Atalanta - Inter (18 Jan 09)

[Bes]

Lads, the CI semifinal is secured, and now we should win against a very strong team against us(traditionaly), Atalanta from Bergame(Isn't Bergamo in Milano or in Lombardia or so).
This match has always been dificult to us with Mancini, so I hope the JM will work better this year.
I don't want to see Samuel on the starting lineup since he was the culprit of the two last goals conceeded. We should bring Materazzi, in all games he did play he had decent matches. And don't put Chivu in mf or cb(i don't like him here), if you wanna put, put him in the LB, it's the position he plays bestly.

The match will be player in 18 January(Sunday) and will take the kick-off at 15:00, I hope the KTV will show the match, like they did in the past two years.

[tritolone]

È un bastardo chi non canta,
Vaffanculo l'Atalanta!!!


you're right, Bergamo is a city very close to Milano

[Alessandro]

Im just glad to have Maicon back...
I see Adriano given the nod over Crespo and Cruz in this one.
I wonder if he will ever try RQ or Mancini as AM...

[rsz85]

Muntari is out (yellow cards).

Hopely, Stankovic and Corodba would play and Chivu wasn't bad yesterday.

I try this:

---------------Julio---------------
-Maicon-Cordoba--Samuel-Maxwell-
--Zanetti--Cambiasso--Chivu------
----------Stankovic/Figo----------
--------Adriano---Zlatan----------

Adri should play again to feel the confidence and try to build a good pair upfront.

[lonewolf19]

Agree with rsz85's lineup
Chivu put in some decent passes which is what we need in midfield. Hopefully we will have Deki back for this one

[Suneet]

I want to see a 4-4-2 please.

[tritolone]

i think it's not the right match to try quaresma or mancini because it's never easy to play against atalanta + juve play away to lazio and we have the chance to restore the 6 points lead.

i think the lineup will be like rsz85 said

[Adam]

We usually play better away than we do at home so it should be a good game.

[rsz85]

Atalanta must not be loughed off. They can mean some threat at home. Doni and Floccari very dangerous .

[Alessandro]

I really want to see RQ fused into the line up... The more time he gets, a better chance he will improve within the team... He's a player that can make a difference against Man Utd. We need the RQ of FC Porto.

[lonewolf19]

If Jose doesnt even field RQ or Mancini against Genoa in the Coppa, I do not see them taking a starting spot anytime soon. Right now, we only use them when we take a gamble (throwing on 5 forwards)

[Ziyad]

Maybe he is saving RQ for this game.

[CafeCordoba]

RQ can't make a proper counter-attacks, thus being anyhow useful in fast attacking. So it comes just for crosses, and he hasn't been able to deliver even those properly. The procent of good crosses in a match is below 50% for Quaresma. Mourinho can't play him just for the hope that he will improve at some point.

[rsz85]

RQ can't make a proper counter-attacks,

Against Roma at Olimpico he wasn't too bad, and we had to counter-attack.
He gave a sensational long pass to Obinna when the nigerian scored 4-0.

But i don't think he will start at Bergamo.

[CafeCordoba]

Against Roma at Olimpico he wasn't too bad, and we had to counter-attack.
He gave a sensational long pass to Obinna when the nigerian scored 4-0.

But i don't think he will start at Bergamo.

If that's the only positive counter-attack Quaresma has executed (one long ball which led to a goal by an individual effort from Obinna), that will just strengthen my point.

[A.l.i]

Im just glad to have Maicon back...
I see Adriano given the nod over Crespo and Cruz in this one.
I wonder if he will ever try RQ or Mancini as AM...

They will never play at AM. According to Jose, Adri is overweight so unless he drops 3,4 kilos, Crespo should be given his chances although it won't take Adri long.

[tritolone]

what if we tried a 343? like in zac times

JC
codoba samuel chivu

maicon cambiasso zanetti stankovic

ibra
crespo adriano

or maybe at least in the second half if we're losing or it's a draw? instead of 424. i believe it could work because the midfield has a lot of stamina and can cover their midfield so they can't go forward. in attack we usually pass to ibra and he has only one player to pass to. this way there would be two.

if it doesn't work it takes only one substitution to revert to our normal formation

[AntonTheGreat]

i still believe in quaresma and mancini, both have proved they can play, its just a matter of when they can show inter what they have showed other teams. I mean if they didnt have talent i dont see why inter would buy them (barring cesar and mariano). I really wanna see quaresma find form cuz it would be great seeing an awesome quaresma against Man United. I mean that would add up to some sexxy calcio. I say if fit, give quaresma as many minutes as we can without costing results.

Any way i would like to see this...

JC
maicon ivan Samuell Max
Chivu
Cambi JZ
Quaresma
Adri Ibra

If deki is available play him some minutes, also would love to see mancini and crespo getting minutes, both are out to prove something. This formation is unlikely tho! I wouldnt mind seeing quaresma and ibra flanking adri on attack. That could reek havoc if in form... Sadly its not, so lets change that JM

[Alessandro]

They will never play at AM. According to Jose, Adri is overweight so unless he drops 3,4 kilos, Crespo should be given his chances although it won't take Adri long.

I think Cruz has a better chance at starting than Crespo...
I'm pretty sure He will leave on loan aswell as Dacourt in the next couple of weeks... Crespo is cursed at Inter.

[Principe]

I know this is impossible but I always wanted to try Maicon in the MR position instead of Zanetti...I think Zanetti would be able to play great as a RB and still do his famous runs while Maicon will also use his runs from the midfield to add a dimension we haven't used from the middle (forward running instead of moving from one side to the other)

I don't mind either Crespo or Adriano starting with Zlatan but not Cruz as I still hold on to my belief that Cruz should only be used as a super sub...