The Game that Shall Not Be Named
By: Johonna | November 28th, 2008
Well that was certainly no fun.
The holiday and the necessity of desert products have kept me in the kitchen and away from the computer since the horror occurred. This has given me the distance to look back at the game and shrug my shoulders. Sure, we played like crap and were beaten by a team that had no business walking out of the San Siro with 3 points, but… well… so what. As much as I love my team (and I do love them), I know that this is not the last time this will happen. It may not even be the last time it happens this season. Still, it is the fate of the sports fan to be occasionally disappointed in their team. But we keep coming back. Call it masochism or call it loyalty, we still tune in every game day to hope that this time will be one of the good times. If not, there is always next week.
I could use this space to pick apart the game and examine every mistake we made. Conversely, I could focus on the few good plays (I am sure there must have been a few tucked in there somewhere), but what would be the point. We lost but are not out. We still have one more chance (against Werder) to redeem ourselves in Europe. I will just trust that Mourinho and his little pad of paper will take care of that which requires taking care of.
Instead of picking scabs, lets just look forward. Besides, I really dont want to have to read through the press about how much we suck. I cant imagine any of them will say anything that I dont already know. So, everyone take a breath, calm your mind, and, if you can, go out and play in the snow. Sunday will come soon enough.
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It was a bad performance but we qualified with a game in hand which isnt bad at all. This just give our critics more ammunition though. Figo didn’t look good at all but it was his first game back.
Luckily Anothorsis and Bremen drew so we don’t have the weight of qualifying hanging over our heads while we enter a tough stretch domestically. Napoli is very strong but if they come to attack we’ll thrash em. They have been talking as if they will so that bodes well for us.
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I think the silver lining here is that this loss will really refocus our team. We have got such a great squad and I just love seeing them play. I’ve got so much confidence in our team right now that I’m not too worried about the defeat. By the way, did this loss ruin Mou’s record of no home game defeats? Ouch.
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It did indeed , but like you im not all too worried about this I believe we’ll bounce back against napoli the players know they’ve disappointed a lot of people by having their thanksgiving holiday on the pitch the other day they will and MUST make it up to us or else mourinho might just do a fergie and throw his boot at their faces
If I’ were choosing the line up for this upcoming game I’d go with this
J C
Maicon cordoba samuel maxwell
RQ cambiasso dejan muntari
Ibra adri
That’s right I’d sit zanetti even HE needs to be rested once in a while
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I would like to see RQ and Deki in this game. Both have played well as of late and I would like to see if the two of them can create something on the offensive end.
Just because part of Mourinho’s success lies in his unpredictability I see a return to the 4-3-3/4-5-1 hybrid. RQ on the wing with Adriano and Ibra up top.
I am almost tempted to say Deki in the middle with Cambiasso and Muntari on either side pinched in holding the midfield… if it wasn’t for Zanetti being able to cover Maicon’s zone when Maicon makes a frequent run.
More on the rumor mill/unsubstantiated fiction pages. Tottenham apparently have the juice to make a grab at Balotelli and/or Adriano. Yep, the same Tottenham that had something like 2 points after 8 rounds in England.
Next week, Nottingham Forest will be rumored to be close to signing Ibra.
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I think I read that the Tottenham/Balotelli thing would be a loan.
My favorite Adraino rumor is that he is going to Milan. I think that was a goal.com thing. Super funny.
On an unrelated matter, La Gazzetta has a nice interview with Samuel. He thinks that, while the long injury lay-off was hard on him, it has extended his career.
I am just glad he is back.
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Onward to the Napoli game. I guess we won’t be seeing RQ, Baloteli or Materazzi on the field. I wonder if Mancini will make it.
From Channel4:
“Jose Mourinho drops Ricardo Quaresma, Mario Balotelli and Marco Materazzi for the Napoli clash, but doesn’t believe the Panathinaikos defeat will distract Inter.
The Special One is increasingly ruthless with his squad when they do not perform up to the standards he seeks and this weekend cut another two stars.“They are out because this week, both in the match situation and during training, they did not work sufficiently hard,” said the Coach.
“I left Materazzi out because, with [Ivan] Cordoba and [Walter] Samuel first choice centre-backs, I need [Nicolas] Burdisso on the bench.
“Marco played very well against Juve and also impressed with Panathinaikos, but tomorrow I want more attacking options and Burdisso can be a full-back or a midfielder too.”
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Well I guess that Mancini did make it. As did Jimenez! We could use a young offensively minded midfielder! Noticed that Toldo is not on the list. Has anyone heard that he was injured?
Goalkeepers: 12 Julio Cesar, 22 Paolo Orlandoni, 51 Vid Belec.
Defenders: 2 Ivan Ramiro Cordoba, 16 Nicolas Burdisso, 6 Maxwell, 13 Maicon, 25 Walter Samuel, 39 Davide Santon.
Midfielders: 4 Javier Zanetti, 5 Dejan Stankovic, 7 Luis Figo, 11 Luis Jimenez, 19 Esteban Cambiasso, 20 Sulley Muntari, 33 Amantino Mancini.
Strikers: 8 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 9 Julio Ricardo Cruz, 10 Adriano, 18 Hernan Crespo, 21 Victor Obinna.
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Which begs the question: just how good *was* Burdisso during training, that Mourinho would pick him over Materazzi? I mean, Matrix isn’t exactly incapable of helping with the attack.
Other than that – JIMMY! I’ve missed him!
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MAD, Toldo has sprained his right ankle.
http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=30365&L=en
I am working on a preview now.
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