Roberto Mancini talked to Sky as well.
“Today we were “nutty”, but you could still win the game considering Lazio did not do a lot to get the three points. We took ourselves back into the game, we held them there but then you can’t commit these stupid mistakes and concede like we have in the last minutes. Concentration was lacking from the beginning, also on the first goal there was not concentration whatsoever. Playing bad can happen, but you need to be smart and not lose.”
Do you still like Candreva after this game, or do you like him less?
“He is a good player, but that is a different discussion that has nothing to do with tonight.”
How come you chose that starting formation?
“We thought we would play with two wingers, but we did not do it very often in the first half. In the second half Lazio did not do anything more, and we started well but we made the mistake at the penalty and Lazio won. But I do not have premeditated formations, it also depends on how things look during the week.”
How to judge the bad performance by Felipe Melo?
“He committed a mistake and we lost. It can happen, up until this point he had not made any mistakes. You canät commit mistakes like the one on the penalty, you need to pay attention. He can’t commit mistakes like that, neither can the others. We are regretful.”
Brozovic can’t play in the two man midfield?
“If we play with twi wingers and two strikers he will struggle. We are not able to have that balance, he is also prone to attack more. Maybe in time he will be able to play there. Guarin on the other hand works a bit better there, even though it is not his role. But he is more physical as well, Brozovic will certainly be able to do it in the future.”
Was there a fear of being top of the league? A psychological backlash?
“We were not soft, but obviously not concentrated. We said it would be difficult, Lazio have good players that can score at any moment.”
Who is the favorite for the scudetto?
“I think it will be a fight until the end with Fiorentina, Roma, Juventus and Napoli. Inter? Well, we are leading at the moment (smiles). Ruined Christmas? Well, so and so. We all ruined it a bit. Tomorrow it wil pass and at the beginning of the season we would have given anything to sign off on leading at this point. But seeing how things played out we ruined it for ourselves.”
Playing during the Christmas vacation?
“Yes, I think that is good. Then maybe 5 or 6 days of rest in January.”
Source: Sky Sport
We lost but i can’t blame anybody in particular for it. We lost because of two lapses that they took advantage of. Thats all.
Maybe we were thinking about the vacation already and wanted to get this game over with.
Hi everybody…
Please calm the S*** down. We lost one game but still on top of the table. We were dominating the game. Lazio had no chances… It’s football…Instead of throwing F bombs at Mancini and even Melo, look at the bright side..:
1- Our defense is stronger than ever, 2- our coach got the right tactics..3-Useless players (Nagashit, Montoya, Melo, etc) are getting exposed, 4- Mauro is playing his heart out and started scoring, 5- we have EpicBrozo, 6- we have K-dog, 7- we have 4 world-class attacking players, that we usually don’t have space to field them all together, 8- we got Biabiany for free, and he’s proving his worth..
Let’s get the positives and move on to the next year.
Happy holidays and Forza Inter
I hate to say it, but the loss was entirely Mancinis’ fault! Brozovic and Ljajic on the bench was inexplicable…. And is it just me, or is Perisic starting to get on anyone else’s nerves? They were both pretty useless on Sunday, but Biabiany has contributed far more, and didn’t cost €20 mil!
Everyone can see it coming, except Mancini. Melo has played to be sent off right after Icardi’s goal. How in the world he wasn’t subbing him? But since he is our beloved coach, that has brought Inter to be winter champions, the only thing that “logical” for his choice that, he wanted to show Melo exactly what happened when he (Melo) plays as himself.
Maybe Mancio got nerv when he know that Mou got fired by Chelsea. Maybe, who knows?
Our best line up..:.
Icardi
Perisic-Jovetic-Ljajic
K-dog Brozovic
Telles-Murillo-Miranda-d’ambro
Handa
But Mancini is a pussy and has no balls to play this way. We cant play with
Medel and Melo togheter, no creativity at all. We need to try and play with this formation, Medel-Melo-Guarin as subs is good, not in the starting 11. And same goes for Montoya, he is not good enough for Inter, send him back. Biabiany is a good sub to, NOT in the starting 11. we need to play with players who has quality and this line up above is the best we can do.
Btw. Merry Christmas everyone
Medel needs to start. Balance is very important in this league and considering the inexperience of the 2 holding mid you put there that formation does not have it.
Brozo can’t play in a 2man midfield, Mancini said himself. I think 4-3-3 is a better formation for us.
the you’ll have the Icardi vs Jojo prob.
if we get a creative mid I will go for Icardi
Fuck Melo!Fuck Mancini for buying this gobbo shit Melo!
Another well thought out and sensible comment from you.
http://lineupbuilder.com/?sk=9ky57
The game wasn’t that bad until the 70′ minute, Mancio should’ve replaced Melo he was out of control- even the TV commentators noticed that – but he didn’t…
agree! when he started to fight the Sergej-dude he should have been taken off!
when we lose it’s all mancio.. or it’s mello, or it’s medel, or it’s montoya, or it’s icardi, or bla bla bla!!!!! when we win, we’re just “lucky”.. maybe this team have been mediocare for too long, so the fans has a mediocare mentality now. WE WIN AS A TEAM WE LOSE AS A TEAM.. FORZA INTER!!
