Sampdoria - Inter (Coppa Italia) (4 Mar 09)

[Alessandro]

VS

Wed, Mar 4 2009, 20:45
Stadio Luigi Ferraris

[Ziyad]

We play on the 4th,then 7th (Gen) then 11th(Manu)...

I think we should start those who arent playing United in this one completely..

[CafeCordoba]

Vieira should play the whole match or at least start it as he's suspended for the Genoa match. Hopefully Samuel will be also ready soon, maybe in the bench for this one. After all, this isn't so important match as we have the 2nd leg still and it's at the Meazza.

[jamsieboy86]

Should def start Balotelli to build on his recent form and have him firing goin into the Manure match, could be the surprise factor we need.

Sampdoria are in good form recently, Pazzini and Cassano are a real threat, should be a tricky match, especially if we start some fringe players.

[lonewolf19]

Definitely Vieira, Balotelli to start. We want them to be on form against Man Utd. They can be extra weapon on the pitch. Time to rest some of the important players as well.

Toldo
Santon-Matrix-Cordoba-Maxwell
JZ-Muntari-Vieira
Jimenez/Figo/Mancini
Balotelli-Crespo

[1919]

My lineup would be like this:

Toldo
JZ - Materazzi - Cordoba - Maxwell
Viera - Muntari - Stan
Jiminez - Mancini
Balotelli

[Drake44444]

There won't be fringe players. Jose will play to win this.

I expect at least Adriano and Mario up front.

Expect to see Muntari in there to try to regain his form.

I expect also to see Santon and probably Viera.

I doubt Mancini will get off the bench.

Crespo, Cruz, or Figo instead of Stankovic.

[Il Muro]

Mourinho should rotate though otherwise our players will burn out. We have a big squad - USE IT!

[Drake44444]

Mourinho should rotate though otherwise our players will burn out. We have a big squad - USE IT!

HUGE Squad is more like it. I think the writing is on the wall for a bunch of them that won't be back next year.

I think at this point he is trying to find the right squad for the away leg against Man U.

[CafeCordoba]

Mourinho should use rotation as this is an away match and a 1st leg. We can finish it off at Meazza.

[lonewolf19]

Sampdoria
Cautioned: Gastaldello, Pieri, Ziegler.
Disqualified: Lucchini, Mirante.

Inter
Cautioned: Muntari, Obinna, Samuel.
Disqualified: -

[Interista nr.1]

Toldone
Rivas Materazzi Burdisso (if Samuel is not ready) Maxwell
Mancini Viera Muntari
Figo
Obinna Crespo

In second half Jimenez, Cruz and maybe Balotelli.

[Universe]

At least Mancini used fringe players every now and again as he knew it was important on a human level for a player to actually play but I'm starting to get pissed off by the lack of playing time given to some of our players, in particular Jimenez and Mancini.

[Master Inter]

APPIANO GENTILE - José Mourinho has called up 19 players for Wednesday evening's Tim Cup semi-final first leg against Sampdoria at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa (kick-off 20:45):
Goalkeepers: 1 Francesco Toldo, 22 Paolo Orlandoni, 51 Vid Belec.
Defenders: 2 Ivan Ramiro Cordoba, 6 Maxwell, 13 Maicon, 23 Marco Materazzi, 24 Nelson Rivas.
Midfielders: 4 Javier Zanetti, 5 Dejan Stankovic, 11 Luis Jimenez, 14 Patrick Vieira, 19 Esteban Cambiasso, 20 Sulley Muntari, 33 Amantino Mancini.
Strikers: 10 Adriano, 18 Hernan Crespo, 45 Mario Balotelli, 21 Victor Obinna.

[Ilkinio]

No Figo, Santon, Ibra, as well as Samuel, Chivu and Burdisso. Interesting which line-up we will field.

[Universe]

Santon has the flu.

[lonewolf19]

A bit concerned with the extent of injuries.

Leaving out injured quintet Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Walter Samuel, Nicolas Burdisso, Christian Chivu and Francesco Bolzoni.

Davide Santon is unavailable after going down with the flu

[Ilkinio]

Our team should spend a week in Genoa. Interesting.

[Drake44444]

Those injuries are brutal. Samuel and Chivu are crucial.

Mario & Adriano up front seem the obvious choices.

I would like to see Muntari and Viera play as well.

Maxwell returning to LB in Santon's absence.

[Handoyo]

Our team should spend a week in Genoa. Interesting.

In 06/07, we faced Sampdoria for 3 consecutive matches. Damn, we really are destined with that city.