Former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini will begin his second spell as Inter Milan head coach on Sunday evening in the city derby against AC Milan. Mancini left Inter in 2008 but now has returned to replace Walter Mazzarri. The 49-year-old coach had a great first spell at Inter, winning three Serie A titles. Now he has to get the club back on track and into the top three in order to play Champions League football next season.
Inter are currently ninth in the Serie A table, so Mancini's task will be a tough one. Inter midfielder Gary Medel is suspended for the derby. Rivals AC Milan are one point and two places above Inter in the league table, but coach Filippo Inzaghi has failed to win any of their last four matches. AC Milan's last league win was on October 19 against Verona.
Striker Fernando Torres could make the starting lineup but the Spaniard will have to improve his goal scoring record of just one in nine games. Midfielder Nigel de Jong is in doubt due to a hamstring problem while Daniele Bonera is suspended after being sent off at Sampdoria.
Probable starting line-ups:
AC Milan: Diego Lopez - Zapata, Mexes, Rami, De Sciglio - Essien, Menez, De Jong, Bonaventura - Honda, El Shaarawy
Inter Milan: Handanovic - Vidic, Nagatomo, Ranocchia, Dodo - Juan, Kuzmanovic, Obi, Kovacic - Palacio, Icardi
My prediction: 2-2 draw.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
AC Milan win - 13/8 Draw - 11/5 Inter Milan win - 17/10
galata86 9 years ago
I don't know what to say about Italy Seria A. For me this league is not in top 10 European league. They don't have quality like Spain or england, or even France and Germany. Last year Galata beat juve and sent they home from champions league, this year Juve is bad too and when I see that this match is derby for them it...
I don't know what to say about Italy Seria A. For me this league is not in top 10 European league. They don't have quality like Spain or england, or even France and Germany. Last year Galata beat juve and sent they home from champions league, this year Juve is bad too and when I see that this match is derby for them it is just sad for me.
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JohnnyK
9 years ago
1-1.
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timidi 9 years ago
I think that this will be very boring match and I predict boring wraw 0-0 or 1-1. Both theams are in bad form and I don't remember when this two teams were bad like now. We all know that dirst place is very far from inter and milan and this match isn't very important, but they are big rivals and I know we will se fight...
I think that this will be very boring match and I predict boring wraw 0-0 or 1-1. Both theams are in bad form and I don't remember when this two teams were bad like now. We all know that dirst place is very far from inter and milan and this match isn't very important, but they are big rivals and I know we will se fight tonight :)
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h34dhunt3r
9 years ago
2-2? I actually think AC Milan will take this with 2 goals adventage. Prolly 3-1 for them. Inter is horrible this year, but perhaps it might change since Mancini is back with the squad.
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