A stadium that evokes very sweet memories for the Nerazzurri: four of the heroes of that evening are still playing …
After Mourinho, the Bernabeu. 4217 days after 22 May 2010, Inter returns to the stadium where Diego Milito beat Bayern, bringing the Champions League to Milan 45 years after the last time. He does so with the round of 16 already in his pocket, a goal reached one day early: in the Triplete season the qualification had reached the photo finish, thanks to the victory at home against Rubin Kazan in the last match of the group. Samuel Eto’o and Mario Balotelli hit: Balo is one of the few survivors of that night, considering the players still in business.
Balotelli and Mou
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How much time has passed. Dominating the music charts were “Hey, soul sister”, “A blow to the soul” by Luciano Ligabue and “Alors on danse” by Stromae. “Waka Waka” was starting to make its way, before depopulating with the World Cup in South Africa. It was the year of the Oscars with “Avatar” and “Inglourious Basterds”. Balotelli was the cursed young man, who exploded with Roberto Mancini but never in feeling with José Mourinho. The story of the Special One is famous: “We were playing in Kazan, in the Champions League. I had no other strikers: neither Eto’o nor Milito, I only had Mario. At the end of the first half he gets a yellow card. Once in the locker room, I spent 14 of the 15 minutes of the interval just talking to him. I told him: ‘Mario, I have no other strikers to change you with, I have no alternatives. Play only with the ball. If your opponents instigate you don’t react, if the referee makes a mistake don’t react. Mario, please. ‘ Minute 46… red card ”.
Pandev and the others
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On the right was Goran Pandev, the man of the turning point: arrived on a free transfer from Lazio in January, the Macedonian was the key player to move to 4-2-3-1 after the first part of the season with the turbot . The first time at Stamford Bridge, with Inter being called to defend the 2-1 first leg and showing up with three forwards plus Sneijder. Result: 1-0 victory and skyrocketing awareness. Pandev is still in Serie A, in a Genoa in difficulty. Among the supporting actors of that Inter were Arnautovic and Santon: the first found his dimension in Bologna, the second is not considered by Mourinho at Rome. In the Nerazzurri there is still Christian Chivu, in the role of coach of the Primavera. For all the other heroes of the Treble, the football played is just a memory. Understandable, 4217 days later.
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