Antonio Cassano has blasted former Inter Milan manager Simone Inzaghi for betraying the club last season.
Speaking to Viva el Futbol via FCInter1908, Cassano hailed Inter’s performance in Cristian Chivu’s Serie A debut.
Despite his household status at San Siro, the 49-year-old left the club in contentious circumstances.
Indeed, Simone Inzaghi announced his decision to join Al-Hilal only days after an embarrassing loss to Paris Saint-Germain.
As if losing the Champions League final wasn’t heartbreaking enough, Inzaghi decided to rub salt into the wound.
Furthermore, his sudden departure raised questions about his commitment in the lead-up to the showpiece.
With the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup on the horizon, Inter had little time to find a replacement.
After being turned down by Cesc Fabregas, they appointed Cristian Chivu despite his lack of experience in senior management.
However, it could prove to be the club’s best decision in years.
Antonio Cassano Blasts Ex Inter Milan Boss Simone Inzaghi
Chivu enjoyed a stellar Serie A debut as Inter dismantled Torino 5-0 on home turf.
Needless to say, Inter’s performance renewed optimism among the Nerazzurri faithful.
Now, Cassano shared his view of the managerial change at San Siro.
“I’ve been saying for four years that it’s a very strong team,” Cassano claimed. “On paper, Inter and Napoli are the strongest, as Adani says.
“I’ve always said that even if Inter had won the Champions League, it would have been a failed season.
“I said it, and I took some risks. Over time, it’s become clear that their coach only cared about leaving.
“He was thinking about other things, the Arab money, other matters, and he destroyed Inter.
“For four years, the team played only one way, and many said it was beautiful football.
“The players were strong before and they are strong now.
“However, I was convinced by the high pressing even at 0-0, instead of sitting back like they did under Inzaghi.
“They pressed high, played man-to-man in the back. I often saw them go straight at the strikers against Torino.
“A good coach should have been in place before Chivu; he should have won four Scudetti out of four, but instead, he made a mess.”
Ladies and gentlemen, here’s Antonio chasing the spotlight again!
He just loves to be the star of the show so please be kind and cheer him while not taking him seriously.
seriously, this guy just makes bold statements and says them in an extreme way. He just doesn’t make sense and he doesn’t even care about it as long as he is listened to eagerly.
That’s the Antonio we love, that’s the Antonio we need!
Well… I have been saying the same for years and haven’t changed my stance on Inzaghi. I just don’t like the guy’s football, his tactics, his flexibility and his lack of awareness during matches. Inzaghi is a stale manager who belong in the 1950s with his style of football. I am extremely happy he is no longer our coach. Watching Inter was like pulling my hair out for the past few years, we were so predictable and boring. Losing the UCL was probably a blessing in disguise because we got Chivu. Have been following him from primavera days and when he got the coaching role at Parma I saw his versatility by tweaking his tactics to a more balanced style. I also read part of Chivu’s Thesis on obtaining his Uefa pro coaching license which is named “My principles of play” which gives you a very good idea of what type of manager he is. If given time to work, Chivu will be one of our greatest achievements, being that he is a treble winner with us and also coached through the ranks our teams.
Will check out my principles of play, thanks for that. I agree about Inzaghi’s flexibility problems and his pre set approach. But I do think at times, even though not consistent, Inter played a better brand of football in the champions league than most coaches (at inter) did before him. Let’s not forget kiev going down to 10 men and Mourinho settling on a risky 1-0 after that. I would’ve been happy to keep Inzaghi, but what Inzaghi nor mancini nor Mourinho even did was develop and play youth, that prospect for me is most exciting. I’m also happy to be rid of Inzaghi if it means growth for Inter.
We seem to be getting along just fine and at least agree on some things these day lol
Its true
calm down cassano. if you can’t see the value Inzaghi brought u must be blind by hate. he made coming to inter an attractive option for players but doing well in the UCL and gave us Continental exposure after the years of just being in UCL to make up numbers. could we have come better? yes.. but with the number of games we have been playing we needed a strong bench. our first team was strong probably right up there in the world, but we had correa, arna, taremi, gagliadini,aslani, radu on the bench. when toro, Thuram,dzeko went on goal droughts we didn’t have enough back up. and still we added much gold, and more importantly we do not have FFP hanging like a guillotine around our necks. give credit where it is deserved. when Cunte left us for dead, Inzaghi used the same bunch with a few more rejects and made us genuine Continental powerhouses. eliminating bilan, Barca, Bayern and other big names. forza inter.
No need for that. He elevated inter beyond conte stagnation. Though credit to antonio too. Even spaletti. It was a process that started in 2017. And really started to bear fruits 3-4 years later. Dont shit on simone. It is what it is. Maybe without his inter could have had a scudetto more, but those elimination of milan, bayern and barsa…you would have not lived to see this. He was a tournament type of coach who did great work with what he had. Made some good decisions and some bad ones. There is no recipe. Real had ronaldo, zidane, beks, figo, r.carlos, raul and so much more…and won nothing for years. Inter won a lot of gold and silver medals. Forza. And no hate
Agree, Inzaghi made miracles in Champions league with not much support with reinforcements. But fumbled with coppa and serie A. All in all, more positives than negatives for Simone, only the ending was considerably ugly.
yeah, this is true
it’s part of the process, not a sole Inzaghi’s achievement on these. Just like the treble, kudos to Mou, but also Mancini give the basic of the team that time
I am for once inline with Cassino wtf
totally agree on ”we should have won 4 scudetti out of 4!!” we underachieved in last 4 seasons, where we were clearly superior
Yeah, only Spalletti’s Napoli was unreachable.