Inter - DAILY NEWS!

 
January 25th 2000

 
Lippi Defends Himself ! - Marcello Lippi, the Inter Milan coach, has defended himself from criticism of his virtual refusal to play Roberto Baggio and Alvaro Recoba after reportedly giving assurances that they were both part of his plans. Earlier this month Baggio has showed his displeasure at being left on the bench. after Lippi has assured him of a place in the starting eleven at the start of the season, by critiscising the coach in the Italian press. Recoba could have remained at Venezia at the start of this season but Lippi was keen to stress that he was an important part of his plans and though 'El Chino' had not spoken publicly about being given few starting opportunities it was well known that he was available for transfer if the right offer had come along. The criticism of Lippi mounted after Recoba's all round display in Sunday's game against Verona and Baggio's winning goal in the same game.Lippi had been forced to play the pair as Vieri, Ronaldo and Zamorano were all missing through injury, and it could be argued that they have both earned their places in the team. Lippi maintains that he always does hat is best for the squad as a whole.

 
January 24th 2000

 
Baggio's Frustration ! - Roberto Baggio took out his anger and frustration on an advertising hording by kicking it repeatedly after scoring the winning goal for Inter in yesterday's game against Verona. It was Baggio's first goal since May and he has had difficulty in being given a starting role in Inter's games. Even with Zamorano, Ronaldo and Vieri missing from yesterday's squad he still started the game on the bench.

 
January 23rd 2000

 
SERIE-A TODAY !

Verona 1-2 Inter - Goals from Recoba and Baggio helped Inter to come back from a goal down to record a valuable 'away' victory over Verona today to keep their dreams of a title alive
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January 21st 2000

 
Inter Training Today ! - Vieri has not recovered in time for Sunday's game against Verona so Recoba and Mutu will start up-front. Paulo Sousa has a fever and is doubtful. Moriero could start the game. Simic will watch the game from the stands.

 
January 20th 2000

 
Inter Training Yesterday ! - Inter took part in a double session of training yesterday. Jugovic and Panucci have recovered from injury and are available. Vieri could possibly recover in time for the weekend game.

 
January 19th 2000

 
Inter Latest ! - Inter will resume training this morning (Wednesday). Clarence Seedorf's younger brother, Chedic Orlando Seedorf, signed to the Inter juvenile team yesterday. Th emidifelder is already an Under 16 Internartional with Holland and was previosly with the Ajax and Real madrid juvenile teams.

 
Vieri Returns ! - Christian Vieri has returned to training alongside Panucci and Jugovic.

 
January 16th 2000

 
SERIE-A TODAY !

INTER 2-1 CAGLIARI - A late goal from Moriero gave Inter the 3-points as they beat Caglairi 2-1 at eh San Siro in their Serie-A game today
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January 15th 2000

 
Inter News ! - Panucci is still suffering from a foot injury and will not make the squad. Jugovic has recovered from a small calf injury and Zamorano and Cauet could both be back fo rtomorrow's game. Ferrona and Sousa have also re-joined the squad. Georgatos is doubtful for tomorrow's game after suffering a hip injury in the Copp a Italia game against Milan. Vieri is undergoing treatment for a thigh injury picked up in the same game and wil undertake 3-days of physiotherapy before resuming training.

 
January 14th 2000

 
Inter Injuries ! - Paolo Sousa should return to fitness in February. Zamorano could return in time for the game against Cagliari following the back injury he received in last week's game against Fiorentina, he could start up-front alongside Recoba, Cauet is doubtful after picking up an injury to his left ankle. Panucci could make the starting eleven after being rested from the Milan derby after suffering from tendinitis. Vieri iis disqualified after being sent-off last week.

 
January 13th 2000

 
Inter Training Today ! - Panucci will miss Sunday's game through tendonitis, Jugovic will miss the game due to a slight injury to his left calf. Vieri will miss ther game through suspension but picked up an injury to his thigh in last night's game against Milan. Cauet and Zamorano may be available. Ronaldo will resume training tomorrow morning.

