Inter - Empoli (Coppa Italia) (17 Jan 07)

[lonewolf19]

Second leg of Coppa Italia we are at home and leading 2-0 on aggre.
a good match for crespo and grosso to regain fitness while maxwell taking a rest, and of coz for our youngster to shine
hope to see Ribas

[cloudq]

also expect to see andreolli and cordoba manning the middle for inter

[Marcello]

I want to see a Andreolli - Materazzi Combination at the back some Italian style defending i would really love to see I'm craving for that partnership

[lonewolf19]

Disciplinary Situation

Inter
Disqualified: -
Cautioned: Burdisso, Figo, Materazzi.

[1919]

Toldo
Maicon - Andreolli - Cordoba - Grosso
Mariano - Dacourt - Mahroufi - Solari
Crespo - Choutos

[AntonTheGreat]

I like your setup 1919, but i dont see mancini using choutos, maybe a different youth player or ibra or adri, Just not choutos. Other then that, great setup. Mahroufi is an up and coming star, so giving him some playing time will be good for Inters youth.

[Jimmy]

I seriously hope that Mancini opt for a full B-squad now. With 2-0 lead, and Empoli lining up a bunch of amateurs, there's no reason for why we should play first team players. Hence I prefer this lineup:

Toldo

Andreolli - Cordoba - Samuel - Grosso

Mariano - Dacourt - Marooufi - Solari

Crespo - Choutos

Just give Choutos a chance to prove himself wrong. Ridicilously badly treated amongst the fans, without even playing. Then have Ribas coming off the bench for him if needed.

[Stefan]

I rather start Ribas. The guys has potential to play first team football for Inter down the road. Choutas has no chance.

[M.Adnan]

Toldo

Andreolli - Cordoba - Samuel - Grosso

Mariano - Dacourt - Marooufi - Solari

Crespo - Choutos

Cordoba, Samuel, Grosso and Crespo, could play atleast 30 matches in a season with any team in Europe, sit on the bench in Inter these days.

I love Inter.

[Marcello]

Andreolli picked up an injury so he probly wont play or come on as a sub

[lonewolf19]

Toldo

Maicon - Cordoba - Samuel - Grosso

Mariano - Dacourt - Marooufi - Solari

Crespo - Ribas

[Pajo]

Toldo

Maicon - Cordoba - Samuel - Grosso

Mariano - Dacourt - Marooufi - Solari

Crespo - Ribas

same for me mate... And if not Ribas, I would give Slavkovski a chance...

[lonewolf19]

same for me mate... And if not Ribas, I would give Slavkovski a chance...

good call mate... i almost forgot about him =/

[Choppin Onions]

We could play our entire Primavera and probably still win this competition with Mancini's history.

[cloudq]

the thing is with choutos

he was initially brought as a trade piece

then nobody wanted to buy him, since hes like 26

but then he trains well with the squad

but at 6th striker he never gets any PT

i feel sorry for choutos

[alvaro]

Goalkeepers: 1 Francesco Toldo, 79 Fabian Carini.

Defenders: 2 Ivan Cordoba, 4 Javier Zanetti, 11 Fabio Grosso, 16 Nicolas Burdisso, 25 Walter Samuel, 36 Simone Fautario (1987), 46 Dennis Esposito (1988), 51 Leonardo Bonucci (1987).

Midfielders: 7 Luis Figo, 15 Olivier Dacourt, 19 Esteban Cambiasso, 21 Santiago Solari, 50 Ibrahim Maaroufi (1989), 91 Mariano Gonzalez.

Strikers: 18 Hernan Crespo, 57 Attila Filkor (1988), 60 Sebastian Ribas (1988), 58 Jonathan Ludovic Biabiany (1988), 99 Lampros Choutos.

Ribas-Crespo
Solari-Maaroufi-Dacourt-Gonzalez
Grosso-Cordoba-Samuel-Burdisso
Carini

Fautario on Grosso's place and Esposito on Samuel's if they cant't start yet.

[Pajo]

I would only like to see more youngsters in this game... That would be great for them, and us, to see how will they do on a senior level...

[uny_arturo]

Shame that Capitano is called up. Hope we don't see him from the first minute or he'll burn out in the coming fixtures...... Anyway, here's my predicted line-up.

--------Crespo-------Ribas--------
-Solari--Maroufi--Dacourt--Mariano-
-Fautario-Samuel-Cordoba-Bonucci-
---------------Toldo--------------

Samuel has trainned with the squad for several days and he should be okay to start. But probably Esposito will sub him in case he's exhausted. Maaroufi has been a regular for our Coppa Italia games and there's no point for his absence. Filkor will get his minutes when we're again, leading by one nil or more, by substituing the tired Dacourt out. I also feel sorry for Choutos but it seems that Ribas is more likely to get the chance to start. Please correct me if wrong.

[Inter101]

shud be n eASY GAME no pressure.

[lonewolf19]

can only watch 60 min of this game because of class
hope we go thru easily