Antonio Conte at Inter manages to hit a goal never achieved before in his career as a coach: to play for the final of a European cup. To Juve and Chelsea he won the championship in the first year, but without the double commitment in Europe. Where instead he participated in the following seasons: with the English club he was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Champions League by Barcelona, instead with the bianconeri he stopped first in the quarterfinals against Bayern Munich and then in the groups, finishing third behind Real Madrid Ancelotti and at the Galatasaray of Mancini. Then arriving in the semifinals of the Europa League against Benfica, defeated in the final in Turin by Sevilla. The same opponent who awaits the Nerazzurri on Friday night in Cologne.
It will be the tenth European final in the history of Inter ten years after the Champions League won on 22 May 2010 in Madrid against Bayern Monaco thanks to Milito’s brace. In addition to that, there are five other hits: the three Uefa Cups in the 1990s versus Roma (1991), Salzburg (1994) e Lazio (1998) in Paris plus le two European Cups in the 1960s of the great Inter of Angelo Moratti and of Wizard Helenio Herrera against the Real Madrid in Vienna in 1964 and against Benfica at San Siro in 1965. Two years before the final lost against Celtic in Lisbon in 1967, then after another five years comes another knockout with theAjax in Rotterdam in 1972. Twenty-five years later here is the latest disappointment (this time in the Uefa Cup) on penalties against Schalke at San Siro in 1997.
The finals must be won and not just played, but the idea of seeing Conte raise a European cup with Inter has already sparked the Juventus people on the web, where the regrets for the coach who started the cycle of nine consecutive league titles won by the bianconeri are very popular.
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Obviously Juve (like most of its fans injured by Conte) will never admit it. Just as he will never admit defeat in the Italian derby on the market for Tonali: “Given up“. Sara.
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