 
Ronaldo News ! - Ronaldo has been to see Gerard Sailant, the knee-specialist, in Paris and can begin the second phase of his recovery from injury by swimming and resuming some training

 
Disqualifications ! - Sixteen players have been disqualified following last week's Serie-A games. Vieri (Inter) has received a 1-match bas after being sent-off in the weekend game

Fresi (Inter) is 'diffidati', one booking away from a suspension.

 
January 12th 2000

 
COPPA ITALIA TONIGHT !

MILAN 2-2 INTER - Inter beat AC Milan 3-2 tonight at the San Siro in their Coppa Italia Quarter Final 1st Round clash. Andrei Shevchenko equalised twice for Milan but goals from Vieri and new boys Mutu and Seedorf were enough for Inter to take the spoils.
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Inter Training Yesterday ! - Simic will return to action for tonight's Coppa Italia game against AC Milan. Sousa, Jugovic and Zamorano will all be missing through injury, Domaraud and Rivas are unavailable as they are with their respective International Squads. Benoit Cauet picked up an injury to his left ankle in training and will miss the derby game and possibly miss the next Serie-A game as well. Recoba and Vieri should start tonight's game, both playing up-front.

 
January 11th 2000

 
Georgatos Accepts The Blame ! - Speaking through the Internet, Inter wing-back Georgatos has asked the Inter tifosi to forgive him fo rthe two errors that caused Fiorentina's two goals in Sunday's game. Vieri has defended his Red Card saying that his foot caught Repka unintentionally but he will miss the next two games through suspension. Inter will start with Recoba in the starting eleven for the Milan derby in the Coppa Italia.

 
Recoba Stays ! - Alvaro Recoba will be staying at Inter after Marcelo Lippi has guaranteed him a regular place in the starting eleven. Despite starting on the bench for most of the past three seasons with Inter, Recoba has never asked for a move, despite proving his worth with a fantastic goals-per-minute ratio during his Serie-A appearances. Roberto Baggio has confirmed again that he will remain at Inter until the end of the season.

 
Atletico Trouble Hits Vieri ! - As a result of the trial of Jesus Gil, Christian Vieri and Stefano Torrisi are being caught up in accusations of deferauding the Spanish treasury during their years at Atletico Madrid.

 
Inter Transfers ! - Colonnese and Domaraud may be available for transfer, Colonnese has already attracted interest from Cagliari.

 
Lippi Seeks An Explanation ! - Marcello Lippi is atempting to find a psychological reason for Inter Milan's poor away form and their habit of leaking last-minute goals

 
January 10th 2000

 
Inter Training ! - Inter took a charter flight out of Florence following yesterday's game and have a light training session scheduled today, before a day of rest tomorrow. Then on Wednesday they will play AC Milan in the Coppa Italia. Sousa, Ferron and Ronaldo remain on the injury list. Rivas and Domaraud are with their International squads.

 
Inter Latest ! - Zamorano received an injury in yesterday's game against Fiorentina and Vieri will be missing through suspension after receiveing a Red Card

 
Ronaldo Sells His Ferrrari ! - Ronaldo is trying to sell his 1-year-old Ferrari in order to avoid further criticism from sections of the Brazilian Press.

 
January 9th 2000

 
SERIE-A TONIGHT !

FIORENTINA 2-1 INTER - A last minute goal from Adani gave Fiorentina the points in a contraversial clash between the Viola and Inter Milan at the Artemio Franchi tonight. Batistuta gave Fiorentina the lead in the first half. Christian Vieri appeared to have a perfectly good goal disallowed before Alvaro Recoba, a late second half substitute, managed Inter's equaliser, only for Adani to snatch the points for Fiorentina as the clock moved into injury time. Thomas Repka and Christian Vieri both received their marching orders in the 83rd minute of the game.
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January 8th 2000

 
Inter Training ! - Inter trained yesterday in preperation for Sunday's game against Fiorentina. They will train again this morning before travelling to Tuscany, though Ronaldo, Sousa, Ferron, Rivas and Domaraud are all missing. Moriero, who is available for transfer if the right offer comes along, will travel with the sqaud and will probably start on the bench

 
Lecce Reject Moriero ! - Francesco Moriero's dream of moving to lecce has been rejected by the small southern-Italian club. Lecce issued a statement through their President, Mario Moroni, saying that whilst they have every sympathy with the player, Moriero does not fit into their transfer plans, not even if he were made a vailable 'on-loan'. Recoba looks to be about to move but not to Lecce, but he appears to want to stay at Inter.

