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APPIANO
GENTILE – What a story and what a guest on tonight’s Prima Serata,
the weekly programme on Inter Channel hosted by Edoardo Caldara. In the studio today was Ruben
Sosa: the former Nerazzurri striker lives in Uruguay now but
returns to Italy whenever he can and likes to step back inside a Nerazzurri ‘dimension’ that he has never forgotten (and vice versa).

Born
on 25 April 1966 in Montevideo ("I celebrated my 22nd
birthday yesterday"), Sosa was one of the most emblematic figures of the Inter team between 1992 and 1995. Although the last season was played with a knee that "was
finished by then", his first two years were marvellous: 22 goals in his
first season and 17 in the second, when the team just missed out on
the Scudetto after mounting a late charge and won a UEFA Cup despite everything and everyone. Osvaldo Bagnoli used to say of Sosa: "He
doesn’t know the first thing about football but he always scores!"

"With the balls they use nowadays I could
have had 40 goals a season," Ruben told Inter Channel. "I liked to
shoot from long range. A free kick on the edge of the box was like a
penalty for me. I learnt to shoot when I was 14-15 and we’d practice
hitting the crossbar from the centre of the pitch. I used to say: I aim for the
keeper and then the ball swerves… and the keeper never gets them.
Striking the ball well is a natural gift but you have to practice
every day – until your foot hurts. And you mustn’t be afraid to shoot: the worst thing that can happen is it goes into the stands,
nobody’s going to die…"

The years pass even for the best of us ("Look at
those photos, that’s my brother…") but Ruben still has the same
personality and life philosophy: "If you know how to play football, if
you love it, you train and you’re professional, there’s no pressure
in football. Pressure is for those who go to work and have to bring
money home so that the family can eat. Football has always been about
having fun for me and I think that helped me. When I go back to
Inter the door is always open for me, open to the man, not the
ex-footballer, and that’s nice. I always played for the fans,
I felt like one of them on the pitch and I wanted to see the stands
throbbing with joy."

You can see this and much more tonight with Ruben
Sosa and Edoardo Caldara on Prima Serata, Inter Channel at 21:00.
Don’t miss it!

APPIANO GENTILE – After returning to Milan yesterday evening from the league
win in Udine, Inter took to the pitch this morning at the Centro Sportivo
Angelo Moratti in La Pinetina to prepare for the match against Cesena,
scheduled for Sunday 29 April at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (kick-off at15:00).
It was the typical workout that takes place between two events scheduled so
closely together. One group, which featured Lucio and Diego Milito, consisted
of the Nerazzurri players who saw the most action yesterday, as they worked on
individual recovery. The second group, with all the other available players,
worked on the pitch for approximately 70 minutes, including the youngsters who
were added to the group: goalkeeper Ivica Ivusic (’95), full-back Ibrahima
Mbaye (’94), midfielder Alfred Joseph Duncan (’93) and forward Marko Livaja
(’93).

Javier Zanetti underwent an individual session, partly on the pitch and partly
in the gym. For Walter Samuel, however, there was a complete programme on the
pitch aimed at competitive recovery. Cristian Chivu and Luc Castaignos
underwent treatment, physiotherapy and a recovery programme in the gym.

Tomorrow morning will be the second training session ahead of Inter v Cesena,
once again in Appiano Gentile.

APPIANO GENTILE – Andrea Stramaccioni would like to stress that he has no
profile on any social network page (Facebook and Twitter).

Therefore, any statements that are attributed to the Nerazzurri coach on any
social network page should not be considered as his expressions or beliefs.

MILAN – At the entrance of the Saras offices, president Massimo Moratti
answered questions from waiting journalists, commenting on both Inter’s victory
against Udinese yesterday in the rescheduled Week 33 Serie A match, as well as
yesterday’s Champions League semi-final.

President Moratti, arithmetic is a good subject to consider now when thinking
of the third place spot.

"Yes, but the arithmetic also depends on the results, so we’ll see.
Yesterday’s test was a good one, certainly very good on the part of the coach
above all, and on the part of the players who expressed themselves exactly how
the coach wanted. Then with their qualities they knew how to give something
more."

Is Andrea Stramaccioni’s confirmation on the Inter bench tied to reaching the
third place spot?

"That’s one way to look at it, but it’s always good to set objectives
because it’s a motivation to constantly do better."

Last night, Real Madrid was eliminated from the Champions League. Do you
believe Josè Mourinho will
leave Spain?

"I don’t know, but I was very sorry because I know very well the character
and commitment that he puts into doing things. Therefore, in spite of that
commitment, I imagine that it was a big disappointment to be on the end of such
an unlucky result with the penalties. However, he has the capability and
quality, and as he himself said last night, ‘I still have time to win more
Champions League titles.’"

MILAN – F.C. Internazionale wishes to announce that ticket sales are underway for the away section, reserved for Inter fans, for Parma v Inter, the Week 36 match of the 2011/12 Serie A season scheduled for Wednesday 2 May at the Stadio Ennio Tardini in Parma (20:45 kick-off).

The price of a ticket is 25 euros through the Lottomatica circuit (authorised sales points can be found at www.listicket.it) and sales are reserved to those holding a Tessera
del Tifoso – Fan Card. 

For further information consult the following link: 
http://fcparma.com/biglietti/prezzi/