Gazzetta dello Sport has spoken Andrea Ranocchia, who will bear the burden and the honor of inheriting the captaincy from Zanetti. “What kind of captain I want to be? Victorious. If I don’t win I’d be a little annoyed…,” said the defender, who shortly will sign the renewal until 2018.
As the fans chanted the evening of the presentation: «Chi non salta bianconero è…». Can you light it up?
“Light it up, yes, of course… but I don’t know how many insults I received on Twitter: it was a taunting, a simple mutual involvement with our fans who asked me and the team to jump. Maximum respect to everyone, even if I’m an Interista and then there was, well…”
You will go on tour to the United States with the captain’s armband and arenewal, right?
“The signature is really a matter of hours. An immense pride.”
How much influence did the promise of the captain’s armband have for your renewal?
“Infinitely. Together with the project that I was proposed, the idea excited me. And convinced me. And even more involved me.”
How much did Conte pressure you to have you at Juve?
“He coached me, there’s respect. But Inter has given me a strong pulse, that I couldn’t and didn’t want to leave.”
Interista and captain of Inter after Zanetti and many other symbolic things, a rating of 10.
“From Pupi I learned so much. Always the first to arrive, always showed up when things went wrong. From him and the heroes of the treble one thing stuck in my mind as soon as I got here: humility, an ability to never lose.”
A few days ago you tweeted: “Congratulations to Germany: a victory that is fruit of a project carried out over the years.” Knowing the new Inter, Inter über alles if you will…
“That is what we want to do. Thohir has changed a lot, inside and out: his design has excited me because there is the desire to emerge to last. Take Bayern Munich: over the years it has been retouched, shaped, and integrated and practically over time it remains the strongest ever. Apart from this, the expansion of the brand, greater involvement of the external and internal components.”
In terms of an example to follow, which is better: Bayern Munich or Atletico Madrid who had a superb season?
“Bayern: inside there is planning, solidity, strength, structure. And the idea that everything can last for years, since it’s lasted for years… As for Atletico, perfect example: they gave the idea to play every ball as if it were a matter of life or death. A little like Chile or Costa Rica in the World Cup.”
On the evening of the presentation you said “We’ll all be captains.” A sentence that is not trivial.
“During the season there will be some great moments and other very difficult. It’s When we experience them I’ll be there to lend a hand to new and younger people but the whole group will be there to push the same direction, to make decisions.”
Doesn’t a captain have to have a fighting face, like Medel? You don’t exactly have that…
(laughs) “For captains the attitude is what counts, both on and off the pitch. And not in your face, but in your behavior.”
The first time you wore the captain’s armband?
“In Arezzo’s Primavera.”
And with Inter?
“In Kazan, against Rubin.”
Speaking of Rubin: what does M’Vila’s story show, he first “chained” himself in Milan and then in Pinzolo to show that he wanted Inter?
“It teaches that money doesn’t matter, because he has given up a substantial severance pay. And that is one of those people who knows how to get back in the game: this is an idea that I like a lot.”
Vidic: a teacher, right?
“An important figure, a player who brings experience and victories.”
Rewind the tape: if you had gone to Galatasaray in January we would not be talking about the captain, right?
“Perfect. Classic story of ‘Sliding Doors’. I was a minute from the Turks. My life would have changed totally. Fortunately I stayed.”
A month and a half on the bench: you wanted to escape, is that so?
“No, I just wanted to play in the World Cup.”
It was an abrasive story…
“It was terrible. The only consolation is that I was below zero in January and in May I finished at 30: I made it difficult for Prandelli, and that’s what I wanted. Then… Oh well.”
Do you like this Inter’s technique and muscle?
“Very much so. When I played against Inter, in the tunnel I saw Ibrahimovic, Vieira, Stankovic, others, and I said, ‘But how can we beat them?’ Now we are growing as well, and I’m putting on muscles, so Stankovic can’t call me Johnny Stecchino anymore.”
Without Argentines, what will happen?
“We will all be more responsible. Everyone.”
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“The environment is very positive and there are guys who haven’t won anything important, or almost not, Vidic apart. Therefore there is hunger. Again: I honestly get tired of not winning. I want to start.”
Source: fcinternews.it
He seems in a great hunger of winning things. Victorious. Great!