Appiano Gentile – Rodrigo Palacio is suspended (for one game) and there is Antonio Cassano who is more probable to take over during the game instead of starting from the first minute. He himself has said that he is just at 50-60% and so Andrea Stramaccioni should start Philippe Coutinho alongside Wesley Sneijder and behind the lone striker Diego Milito in a 4-3-2-1 which has become quite popular. In this case, the minutes of Inter’s number 99 will be decided during the game and in accordance with the future situations that will increase the number of minutes gradually.
Samuel to rest? Alvaro Pereira took part in all the training sessions yesterday (transfer documents are still not ready) and there are doubts in the defensive department: unless there are twists at the last minute, Samuel could be rested for the decisive game against FC Vaslui on Thursday. Therefore, the starting central defenders for Inter should be Matias Silvestre and Andrea Ranocchia. With the absence of Maicon, Zanetti goes to the right with Nagatomo on the left. In the midfield, we will see the debut of Walter Gargano from the first minute together with teammates Cambiasso and Guarin.
Stop at debut Inter will certainly want to break the taboo of the past five debuts in the league since 2007 (Inter 1-1 Udinese) where they have not won since. In 2008, the Nerazzurri in the debut of Jose Mourinho drew with Sampdoria 1-1, then another 1-1 against Bari in 2009. In 2010, another draw versus Bologna in 2010 (0-0) and lost against Palermo 4-3 in 2011. The last victory dated back to September 9, 2006: 3-2 away at Fiorentina.