This thread is dedicated for the excuses that Inter will come up with throughout the season.
25-8-2007 Inter-Udinese (1-1):
It all starts with Stankovic's comments after the game against Udinese
“We aren’t at the top of our match fitness yet, but it is very difficult to play in this heat,” the midfielder told Sky Italia.
Mancini: "I've always said that, in August, we cannot play at 15:00; we should play at 18:00," he fumed.
"Instead, we play in the early afternoon in the summer, and we see 20:00 games postponed in January."
Mancini: 'The team's physical form doesn't worry me that much. Our physical characteristics, compared to Roma, for instance, don't allow us a fast start. If we add the injury suffered by (Patrick) Vieira and the delayed arrival of our South American players (due to the Copa America), it is easy to explain our uncertain start. And with Udinese we drew only because we were down to 10 men (following the dismissal of keeper Julio Cesar).'
30-8-2007 Barcelona FC-Inter (5-0)
Mancini: "Of course, it's not pleasant to lose 5-0. Considering I left 12 players at home to rest for Saturday's clash against Empoli, the result is not surprising."
19-9-2007 Fenerbache-Inter (1-0)
Mancini: “We didn’t play well. Perhaps we were too worried about the fact we had a totally new defence. Yet on the field the opposite was true, as the defence held out well, but we were not attacking enough,”
25-8-2007 Inter-Udinese (1-1):
It all starts with Stankovic's comments after the game against Udinese
“We aren’t at the top of our match fitness yet, but it is very difficult to play in this heat,” the midfielder told Sky Italia.
Mancini: "I've always said that, in August, we cannot play at 15:00; we should play at 18:00," he fumed.
"Instead, we play in the early afternoon in the summer, and we see 20:00 games postponed in January."
Mancini: 'The team's physical form doesn't worry me that much. Our physical characteristics, compared to Roma, for instance, don't allow us a fast start. If we add the injury suffered by (Patrick) Vieira and the delayed arrival of our South American players (due to the Copa America), it is easy to explain our uncertain start. And with Udinese we drew only because we were down to 10 men (following the dismissal of keeper Julio Cesar).'
30-8-2007 Barcelona FC-Inter (5-0)
Mancini: "Of course, it's not pleasant to lose 5-0. Considering I left 12 players at home to rest for Saturday's clash against Empoli, the result is not surprising."
19-9-2007 Fenerbache-Inter (1-0)
Mancini: “We didn’t play well. Perhaps we were too worried about the fact we had a totally new defence. Yet on the field the opposite was true, as the defence held out well, but we were not attacking enough,”
