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Inter Milan’s improvement in the last few matches have brought new confidence especially for the captain, Javier Zanetti, who believes that his club’s good form will continue after the current Christmas break.
The skipper believes that the break would not disturb their current good run as it should instead give the players the rest they need in order to recharge their energy again and continue the positive performances they’ve been having recently.
Having an inconsistent run in their early Serie A matches, both Inter Milan and As Roma looked to get themselves together just before the Christmas break as the two closes the year with comforting victories.
The Nerazzurri trashed their visitor, Lecce, 4-1 at San Siro with Ricky Alvarez providing an inspiration for the home side, while Roma also continue their positive run with another precious away victory, this time against Bologna.
Thiago Motta’s contract with Inter Milan is set to end on 2013 but no indication of a renewal arrives from the club as just yet, this situation apparently gives a little bit concern for the player’s agent, Dario Canovi.
Although acknowledging that there’s still quite a lot of time to talk over the renewal, Canovi expect that Inter would give an immediate decision about his client’s future and not delaying things until the final months of Motta’s contract.
Inter Milan have successfully lift themselves up into the standings after picking up important victories in their last few Serie A matches and this situation brings delight for the club’s president, Massimo Moratti, who could present some Christmas gifts for their coach, Claudio Ranieri.
The patron, who previously stated that there might not be anymore incoming in January apparently has changed his mind and ready to provide additional help for Ranieri.
A tough task for Italian teams on their Champions League journey, especially for Napoli and Ac Milan who are being paired with two English representatives, Chelsea along with Arsenal, while a much easier draw received by Inter Milan, who faces Marseille.
Obviously playing against two Londoners, will be a difficult task especially for the Rossoneri, who have been having poor results against premiership teams in the competition for last few seasons.
Inter Milan continue their attempt to step up in the league table after picking up another three point, this time against Genoa in the re-arranged Serie A match witch was postponed due to flash flood problem. In a game which saw a bit of controversy, The Nerazzurri must thanked their Japanese player, Yuto Nagatomo, as the wing back scored the only goal in the game that puts all the three points in the bag for Claudio Ranieri’s side.
After having plenty criticism in the last few seasons after plenty disappointing results in Europe, Italian teams can have a big smile for the moment as they have three representatives in the next stage of Champions League, which is the biggest numbers compared to other countries.
After Ac Milan and Inter Milan already confirmed their qualification in previous week, Napoli confirmed them in the final group match by beating Villarreal 2-0, thanks to the second half goals from Gokhan Inler and also Marek Hamsik.
Ac Milan only managed to stay at the top of Serie A for a while as in Sunday, Juventus regain the throne after picking up a 2-0 victory over their visitor Cesena, with goals from Claudio Marchisio and Arturo Vidal’s dubious spot kick.
However, a much more interesting stuffs in Serie A last weekend happened in Florence where Fiorentina demolished As Roma, who in the end were playing only with eight men on the pitch.
Starting the season in an unconvincing manner, Inter Milan’s summer signing, Ricky Alvarez, seems to believe that his fortune will soon change especially after he scored his first goal for the club in the Champions League tie against Trabzonspor last Tuesday.
Alvarez, who was brought in from Velez this June, now hopes that he can also win titles with the Nerazzurri, adding that doing it this season is still not too late for the Nerazzurri.
Positive results earned by two Italian representatives in the Champions League, Inter Milan and Napoli, who picked up valuable results against their opponents on Tuesday.
Inter sealed their passage into the next round after sharing a point with Trabzonspor, while Napoli puts their qualifying chance on their own hands after beating Manchester City and leap frogging the premier league team in the runners up position behind Bayern Munich.