 
Encouragement For Georgatos ! - A banner displayed from the Inter tifosi during the game against Perugia gave encouragement to Inter's Greek International Georgatos following his recent admission to feeling homesick for Greece. The banner was written in Greek and gave Goergatos 'intense joy' after the feelings of nostalgia endured during the Christmas holiday period.

 
January 7th 2000

 
Ronaldo Dreams Of a Return To Brazil ! - In an interview with a Brazilian paper Ronaldo is quoted as saying that one day he hopes to return to Brazil to play for Flamengo, but that day is still a long way off yet

 
Perugia Still Chase Recoba ! - Gaucci still hasn't given up hope of signing Alvaro Recoba from Inter, though any move would undoubtably depend on Nakata's decision on his impeding transfer to Roma, French club Marseilles want to take Recoba 'on-loan'.

 
Baggio Linked To Dortmund ! - The German press have linked Roberto Baggio with a move to Borussia Dortmund, despite the player's insitance that he now wants to remain at Inter until the end of the season.

 
Moriero May Move ! - Moriero may be on his way out of the San Siro as he has failed to gain a regular first team place at Inter Milan and he says he needs to play football. Moriero has turned down moves to real Zaragossa in Spain and has indicated that Lecce is his preferred choice of club

 
January 6th 2000

 
SERIE-A TODAY !

INTER 5-0 PERUGIA - Inter strolled to a 5-0 victory over Perugia this afternoon at the San Siro Stadium in their Serie-A clash. Inter's Greek winger Georgatos opened the scoring before Clarence Seedorf, making his Inter debut, added a second as Inter went in 2-0 at half-time. Inter's second half goals came from Vieri, Jugovic and an own goal from Perugia's Hilario.
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January 5th 2000

 
Inter Training Yesterday ! - Georgatos' condition is improving but Blanc is getting worse, Lippi will decide today whether or not to include them in his squad for tomorrow's Serie-A game against Perugia

 
Inquiry Continues ! - The Inquiry into the refereeing during theJuventus-v-Inter game last month is continuing. Stevanato, the linesman who convinced Tombolini (the referee) to dismiss Van der Sar was interrogated at length yesterday by Raffaele Guariniello. Guariniello will soon have all of the reports he needs to finish his inquiry

 
January 4th 2000

 
Inter Training Yesterday ! - Inter scored six times against the National Amateur Champions, Brugherio, in a friendly game in front of 3,000 spectators yesterday. Panucci, Fresi, Cordoba, Cauet, Di Biagio, Jugovic, Zanetti, Seedorf, Zamorano and Recoba all started the game. Blanc, Vieri and Peruzzi were all rested but Seedorf played in the first half and was replaced by Roberto Baggio in the second half as Lippi played a 3-4-1-2 formation. Inter's youngsters, Veraldi, was given a run-out in goal as Frezzolini has a slight 'fever' and Ferron is injured. Mutu scored twice, the first from a header following a recoba corner, the second with a right footed shot after a good dribbling run. Zamarano scored with a 'chip' from the edge of the box, Cauet scored a left footed shot from distance and Jugovic scored with a right foot shot from outside the box as Inter won the game 6-0. Simic returned to action after being injured for the last 3-months. Georgatos could be replaced by Javier Zanetti on the left wing for the Serie-A game against Perugia on Thursday

 
Baggio Turns Down Perugia ! - Roberto Baggio has turned down a transfer request from Perugia and prefers to stay at Inter, at least until the end of the season, despite several other offers being made to him and his apparent unrest with the club

 
January 3rd 2000

 
Inter Friendly ! - Inter will play a friendly game against Eccellenza today in order to test their their new signings, Mutu, Cordoba and Seedorf, the game Kicks-Off at 1.30 p.m U.K Time and will follow a morning traing session

