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| Leonardo has the right to celebrate if Inter score!! he deserves it. |
We have seen many big matches this season. Barcelona crushing Real Madrid, Manchester United clashing with Manchester City and Roma defeating Lazio just recently, but nothing compares to the San Siro stadium filled to the brim to watch Milan - Inter.
Not even a film producer could have written a script like this. Milan's dominant Serie A campaign could easily hit a big snag, if Inter win tonight. Who would believe, Milan's ex-coach Leonardo takes the helm of their bitter city rivals Inter and manages to close the gap in just three months.
Now people are starting to believe that if Inter did not have that bad spell with Benitez, they would have surely been in first place with a huge gap between them and second place.
Leonardo does not have the experience or maybe technical knowledge of Benitez, Mourinho or probably any other coach in football at the moment, but he does know how to get a team to play as a team.
Before January, Inter were playing like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off, but now after a few smiles, hugs and some good inspirational talks, the team is at their best.
Now, I am not saying Leonardo has no experience, as what he learned from Carlo Ancelotti is showing and obviously having a coach like Mourinho backing you makes things much more easier.
Lets face it the players know how to play football, they just have to be reminded how to enjoy it and do what they know best.
Surely win or lose for both teams, the league will not be decided tonight as both team have many dangerous games to play.
The psychological impact of a losing is the dangerous aspect of this match. Leonardo will surely know how to handle this if it was to happen.
Many are saying Inter are favorites, this could be, but this is a derby and everything goes out the window.
After watching Inter defeat Bayern in the Champions League, this shows Inter are a team that never give up, and this even shows in the Serie A standings.
Lets enjoy the match, and surely Leonardo will tell his players to just enjoy and play football like they know how to do.
Finally, no Milan fan can erase the great memories Leonardo had with his former club, but they have no right to punish him just because he wanted to continue his coaching career with a great club.
It was Milan President Berlusconi who pushed him out of the team and Inter hired him six months later.
Tonight after the final whistle, and after enduring 90 minutes of abusive chants from the Milan supporters, Leonardo can officially say he is a Inter coach and a fan at heart. Leonardo will be with the team for a long time, even after his coaching spell with the team comes to an end (If the results keep coming, he will surely stay as a coach for a long while) as Moratti will keep him as a Director or along side Marco Branca strengthening the team with new signings.
Finally regarding the new comments from Benitez attacking Inter about not bringing in any new players when he was coach... all I can say is the reply from Inter are in the recent results and injury crisis coming to an end.
Forza Inter!!!