Amen, the funny thing is the fact that these comments are coming from the fans with recently activated IDs…
yeah.. and some of missing fans when we at our winning streak are make their comeback too.. LOL.. hahaha.. they are waiting for this moment for so long..XD
If the TEAM can accept the lose as a TEAM, can we as SUPPORTER accept the lose as a SUPPORTER? cuz sometimes I saw some supporters hate the team or the coach more than i miss marco branca guy
true that..l the team start to act like a team and family, but some of the fans try to ruin it.. they act more like an enemy and parasite that eat the team spirit from the inside..
Hopefully melo gets lengthy ban so more game time for midfielders who can pass the ball properly and attack more; brozo and kondo, even guaro and gnou
thanks Melo
Firstly, Felipe Melo single handedly ruined your Christmas and secondly, you definitely didn’t ruin my Christmas cuz I enjoyed every bit of this game !
And your’still behind Inter
did you see that 16 point inter had over Juve turn into a 3 point lead…..at this pace Juve will finish 10 points above Inter come the end of the season !
i think juventus really could. but i hope mancini fixes his act. and we win the scudetto. eitherway a top 3 finish has always been the goal
i will keep saying this but to be the best you have to beat the best ! i hate to sound like Ric Flair but inter has not done well against the best teams in Serie A
yes indeed i’m with you. our team is not strong enough to beat serie a’s best. but whats keeping us forward is that we always win against mid-table teams. where fiorentina, napoli, juventus, roma all have had set backs against those smaller teams. improvements are needed.
i have to agree. But in the case of Juventus, Allegri notoriously starts off slow and Napoli is notorious for dropping points to a weaker team. Fiorentina are much weaker on the road than at home so that is their issue. If they get rolling watch out Inter…..
watch out from who? idk i just don’t think fiorentina can really do it.
why would you say that? 3 of the last 4 scudettos won in serie a were won by coaches that were ex-juventini …….
if inter come 4th then what happens ?
it depends. thohir seems very stern about getting a CL spot. brozovic, murillo, icardi could all sell for 30m+. maybe then we have to sell one of them.. but tbh if mancini really figures out his tactics and stuff, i don’t see neither roma or fiorentina challenging us for the 3rd spot.
if Spaletti takes over for Roma then they are going to be a problem for everyone. And for Fiorentina 3 of the last 4 scudettos won in serie a were won by coaches that were ex-juventini …….
these are very small samples. you can’t generalize things like that.
Onésimo Sánchez is an ex-bracelona who coaches in the third dev. while pep (also an ex barca player) is coaching bayern. it’s just meaningless to be honest.
Why you lie ? Inter was never 16 points ahead of Juve, it was at most 8 points and now its 3. Juve won’t finish ahead of Inter this season.
i say Juve will finish ahead of Inter and I will tell you why……the annual January collapse of Inter is just around the corner and it’s already started. We will see if my “inter can’t play in the cold” theory holds water this season…….
You just jealous that Juve has been put in the place they belong. FOURTH
for past 4 seasons INTER FANS WISHED THEY COULD FINISH 4TH !!
That is Past. watch where Juve will finish this season. FOURTH!!!
may i remind you that inter went from 2nd place to finishing 9th place a few years back….just remember: “INTER’S ANNUAL JANUARY COLLAPSE” is around the corner
Same January collapse that saw them win four titles on the trot and also THE TREBLE
Actually the annual january collapse that made inter finish 6th 9th 5th 8th over the last 4 seasons!
actually the same january collapse over the last 4 seasons that led to inter’s 6th 9th 5th 8th place finishes……by the way, these results are more recent than the ancient history you are talking about so if you can remember ancient history you can definetely remember inter finishing 6th 9th 5th 8th over the last 4 years !
Keep dreaming of the treble
keep remembering 6th 9th 5th and 8th place !!
Remember before you won Juve were 10th, 7th and beaten by FULHAM!!!
Do I need to list the embarrassing losses that Inter has had over the years? do you really want me to go into it in detail ?
Juve have as many embarrassing defeats as Inter
name the last 4-1 loss Juve took? i can’t remember BUT can you remember the last time inter lost 4-1 ??
maybe you do not recall what it’s like to see inter lift the scudetto cuz it’s been what 6 years now but as a Juventus fan who has watched his team lift the trophy 4 years in a row and having watched juventus destroy serie a A with a record 102 points and watched my team win the scudetto a month before the season is over the reality is THE TEAM THAT IS IN FIRST ON THE ***LAST DAY OF THE SEASON*** WINS THE SCUDETTO !! otherwise they would have just handed juve the last 3 scudetti before the season started because nobody in serie a had a chance of winning it other than juventus anyways !
