LEONARDO CHALLENGES THE SHADOW OF PEP
The average point is worthy of the Scudetto and 10 victories at home: those are his tickets for the future.
Three games to beat Mou:
2005-2006: 2.39 points per game in 38 games for Capello
2006-2007: 2.55 points per game in 38 games for Mancini
2008-2009: 2.30 points per game in 38 games for Mourinho
2010-2011: 2.30 points per game in 20 games for Leonardo.
Appiano Gentile - If you are accustomed to caviar, it is not to fight for a can of tuna. Yet Inter have managed to stand up after a nightmare start in April due to the pride of the players, but also to Leonardo. With two great comebacks against Lazio and Cesena, he has brought his point-per-game average to 2.30 points in the league with 15 wins, 4 defeats and the 1-1 in Brescia. With a projection of 38 games, he would have had 87.4 points which is more than Milan. And the great thing is that if he wins the last three (Fiorentina, Napoli and Catania), the average will raise to 2.39. In the face of Guardiola because no coach in Inter's history has done such thing since the era of 3 points per game started (1994-1995). The closest one still has his name lingering at Pinetina. Jose Mourinho, in fact, in his first 23 games of in the league 2008-2009, had an average of 2.30 and finished that season with 84 total points (at 2.24 points per game). To beat Leonardo, we have to go back to the black and white era and convert the victories that at that time were worth two points, with Alfredo Foni (in 1952-1953 got a 2.39 in 23 games) and Giovanni Invernizzi established a difficult record in 1970-1971 with 2.52 points in the first 23 games on the Inter bench.
Mancini, number one For the Brazilian, there is another record in sight: if he wins against Fiorentina and Catania at the San SIro, he would extend the winning streak at home to 12. The only coach that did better was Gigi Radice: 14 with Torino in 1975-1976. The number one is Mancini who closed 2006-2007 with 97 points (2.55 ppg), that was the first season post Calciopoli with Juve in B and Milan penalized. Then there are Ancelotti (2.41 with Milan in 2003-2004) and Capello (2.39 with Juventus win 2005-2006 but then got relegated).
The elite without title In short, Leonardo is likely to be the only one with high points-per-game average to be without the Scudetto. Of course, he started with the Benitez handicap (-13 points from league leaders with two games less), but the fact remains that he has yet been able to take home the big games. The four defeats in the league came against Udinese, Juventus, Milan and Parma in while in the Champions League the balance is at three defeats with one sole victory in Munich. In the past with Milan, in big games, Leonardo couldn't show the quality. "My numbers are fine - said the Brazilian - but then there were two defeats which have overshadowed everything." To turn on the light - and to further conviction of Moratti, who sees him on the bench for next season, until proven otherwise - is the 270 minutes in the league. Plus the Italian Cup.
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