paolo ghisoni

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Paolo Ghisoni

Now that the disastrous season of the Inter get to its end also occurring the resignation of the president Moratti, it's time to make balances and considerations about the management of the black-azure toy, built with billions.
It is necessary to make a step backward, exactly up a year ago when a championship lost among a lot of polemics and presumed injustices and a won Uefa Cup, it was planned a team to win everything next season. Starting from the assignment to a coach often talked about, even by the management, but having the results on his side. Gigi Simoni from Crevalcore, leading a “Great”, for the first time, almost 65 years old, has surely replied to expectations. Nevertheless just at the eve of the final at Paris, the one was domained up by Ronaldo and partners over the Lazio, over him it hangs the hypothesis of lack of re-engagement, mainly in the case of defeat. Already chosen the eventual substitute in the person of Alberto Zaccheroni, currently trainer of the Milan, then “set free” reluctantly just by Moratti when Simoni succeeded in conquering the Uefa cup. Simoni, full of dignity as well as aware of the difficult task, has nevertheless kept on doing good for his team in the only direction it was possible, that is the results, bringing it to the quarterfinals of Champions League and Coppa Italia, and keeping the team's position in chasing the leading team, by then, the Fiorentina. Notwithstanding, few days after the historical victory over the Real Madrid, Simoni undergoes the offence of a sounding exoneration. Still unexplainable, as he says, and hindsight, and carrying disastrous consequences.

“At the beginning I have suffered a lot. It has been without any doubt a choice “against nature” , meaning that a trainer hardly is removed after two victories. Modestly I think to be an adequate coach if one wants to win something. If instead it is wanted to make poetry, one can chose anyone else “.
Moratti said by the time that the change was needed since the Inter played bad and did not make enjoy it.
“It's evident that also the president has overvalued things. On paper our team was stratospheric. Really it was a good mix of pretty good players, very good ones and some champions”
As regard to champions, it cannot be a further excuse the endured absence of a certain Ronaldo, having failed two third of the championship.
“Last year they criticized us for the manoeuvres and the luck of the Inter depended too much over the inventions of the Brazilian. Surely this year his absence was really felt, but to say that the black-azure evils are due only to his forced absence is not right.”
Frankness, honesty and professionalism. Simoni makes a great show of them since more than 30 years, since he started, after that of football player, his current profession. Qualities that deserved him the affection of the black-azure people notwithstanding his removal.
“Surely I like it. But it's not rewarding for me. I repeat another time, I did not have any explanation about my removal.”
And by sheer coincidence his forced exile started off the beginning of the internal flaking. Quarrels among his successor and player, spites and fancies among primadonna having made also a very calm guy as Ronaldo outbursts.
“It was unavoidable it ended alike. Even if, I underline it, I did no expected it. I've been training since too much time not to know which are the situations. A so radical change, the championship on course, could not work “.
Often Moratti lets himself to express few flattering opinions.
“I thank him anyway. After 35 years in province he gave me the possibility to train a great team, to get into an extraordinary reality as the Inter's one. Rather I do not understand the words of a manager as Tronchetti Provera who said that my period was up after the Uefa Cup. “
It leaves him astounded certain comments as well as certain conjectures about a plot that he deems absurd.
“I've always and only wanted to do good for the Inter. I knew about Lippi and his arrival, but I would have gone on making my job with professionalism. Was there the risk that people could affectionate to me too much and that Lippi could be received with some reservation? Come on, don't joke”.
Dear Simone, why. Raise the hand that can venture to understand at least one of the reckless moves of Moratti in this last period.