 
African Nations Cup ! - Ten Serie-A players will be taking part in the African Nations Cup which is being played from January 22nd to February 13th. West (Nigeria + Milan), M'Boma (Cameroon + Cagliari), Mayele (Rep. Congo + Cagliari), Gargo (Ghana + Udinese), Mensah (Ghana + Bologna), Domaraud (Ivory Coast + Inter), Diawara (Senegal + Torino), Appiah (Ghana + Udinese), Neqrouz (Morocco + Bari) and Oliseh (Nigeria + Juventus)

 
January 2nd 2000

 
Georgatos Trains ! - Georgatos was back in training today after a slight injury he picked up two days ago. He took part in both of Inter's training sessions. Cordoba is on stand-by to replace him if he doesn't make it back in time for the game against Perugia on Thursday. Simic has a thigh strain and Lippi wil leave it until the last moment before deciding on his defenders. Christian Vieri has a slight 'fever' but it should not stop him from playing in Thursday's game

 
Baggio Speaks To Perugia ! - Negotiations to take Roberto Baggio to Perugia are taking place. Gaucci is hoping that Baggio would be a suitable replacement for the loss of Hidetoshi Nakata and such a move would appease the Perugia tifosi, other alternatives are Alenitchev from Roma and Recoba from Inter

 
January 1st 2000

 
Inter Training! - Di Biaggio and Peruzi have had precautionary examinations for minor injuries. Georgatos has received a slight injury and will miss 2-days training. Inter return to training tomorrow by which time Alvaro Recoba should have returned from Uruguay

 
December 31st 1999

 
Inter Report ! - 7,000 fans turned out to see Clarence Seedorf play in a friendly game for Inter Milan on their last day's training of the year. In the game Inter beat Legnano 2-0 with goals from Zamorano and Muti, whose goal was assisted by the Dutchman Seedorf. Inter started the game with a 3-4-1-2 formation with Seedorf playing just behind Vieri and Baggio. In the second half Vieri and Baggio were substituted by Zamorano and Mutu

 
Possible Transfers At Inter ! - Roberto Baggio has received several offers to go to play in Japan. Paolo Sousa could be on his way out of the San Siro and Moriero may also be available for Sale. Recoba's future could be in doubt as Seedorf is the obvious candidate for his position

 
Perugia Chase Baggio ! - The proposed move of Nakata to Roma looks like involving Alenitchev going to Perugia but they are trying to sign Roberto Baggio from Inter in order to replace their superstar with another famous face. If that fails, Baggio has had offers from Rangers and Marseilles, who also tried to sign him in the summer, if he goes there then Perugia may try to sign Alvaro Recoba

 
Marseilles Move For Inter Players ! - OM Marseilles have enquired about the possibilites of signing Robby Baggio, Alvara Recoba and Mutu from Inter, any transfer negotiations could involve Stephan Dalmat moving to Inter in the opposite direction

 
December 30th 1999

 
Training Today ! - Inter took two training sessions today. Ferron should be available for the game against Caglairi on 16th January, he should have recovered from his ankle injury by then. Simic is suffering from slight muscle fatigue and Fresi has slight stomach problem. Inter will play a friendly game against Legano

 
Georgatos Controversy ! - Georgatos has played down newspaper reports in Greece that he intends to return to Olympiakos, blaming the controversy on lost translations and misinterpretation. he says he is happy to stay at Inter,. Georgatos was on holiday in Athens over the Christmas period and says he was feeling nostalgic fot greece when he made the controversial comments

 
Seedorf Impresses In Training ! - Clarence Seedorf impresed onlookers in training yesterday, playing in central midfield and combining well with Vieri, Baggio and Zamorano. seedorf looked particulary good in going forward and scored a goal with a good right footed shot from outside the box. Inter will play two 45-minute friendlies tomorrow, Ferron has an ankle injury and has been X-Rayed, it isn't known how long he will be out for but Frezzolini will be on the bench for the games against Perugia and Fiorentina

