Andreas Brehme, former defender of Giovanni Trapattoni’s Inter dei record, spoke to Il Gazzetta dello Sport: “What this Inter would need that our Inter dei record had? Certainly the character, but we were also a group: we always went out in four or five with our wives or girlfriends, we were friends also; today it seems to me that when their training is over they go home, say goodbye and so leave.”
Brehme, let’s start from your matches against Napoli: those were the days… of the Scudetto.
“Great matches, Maradona and Careca and many more beyond them. All champions, that Napoli was an outstanding team. As our own. In fact, I’m sorry, our Inter with Trap was special: we were… monsters.”
The present: does Napoli deserve the Scudetto more than Inter deserves the third place?
“Inter the third place. Because I’m a fan but also because this Napoli without Higuain honestly is worth half.”
So, tonight, Inter are favorites?
“Certainly, without Gonzalo it will be easier for Inter, although Gabbiadini is strong and there are other very good players, but tonight presents an opportunity that should be exploited. I saw Napoli’s match against Juventus: great game, a really a good team. But Inter, I repeat, must win tonight.”
How?
“Returning to the compactness, and perhaps humility, seen in the days when the team was in the lead and won 1-0. The reason for the slip from first place in those two months? I don’t know, you tell me… Maybe they all felt too strong. The fact remains that tonight Inter must regain the victory, and with the three points lots of things come together.”
Despite his assurances, Mancini doesn’t know whether he will stay or not next year.
“Mancini knows the environment and at Inter he has been able to win. If I consider him a guarantee? I think that he is a very good coach, but he is not a guarantee like no other coach in the world. In my opinion, however, Mancini should remain next year and try again if things do not go as planned.”
Which player on today’s team do you like?
“Mauro Icardi, a lot. I haven’t seen the header he scored against Frosinone but you know and understand that such a goal is always in him, he knows what to do up front.”
Recently, Mario Stanic (former Parma and Chelsea) said that Brozovic resembles a German in how he walks and runs.
“It’s true, you’re right, but do you know why I think he resembles a German more? For the character that he shows during the course of the game.”
Besides Brozo, who is the decisive player of Inter?
“It seems to me that Perisic has the weight of the whole team: he is really a very good player.”
Source: fcinternews.it
