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APPIANO GENTILE – Diego Milito and Walter Samuel participated in training with
the group in this morning’s session at the Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti in La
Pinetina. It was the second session ahead of Inter v Cesena, scheduled for
Sunday 29 April at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in the San Siro district of Milan
(15:00 kick-off), in which the forward and the defender participated in the
entire workout with their team-mates. Also added were the following youngsters: goalkeeper Ivica Ivusic (’95),
full-back Ibrahima Mbaye (’94), midfielder Joseph Alfred Duncan (’93) and forward
Marko Livaja (’93). There were specific individual programmes, which took place
in part on the pitch, for Lucio, Maicon, Andrea Ranocchia, Wesley Sneijder and
Javier Zanetti. Luc Castaignos and Cristian Chivu underwent programmes for
competitive recovery.

Tomorrow there will be a morning workout, once again at the Centro Sportivo
Angelo Moratti in La Pinetina. Then at 12:45 the press conference with Andrea
Stramaccioni will take place ahead of Inter v Cesena. In the evening the team
will retire in Appiano Gentile ahead of the match.

MILAN – Andrea Romeo of Verona will officiate Inter v Cesena, Week 35 of Serie A 2011/12, Sunday 29 April at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (kick-off 15:00).

Romeo will take charge of the Nerazzurri for the third time after Cesena v Inter (0-1, 18 December 2011) and Inter v Siena (2-1, 11 April 2012). His will be assisted by Comito and Giachero, while Baracani will be the fourth official.

APPIANO GENTILE – The Nerazzurri trained for the second time ahead of Inter v Cesena, Week 35 of Serie A 2011/12, Sunday 29 April at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, kick-off 15:00.

Keep up to date on the Nerazzurri throughout the day on inter.it and Inter Channel. 

MILAN – Andrea Poli was at the Hotel Marriott in Milan this evening for the San Siro Gentleman awards ceremony – the traditional Milanese event that rewards Inter and AC Milan players who have distinguished themselves for their class and fair play both on and off the pitch. Speaking on the sidelines of the ceremony, the Nerazzurri midfielder – this year’s ‘Gentleman Revelation’ – gave his thoughts on the Serie A run-in: "It was crucial that we beat Udinese and we’re not going to ease up now. Our target is to beat Cesena and win the other three remaining games. We want to keep going because we believe we can get that third spot. All we’re thinking about now is getting as many points on the board as possible between now and the end of the season."

The former Sampdoria man also commented on the impact made by Andrea Stramaccioni: "He’s a very talented coach and extremely determined to do well. He’s brought his ideas onto the pitch and we’re putting them into practice. He’s young but very savvy, he has character and personality, he wants to make a name for himself and we’re all very comfortable with him."

Poli then revealed that his own future "will be at Inter.  I want to carry on as a Nerazzurri player, honouring this shirt and doing my best here," he concluded.

MILAN
– The 17th
edition of the San Siro Gentleman Awards was held at Milan’s Hotel
Marriott
this evening: an annual prize-giving ceremony in which awards are dished
out to Inter and AC Milan players who have distinguished themselves for fair
play, uniting competitive sport with moral values on the pitch.
Inter skipper Javier Zanetti picked up two ‘Gentleman 2012’ accolades to cap a
year which saw him set a new all-time appearance record for the club.
This is what Zanetti had to say before the ceremony:

"We’re working
hard to make that third Champions League berth ours; we want it and we
believe we can get it. There are four games to go and we’ll keep trying until the end.

"800 appearances? It will have to be next season
now: I won’t make it this year because I’ve had to sit out for a while.
But I will at the start of the next campaign because I want to keep
doing my bit for this club. What then? I was asked if I’d like to
work as a director or as a coach and I said as a director, but I
never said I already had my own desk waiting for me.

"We’re
working well with Stramaccioni; he’s brought in enthusiasm and he has
everything he needs to keep going with us. He knows exactly what he wants.
Gasperini and Ranieri? I have respect for both of them, they did
their best but the results didn’t come.

"The
future of Inter? A mix of youth and experience.

"The
Milan derby? We have two games to go and we’ll be up there battling
it out for third place.

"Sneijder
and Alvarez? They were out with injuries for a long time, now they’re
back and they’re helping us with the quality they have.

"What
about Juventus adding a third star to their shirts if they win
another Scudetto this year? If that’s what they want to do then so be
it, there’s no point commenting on it, we’re thinking about
ourselves.

"Have
I spoken to Mourinho? We’ve texted each other, I was very sorry for
him. So was he of course, he really wanted to win it but when it
came down to the luck of penalties things went the way they did. I think we can say that Bayern deserved it though.

"How
am I doing? I’ll try to make it for Sunday but we’ll have to see with
the doctor and the coach.

"Who
would I rather see win the Scudetto, Juventus or AC Milan? I don’t
know, we’re focused on securing Champions League football and on
building a great squad for next year; we’re not thinking about the
others."