He Inter Milan won his last Champions League in 2010, beat Bayern Munich 2-0 in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium with a brace from Diego Milito. This is the ‘eleven’ organized by José Mourinho: Julio César; Maicon, Lucio, Samuel, Chivu; Zanetti, Cambiasso, Sneijder, Pandev; Diego Milito and Samuel Eto’o.
1
JULIUS CAESAR
The goalkeeper had a great performance at Inter, where he was Italian and European champion. He played more than 80 matches for Brazil. He hung up his boots in 2014 at Flamengo
2
MAICON
The full-back trained at Cruzeiro and then jumped into European football: Monaco, Inter, City and Roma. At 41, he currently plays for SP Tre Penne in San Marino
3
PIKE
The centre-back made his professional debut with Internacional in Brazil, but established himself at Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan before returning to his country
4
WALTER SAMUEL
He is the Argentine with the most Scudetto tournaments won: six between 2001 and 2010. In the summer of 2018 he was appointed by the AFA as Scaloni’s assistant in Argentino
5
CHIVU
The 42-year-old former Romanian international had spells at Ajax and Roma before joining Inter (2007-14). The central defender retired in March 2014
6
zanetti
The former Argentine captain of Inter (49) is, since June 2014 (just after retirement), vice president of the Italian club, where he is considered a true idol
7
CHANGE
The midfielder broke out at Real Madrid and was eventually recruited by Inter where he spent ten seasons. After retiring in 2017, he got his coaching card
8
SNEIJDER
Real Madrid signed him from Ajax and at the Bernabéu he nailed it. But the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaká made him less and then Inter signed him in 2016. He retired in 2019
9
PANDEV
The Macedonian (39), an idol in his country, was at Inter for two seasons. He won the Coppa, Supercoppa and Scudetto. He retired from Italian Parma Calcio in 2022
10
DIEGO MILITO
The striker, nicknamed ‘El Príncipe’, made his debut and retired with Argentine Racing, broke out at Zaragoza and stayed at Inter between 2009-13
Eleven
THIS IS IT
Eto’o was transferred to Inter in exchange for Ibrahimovic and 38 ‘kilos’ paid by Barça in the summer of 2009. The Champions League won in 2010 made him the first footballer to win two consecutive trebles: with Barça and Inter
Source: La Verdad
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