, but the Turin-giants held on to virtually guarantee another Scudetto success.
The fall-out from this affair was considerable. Juventus were accused of being favoured by referees, while even Italy’s parliament had to be suspended when two deputies came to blows over the incident.
If things could not get any more heated between the two sides, then of course there was the Calciopoli crisis in the summer of 2006. It would require an entire book in order to cover every angle and counter-angle, however the simple result of the affair is that the huge rift between Juve and Inter only widened.
This spilled out in the first official match between the sides since Caciopoli in Turin in November when Giorgio Chiellini really roughed up ex-Juve man Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who was booed by the home fans throughout.
This is not the first time that there has been a physical confrontation between two opposing players. In 2000 Uruguayan hardman Paolo Montero punched Luigi Di Biagio in the face.
Juventus and Inter may not be from the same city, but the explosive rivalry between the two sides makes it easy to understand why Brera labelled the match the 'Derby d’Italia’.
Some Other Famous Football Club Rivalries
River Plate – Boca Juniors (Argentina)
Celtic – Rangers (Scotland)
Roma – Lazio (Italy)
Red Star Belgrade – Partizan (Serbia)
Fenerbahce – Galatasaray (Turkey)
Barcelona – Real Madrid (Spain)
Orlando Pirates – Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa)
America – Guadalajara (Mexico)
Nacional – Penarol (Uruguay)
Carlo Garganese
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Tonight sees another potentially explosive clash between Juventus and Inter in the Coppa Italia. Carlo Garganese asks where the Derby d’Italia ranks with some of the worlds biggest club rivalries…
The Derby d’Italia was coined back in 1967 by the legendary, no-nonsense Italian sports journalist Gianni Brera.
Since then, and in fact even before, the matches between these two sides have always been explosive, eventful and often controversial affairs.
Juventus fans will never hesitate to point out that the biggest-ever win (and Inter’s heaviest defeat) in their history was in 1961, when they thrashed the Nerazzurri 9-1 in Turin.
Inter supporters will note that the reason they were thumped so heavily was because they had an entire youth team out, including a debuting Sandro Mazzola (who actually scored Inter’s goal).
The reason why President Angelo Moratti (father of Massimo) fielded the club’s youngsters was in protest at the league’s decision to have the game re-played after a pitch invasion in the original match. Inter were originally awarded the points before an appeal board overturned their decision.
A further controversial angle to add to this was the claims by Inter supporters that it was not them but Juve fans who had actually invaded the pitch. Anyhow the legendary Omar Sivori would score six goals on his way to winning that year’s Ballon d’Or, ironically ahead of Inter’s Luis Suarez.
Another hugely contentious affair was the 'Ronaldo incident’ from 1998.
With four games remaining of the season, just one point separated the top-two Juventus and Inter, as they met at the Stadio Delle Alpi.
The Bianconeri were 1-0 up in the second-half, when there was a coming together in the penalty area between Ronaldo and Juve defender Mark Iuliano. The referee caused fury among Inter ranks by waving play-on, and indeed awarded a spot-kick down the other end just seconds later.
Alessandro Del Piero missed it, but the Turin-giants held on to virtually guarantee another Scudetto success.
The fall-out from this affair was considerable. Juventus were accused of being favoured by referees, while even Italy’s parliament had to be suspended when two deputies came to blows over the incident.
If things could not get any more heated between the two sides, then of course there was the Calciopoli crisis in the summer of 2006. It would require an entire book in order to cover every angle and counter-angle, however the simple result of the affair is that the huge rift between Juve and Inter only widened.
This spilled out in the first official match between the sides since Caciopoli in Turin in November when Giorgio Chiellini really roughed up ex-Juve man Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who was booed by the home fans throughout.
This is not the first time that there has been a physical confrontation between two opposing players. In 2000 Uruguayan hardman Paolo Montero punched Luigi Di Biagio in the face.
Juventus and Inter may not be from the same city, but the explosive rivalry between the two sides makes it easy to understand why Brera labelled the match the 'Derby d’Italia’.
Some Other Famous Football Club Rivalries
River Plate – Boca Juniors (Argentina)
Celtic – Rangers (Scotland)
Roma – Lazio (Italy)
Red Star Belgrade – Partizan (Serbia)
Fenerbahce – Galatasaray (Turkey)
Barcelona – Real Madrid (Spain)
Orlando Pirates – Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa)
America – Guadalajara (Mexico)
Nacional – Penarol (Uruguay)
Carlo Garganese
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