September 20th, 2011 |
0 commentsAPPIANO GENTILE - While most of the team are over in Novara preparing for Inter’s third match of the 2011/12 Serie A season, back at the Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti a small group of players are working hard to return to full match fitness following their respective injuries.
This morning there was treatment, personalised gym sessions, technical and athletic exercises on the pitch, physiotherapy and work in the pool for the following players: Luca Caldirola (who trained with the group yesterday), Ivan Ramiro Cordoba, Maicon, Thiago Motta, Andrea Poli, Dejan Stankovic and Emiliano Viviano.
September 20th, 2011 |
0 commentsNOVARA - Inter are carrying out a pitch inspection at the Stadio Silvio Piola ahead of this evening’s 2011/12 Serie A Week 4 game against Novara. Gian Piero Gasperini, the technical staff and the players who travelled here for the match are doing some light training to get used to the playing surface made using the latest generation artificial turf, which Novara began using last season during their successful Serie B campaign.
Tonight’s game will be the first time Novara and Inter have met in Serie A in 55 years and seven months, since 5 February 1956.
Follow the Nerazzurri throughout the day on inter.it.
September 20th, 2011 |
0 commentsAPPIANO GENTILE – The final training session has ended before Novara v Inter,
the Week 4 fixture of the 2011/12 Serie A season, scheduled for tomorrow (20:45
kick-off) at the Stadio Silvio Piola. After a technical warm-up, the group
underwent a session in preparation for the match. Luca Caldirola and Cristian
Chivu participated with their team-mates. Individual sessions aimed at
competitive recovery were held for Ivan
Ramiro Cordoba, Maicon, Thiago Motta, Andrea Poli and Dejan Stankovic. Emiliano Viviano underwent therapy and
specific strengthening exercises.
Training will be followed by dinner at the Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti
before the departure for Novara.
September 20th, 2011 |
0 commentsAPPIANO GENTILE – Gian Piero Gasperini has named 22 players in the match-day squad
for Novara v Inter, the 2011/12 Serie A Week 4 fixture scheduled for tomorrow evening, Tuesday 20 September, at the Stadio Silvio Piola in Novara (at 20:45).
Goalkeepers: 1 Julio Cesar, 12 Luca Castellazzi, 21 Paolo Orlandoni;
Defenders: 4 Javier Zanetti, 6 Lucio, 23 Andrea
Ranocchia, 25 Walter Samuel, 26 Cristian Chivu, 37 Davide Faraoni, 42
Jonathan, 55 Yuto Nagatomo;
Midfielders: 10 Wesley Sneijder, 11 Ricardo Alvarez, 19 Esteban Cambiasso, 20 Joel Obi, 29 Coutinho, 77 Sulley Muntari;
Forwards: 7 Giampaolo Pazzini, 9 Diego Forlan, 22 Diego Milito, 28 Mauro Zarate, 30 Luc Castaignos.
September 20th, 2011 |
0 commentsAPPIANO GENTILE – "It was a very positive surprise to see Novara back in
Serie A. They deserved it. They are enthusiastic and they’ll be playing at home
for the first time since promotion, so it will be a tricky match for us."
So begins Gian Piero Gasperini at the press conference on the eve of Novara v
Inter, the Week 4 fixture of the 2011/12 season to be played tomorrow night at
the Stadio Silvio Piola. The match will be played on a synthetic pitch and the coach
admits: "I don’t really like a synthetic surface. In Serie A, however,
there is one at both Novara and Cesena. The ball moves at a different speed and
it’s necessary to adapt to it. Tomorrow morning we’ll give it a try, but it’s
not that we’ve never seen it… [smiling]. However, it’s not that after a half
hour it seems that you have always played on one."
Gasperini was then asked if it will be possible to see Giampaolo Pazzini
starting tomorrow: "That could be the case," replied the coach, who
was then asked about the conditions of certain players. "Sneijder, Chivu
and Stankovic? They could recover. It depends. We’ll see in the afternoon.
Maicon? He could start training with the team in the coming days."