But they didn’t win the treble
right now if I was an inter fan and watching my team lift nothing for the last 4 years and having watched Juventus lift 8 trophies in the last 4 years you should be happy to win anything these days !!
Oh Yeah! What about the four years before that when Inter lifted 10 trophies.
compliments of Juventus not being there! the day Inter would have won anything if Juve had Del Piero – Ibra – Trezeguet – Vieira – Nedved – Cannavaro – Camoranesi – Conte and many more together in serie A cuz they would have dominated for the rest of that decade easily……………
Oh Yeah! Why did Juve cheat then ? Why were they manipulating games ? Moggi is so corrupt he has been banned for life. Juve has a tarnished image
i definitely see that tarnish while Juve lifts 8 trophies in the last 4 years and an entire city erupts for the annual Juventus Scudetto Party which for the last 3 years has been reserved for us even before the season started because certain prestigious teams in Serie A can’t keep their finances in order ……..
No Mancio, you ruined Christmas, s far we have been more lucky than most teams in the league, we capitalised on that, good for us, but today’s lost anything but the players fault. it was all you, your tactics your set up, your game plan and your MELO
Luck!?? Lazio scored two goals; one from a long shot, which came off Icardi and wet into the net (before touching him it actually looked like passing the goal) and then the penalty, which Handa saved but the ball fell – not a half meter from Candreva, not two meters from him but just infront of him so that he, without prob. could put it back in the net – now, WHAT*S luck!
Where the FUCK WERE Kondogbia, Ljajic and Brozovic???????????
Kondogbia is a waste of fucking money! 40M for him to bench? but melo the 33 year old twat can even fucking stop the ball gets to start every fucking game! It’s not fair and these players are going to lose their form man! OUR FUCKING MIDFIELD NEEDS WORK! and a lot of it. Get rid of Melo! Buy Mertens or any creative fucking midfielder. Medel, Kondogbia and Brozovic in midfield would be amazing! Perisic is lost tbh he also has to go i’ve backed him up a lot but now he’s just shit ANOTHER WASTE!
BUY A CREATIVE MIDFIELDER
BUY A DECENT RIGHT BACK
BUY A STRIKER WITH ICARDI! JOVETIC IS FUCKING PLAYING CAM CU WE HAVE NO CAMS IN THE TEAM
inter lost 40+ million last season and could lose 90 million this year if they come 4th so let’s just re-finance inter again to buy players for a squad that has 4lb’s and 4rb’s…..INTER NEEDS TO SELL BEFORE THEY BUY ! but who wants Ranocchia? Guarin? Nagatomo ? Jesus? THEY SUCK !
Jesus is the only one I’d keep. He’s pretty decent in my eyes. But the rest have got to go. I mean for fucks sake look at Juve, Roma and Napoli. All their signings are successful. Their midfield is why they are better than Inter. Pogba, Khedira, Cuadrado, Marcisio. Napoli: Hamsik, Jorginho anf Allan. Roma: Naingolan Pjanic and De Rossi. Every team seems to have a trio midfield that is the back bone of the team. We cannot depend on Murrilo and Miranda ESPECIALLY in the champions league! We’ll get murdered
I bet you don’t know that Mr. love Branca is a Rube supporter and is only trolling
He does have some good points though. Felipe Melo doesn’t deserve to play with Inter. And Inter needs to improve in the midfield
let me ask you something…..how can you expect that with Felipe Melo on the Field ? like didn’t anyone watch him play for Juve? or Brazil? or for Galatasaray? he is not a big game player simple and he does not play the position that he played with Prandelli’s Fiorentina. I would love to see Lazio’s Biglia on Juventus myself but you can’t get a star midfielder for less than 35 mill these days…..
Juve wants Guarin.
at 2.8 mill a season nobody wants Guarin…well, except inter of course 🙂
back off branca, you have no clue what you are talking about, we lost money, but we have a fat wallet so relax, die in your hate.. getting in europe will balance the books nicely with some summer sales, unlike Rubentous our players value is picking up not falling to the ground
yes i definetely see the extra firepower Jovetic is providing up front with his 1 goal in the last 15 weeks compliments of a giveaway………
picking up value? so let’s see…Kondogbia 40 mill….did he go up or down ? hmm…..Dybala bought for 40 mill….did his value go up or down ?? gee….care to answer that one ?
Lol you know sometimes I think you’re really a hidden inter fan who lost his way 🙂
I’m a fan of italian soccer…speaking of that, did an Italian touch the field against lazio other than Mancini of course ?
Nope…of course the current inter isn’t known for having alot of italians on the team anyways…if they’re not up to mark we wouldn’t play them just because they’re Italian…
so basically inter’s primavera squad is not up to the mark either? well, except Biabiany and if you talk to many of your bretherens on this site he’s a bench player also………
Right!? How much better would it be with guarin/brozo-medel and kondog in midfield with a creative midfielder in front of them. Jovetic and perisic have been really bad it’s just hard to watch a player we spent 2 months of negotiations to sign, to perform like buttcheeks.