 
San Siro Resurfaced ! - The re-laying fo the surface of the San Siro was re-started on December 20th and is now 70% complete, altogether 6,500 sq metres of the toal 7,000 sq metres of the playing surface will be replaced

 
Under 18-Squad ! - The National Under 18 squad has been called up for training between the 2nd and 5th of January, Benuzzi (Venezia), Zotti (Roma), Cannavaro (Parma), Cavalieri (Milan), Lanzaro (Roma), Scardina (Juventus), Zaccardo (Bologna), Agazzone (Milan), D'Agostino (Roma), La Fortezza (Bari) La Vecchia (Juventus), Pini (Lazio), Quintavalle (Venezia), Gasbarroni (Juventus), Giuseppe Sculli (Juventus) and Sinigaglai (inter) have all been called-up

 
December 29th 1999

 
Inter Training ! - Recoba was missing from training after a wasted journey back to Uruguay for a postponed friendly against Romania. Rivas was absent as he is with his National Olympic Squad. Domaraud is with his National team for the African Nations Cup until February. Blanc and Peruzzi have slight injuries, Sousa is out for a month with a thigh injury. Simic and Moriero both returned to training following injuries

 
Inter Are Ready ! - Marcello Lippi has stated that his new aquisitions, Seedorf, Mutu and Cordoba will put Inter into a title winning position. Columbian Cordoba will wear the Number 21 shirt, Romanian Mutu the Number 16 shirt, both players were introduced to the Press yesterday

 
December 28th 1999

 
Viola Targets ! - Benoit Cauet and Salvatori Fresi are believed to be transfer targets for Fiorentina, with Vampeta their main objective for next season. Paulo Sousa and Roberto Baggio may also be on Trapattoni's wanted list

 
Derby Tickets On Sale ! - Tickets for the Coppa Italia game between Inter and AC Milan on the 12th January have gone on sale

 
December 27th 1999

 
Training Resumes Tomorrow ! - Fourteen Serie-A teams have returned to training today following the Christmas holiday. Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Lazio, Lecce, Milan, Parma, Perugia, Piacenza, Roma, Torino, Udinese, Venezia and Verona all resumed today. Fiorentina, Inter and Reggina resume training tomorrow. Juventus return on January 1st 2000

 
Dabo Joins Parma ! - French midfielder Ousman Dabo has joined Parma from Inter Milan for a reported 20 Billion Lira. Dabo left Inter because of the lack of first team opportunities for him there and he hopes that Malesani's greater squad rotation system will give him more first teamappearances

 
Seedorf's Decision ! - Clarence Seedorf has said that Lippi and Panucci convinced him to join Inter Milan. He will play in the 'fantasista' role behind Vieri and Zamorano in a 'trident'. Moratti has said that with Seedorf in the team and Recoba, Baggio and Moriero as replacements then Inter can reach the same heights as Lazio. Seedorf was signed on Christmas Eve and will be available to play against Perugia on 6th January

 
December 26th 1999

 
Ronaldo Gets Married ! - Ronaldo has married model his pregnant girlfriend, Milene Domingues in Rio de Janiero on Christmas Eve

 
Seedorf Signs ! - Clarence Seedorf has signed for Inter Milan from Real Madrid in an £18m transfer deal, subject to a medical examination

 
December 24th 1999

 
Seedorf For Inter ! - Inter Milan representatives, Oriali and Terraneo, have been negotiating the transfer of Clarence Seedorf from Real Madrid for a fee of around 50 Billion Lira. Inter plan to sell French midfielder Ousman Dabo to Manchester United

 
December 23rd 1999

 
Ronaldo Hopeful ! - Ronaldo, speaking from Rio, has indicated that he is responding well to treatment and that he is very hopeful of a return to playing with Inter by March 2000

 
December 22nd 1999

 
Coppa Italia Dates ! - Milan will play Inter on the 12th January (Kick-Off 7.45 p.m U.K Time) in the 1st Leg of the Coppa Italia Quarter Final, the game is officially a 'home' game for AC Milan. The 2nd Leg will be played on the 27th January (Kick-Off 7.45 p.m U.K Time)

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