Next June 10 Inter will not miss the appointment of the finals of the Champions League, in which he will participate after an absence of 13 years: since May 22, 2010, when he won this title for the third and so far the last time in its history (after those of 1963-64 and 1964-65).
It is under the command of Jose Mourinho and with the Portuguese coach that season the Inter He achieved a mythical triplet, Serie A, Champions League and Coppa Italia. In the semifinals, the Interistas eliminated (won 3-1 at San Siro and lost 1-0 at Camp Nou) Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona (who defended the title and regained the title the following year, in 2010-11, with a fine performance at Wembley in the memorable final against Manchester Utd3-1).
In the 2009-10 final, Inter lost Louis van Gaal’s Bayern 0-2 at the Santiago Bernabéu. Then Mourinho left the bench of the black and blue team to become the new coach of Real Madrid.
BAYERN
02
in between
Bavaria: buttocks; Lahm, Van Buyten, Demichelis, Badstuber; Robben, Van Bommel, Schweinsteiger, Altintop (Klose, 63′); Thomas Müller and Olic (Mario Gómez, 74′)
inter: Julius Caesar; Maicon, Lucio, Samuel, Chivu (Stankovic, 68′); Javier Zanetti, Cambiasso, Sneijder; Eto’o, Diego Milito (Materazzi, 91′) and Pandev (Muntari, 78′)
The objectives: 0-1, Diego Milito (35′); 0-2, Diego Milito (70′)
Referee: Howard Webb (England). Yellow cards shown to Demichelis (25′), Chivu (30′) and Van Bommel (77′)
Spectators: 75,000 at the Santiago Bernabéu
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the hero of Inter in that final Diego Milito, author of the double: the Argentinian striker scored in the 35th minute and in the 70th minute. It was the second and so far the last Champions League won Jose Mourinho (which won in 2003-04 under the leadership of Porto). Also the third and last for Samuel Eto’o (after 2005-08 and 2008-09 incl Barcelona). Inter lost the finals in 1966-67 (1-2 against Celtic) and 1971-72 (2-0 against the legendary Johan Cruyff’s Ajax, who scored both goals at the De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam).
After that victory against Bayernthe Portuguese could never win it again, even in the face of real Madrid or in front of Manchester Utd (where he won the Europa League 2016-17). With the Rome won the first Conference League last season and this Thursday they will try to reach the Europa League final by going away Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen (1-0 for ‘gianlorossi’ in the first leg).
Source: La Verdad
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