Serie A News: Inter Milan’s forward Samuel Eto'o the beacon for Nerrazzuri - Part 1
It were the Champions League winners that came from behind and took all the respect to dominate in the Italian League, Serie A, and conquered the table after they defeated Palermo in a crucial match to get an early lead in the
tournament.
It was Josip Ilicic that drew first blood and gave the hosts the lead in the match. The goal occurred in the 28th minute however it were Nerazzurri who won it in the end, thanks to Samuel Eto’o who showed his brilliance
yet again in the 63rd and 71st minute visualizing a superb comeback for the San Siro club.
It was expected that Inter Milan would be producing a goal line much stronger than that and it should have been that way after the number of chances the Italian giants got. However Diego Milito missed a whole bunch of opportunities
to obtain a much comfortable win for the Italian club.
The defending champions have now moved to the top of the table sharing it with Cesena. They both have 7 points apiece and so far have been undefeated in this season.
It was a very tough day for the Palermo coach Delio Rossi who had been branded by his own club’s president Maurizio Zamparini that he is a “joke coach”. The comments came after a press conference following the defeat of the club
in a Europa League match against Sparta Prague.
The Thursday encounter between the clubs led to a 3-2 defeat which gave opportunity to many experts to have a go at the manager for choosing a poor team in the fixture. He was also accused of being inadaptable to the changing circumstances
of a game. This time however it was noticed that the manager thought twice before finalizing his team’s selection.
In this Serie A fixture the manager, Delio Rossi, had introduced 5 changes in the team; fans could only hope that they were for the better. The men included were; Mattia Cassani, Ezequiel Munoz, Armin Bacinovic, Giulio Migliaccio
and Ilicic.
If looked upon closely it will be noticed that all these men were in quite a fresh side, which has been forming and trying to gel together in past few weeks. On the other hand Coach Rafael Benitez has worries of his own too. For
instance, Benitez admitted later that he wanted to add new players in the team as soon as possible. He stated that he had to restrain himself so that he could add Philipe Coutinho as he wanted him featuring in the team as soon as possible.
Rafa has been waiting for a very long time to give Coutinho his deserved debut alongside the Dutch super star Wesley Sneijder. Previously lady luck was giving the manager and 3 players from the team a very hard time. Rafa wants
the Netherland international Sneijder to play together with Coutinho so that he can learn from him.
Nonetheless that has not been the case so far and the reason for that are the untimely injuries of both players. Snejider has been in great form since last season. During the summers the player gave a magnificent performance at
the FIFA 2010 World Cup where he not only became one of the highest goal scorers but was deemed as one of the most valuable players for a team.
Even the former pretentious and smug Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho praised the skill and abilities of the Dutch international. The Palermo manager on the other hand relayed that he was indeed going to have a surprise in the new
line up for the team.
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