Inter, Marotta speaks: “Me, Inzaghi, Dzeko, Juve, Ronaldo and…”

“Compared to yesterday, nothing has changed, there is the awareness of being able to be protagonists to the end in an anomalous and unprecedented championship, which will start again on 4 January”. This is the analysis by Inter Giuseppe Marotta on the microphones of Radio Anch’io Sport, on Rai RadioUno. “It’s something new and we’re all curious to understand it especially with regard to the sphere of performance, between players who go to the World Cup and others who stay at home. For athletic trainers it will be difficult, new, it will be necessary to understand player by player any deficiencies which will be demonstrated in this period of time”.

Homework

—

Marotta analyzed this first part of the Nerazzurri championship: “We had a mysterious, silent handicap, whose origins I didn’t understand, then the team and the coach found correctives, remedies. Today the fact that away from home we have one path and another at home. We have suffered four defeats away, but the highlights are the 18 goals conceded, which are many compared to the 22 total. This is the element that must make us reflect and the coach will have to find the corrective measures : this is our homework”.

The recovery

—

On the match that awaits Inter in the second leg of the championship, on 4 January, against leaders Napoli: “We have played 7 games at home and 8 away, we have 4 points less than last year, when Napoli were leading with 36 points, 5 points less than now. There will still be 23 games to play and 69 points up for grabs: I don’t think the match against Naples on 4 January will be the decisive one. It’s more important to understand what physical conditions we’ll find ourselves in”.

Dzeko and stadium

—

For the renewal of Dzeko Marotta has no doubts: “He deserves the renewal, he is a great professional, attached to the shirt and like many old men around he has a goal-scoring habit. We will start contacts at the right moment: that is our desire, even what counts is the will of the player”. For now, no announcement of shots arriving on the January transfer market: Opportunities must be seized but, when it comes to big clubs, I don’t think there are opportunities that are right for us, we still need to keep our eyes open, however I think this is a competitive group for what our goals are”.

When asked about the situation of the process for the new stadium, Marotta explained that “we bring up the rear in stadiums, in Italy there are only four owned stadiums. There are many bureaucratic difficulties, we should have a more fluid process”. For the new stadium in Milan, “we are now in a stalemate and I sure hope it can be resolved as soon as possible”.

On the eve of the FIGC federal council meeting on the D’Onofrio case, the chief prosecutor of the referees’ association arrested for drugs, Marotta said: “It is a very sad page, one of the ugliest in Italian football. I am sure that Gravina will resolve it in best way”. On the ultra question, later the episode of the north curve displaced after the news of the murder of the ultra boss Vittorio Boiocchi: “I don’t want to talk about repression but about prevention. A greater culture than the one we have today must be created, the stadium must not be a place where we clash, but a place of aggregation. Our youth have lost some values, we a a little more mature we must try to inculcate them”.

Zhang and Lukaku

—

“The Zhang family deserves respect – added Marotta -, because in recent years they have lavished a lot of financial energy, we are around 800 million in investments. They have given a lot to the Italian football system and above all to Inter. Following the pandemic, all large industrial groups have experienced financial contractions; after the pandemic, it is no longer possible to show off millionaire investments, the consequent reduction in costs and investments is normal. When on the other side these possibilities are not available, one must be good and competent to remain competitive in a very complicated world”. On Lukaku’s injury, he underlined how it was “unforeseen and unpredictable, conditioned by the desire to return quickly, even with the motivation from the World Cup. We must be cautious. These situations are part of the business risk: in a shortlist of 25 elements injuries are the order of the day. I am of the opinion that there shouldn’t be competitive stress like there has been this season. I hope he can return as early as January 4”. (HANDLE).

Ronaldo and farewell

—

The CEO of Inter, commenting on Cristiano Ronaldo’s exit against the Manchester United coach, then denied that Juve’s purchase of CR7 was at the origin of his farewell to the Juventus club. “It’s normal for there to be different positions within a club’s management structure, but that doesn’t mean that I was against the CR7 operation: he’s an icon and a champion. But that wasn’t the reason for the decision. my divorce from Juventus”.