Despite reassuring words from Erick Thohir after Inter’s humiliating 3-0 defeat in Florence, there has been no let up in the rumours surrounding Walter Mazzarri’s future. After back to back league defeats and a less than convincing display in the Europa League, the newspapers have been full of ‘Inter in crisi’ (crisis) headlines. Sky reported that Mazzarri had informed the players that he ‘will never resign’ leading many to believe there is friction within the dressing room. On top of that Piero Ausilio and Mazzarri himself referred to ‘many problems’ which Inter needed to solve. However, when we take a step back, does a freakish defeat to Zeman’s Cagliari and an awful away result at a perceived rival really constitute a crisis? Especially after such smooth sailing in the Europa League so far this campaign. The answer of course is no but there are other factors which must be considered as to what has lead Inter under Mazzarri to this point.
Draws at Palermo and Torino were painted in a positive light by both Mazzarri and the players. Looking back these results against the teams who currently occupy 19th and 14th positions in the Serie A table only added to the uncertainty surrounding the club. The integration of Nemanja Vidic into the Nerazzurri side has been difficult to say the least, the former Manchester United captain looks lost within Mazzarri’s preferred back three. Many observers point to the language barrier as one problem but surely this was taken into consideration when Thohir, Ausilio and Mazzarri pursued the Serbian international? There is then the questionable decision to award Yuto Nagatomo the captaincy when Andrea Ranocchia was out against Cagliari. Nagatomo is far from being an automatic selection in the team so what kind of message does this send to the other players? Finally the elephant in the room that neither Mazzarri, Thohir or even Ausilio seem prepared to discuss. Why are Inter unable to play with a back four despite countless claims to the contrary throughout the summer. Erick Thohir asked Mazzarri to be flexible, Mazzarri spoke about a plethora of systems he would train the team in, all using a back four. In preseason, Serie A and the Europa League all we have ever seen is Mazzarri’s tried and trusted back three. A few fleeting minutes here and there is not how you implement a new defensive system.
Taking all this into consideration it’s fairly obvious that Mazzarri is not only under pressure due to the last two Serie A results. The former Napoli coach must find a solution to all of these problems if he is to survive many more months in Milan. The irony of course is that this process will begin against Mazzarri’s former team next time out at San Siro.
Source: SempreInter.com
No matter what happens, it’s another season down the drain… 🙁
I’m betting the farm on Napoli because Mazzarri will be booed by both curvas which will damage the inter team’s psychological preparation and Benitez is one of the better coaches when it comes to scoring from open play. Mazzarri has run out of ideas and new strategies to teach this team because he doesn’t know any !!! So Napoli, drive that final mail in the coffin, have him get fired against his former team – just like what happened to Ranieri a few years ago when his Inter lost to Juventus and got sacked.
You are very annoying, but in this you say I agree….if Mazzari can’t get his players fired up against Napoli then he will never ever manage to get back in form…..a draw is a set back for both teams as well…..only a win would give Mazzari a little working time….I rather see Zenga or Zanetti take charge if he leaves at least til the end of the season….we need passion and heart on the field not confusion!
Please stop that non-sense of Zanetti as inter coach. If he takes the job and we don’t do well, then he will transform from our biggest hero to our biggest enemy. That is the reason why Figo never wanted the job.
Lol, Zanetti, right.
Hey dude, all of your argument always make sense and i almost always agree with your logic. But how can you support the most disgusting team in the world is beyond my sense and logic..
I am Italian – serie A is like research for the Italian National team….how can you support Inter when the team that won a treble did not have 1 Italian player on the italian national team ? Heck, they did not have 1 italian player in the starting lineup when they won Champion’s league that year ! I watch Juve get guys like Pirlo+Vildal+Pogba+Barzagli+Llorente+Tevez+Coman+Marchisio for under 25 mill combined and you support a team that buys guys like Perreyra+Schelotto+Silvestre+Kuzmanovic for 29 mill ?? poor management of funds. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy watching Marco Branca getting credit for assembling the team that won the treble but let’s face facts – Mourinho put that team together and that is because if Marco Branca has to assemble a team on its own without being told what to do it would like like this inter team today. Then the truth is the media started the uprise of Inter by titling a magazine “100 million, 10 years, 0 scudetti” in 2005 and the telecom vp sat on the Inter board of directors came up with an ingenius conspiracy to dismantle one of the best Juventus teams ever assembled and take advantage of Juve’s players aka Ibra + Vieira to dominate Serie A. Now came conte and turn the bus around and there’s no more Moratti influence in the boardroom it’s all Thohir – straight as an arrow – the good ole days are in the past and Juve’s days of glory have returned once again.
Juve PR Doing their job to actually make fans believe Inter assemble calciopoli 😮
are you old enough and ever watch jube’s match before calciopoli?? well it looks like juv:rom last sunday, the difference is that happen every fuckin week.. lol
Of course Inter have poor management back then, hope thohir fix this. Being non italian i just think maybe our management back then took our name “Internazionale” as transfer policy. But the more important thing in my opinion, what about the moral issue? Do you enjoy winning so much at all cost? Even you have to win by offside goals, non existent penalty, and whatever the word associate with cheating? Is it part of being italian? No offence here, just my curiosity.
Such biased response, I’m disappointed, I was expecting a more educated one. Another delusional Juve fan.
Actually, if you would have read the statement from Curva Nord you would know that they won’t boo Mazzarri or anyone else. Curva Nord rarely boos Inter or any of its players or coaches. So most likely it will only be one Curva booing Mazzarri. Unfortunately the other sections at Meazza will most likely let their discontent be known.