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APPIANO GENTILE – Gary Medel joined in with the rest of the Nerazzurri group for training at the Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti this morning. The Chilean was put through a fitness programme in his first workout with Mazzarri’s coaching staff.
The players who played most of yesterday’s friendly in Frankfurt had a recovery session while the remainder of the squad had a 30-minute training match against the Primavera.
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MILAN – Inter’s first game of the 2014/15 season at the Meazza will be the UEFA Europa League play-off second leg against Stjarnan on Thursday 28 August 2014. All requests for press accreditation should be sent to press@inter.it by 13:00 CET by Thursday 21 August.
We remind interested parties that:
– requests should be sent on company-headed paper along with a photocopy of a valid form of ID;
– accreditation requests will be assessed in accordance with the number of places available at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza;
– requests sent by fax will not be considered;
– requests sent after the deadline will not be considered;
– the FC Internazionale press office will notify any unsuccessful applicants via email, by replying to the address through which the request was made;
– press passes can be collected from gate number 8.
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SHANGHAI – The search for young talent continues on the Chinese reality show “Football Dream”, in which Inter play a leading role. After stops in Guangzhou and Suzhou with ex-Nerazzurri player Massimo Paganin, our youth academy coach Valerio Candido was joined in Shanghai by another former Inter player, Ze Maria. It was a weekend of intensive technical evaluation along with coaches from Tottenham, and in the end 12 youngsters were chosen to advance to the final selection.
On Sunday evening, Ze Maria and Candido received a special invitation from Inter fans in Shanghai, and the activities involved a 5-a-side match, autographs, photos, and a FaceTime call with Javier Zanetti to wish the vice president a happy birthday. The evening then ended with a Chinese dinner and a cake dedicated to JZ4.
Next stop, Beijing!
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FRANKFURT – Walter Mazzarri spoke after the defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt. “A lot of fitness work in the week? I don’t want to look for excuses, but my fitness coach Pondrelli told me that we needed to do some hard graft otherwise we’d struggle for sharpness down the road. I think the lads suffered out there because of that. Their legs looked a bit heavy and I made changes to avoid injuries. We weren’t sharp and lacked clear heads. I think this is just the result of the workload we put in during the week.”
The Nerazzurri coach then spoke about this moment of pre-season. “At this stage of the season you can perform very well in some matches and less so in others. A lack of fitness or focus can see you run into difficulties. We hadn’t faced any danger until we scored and you need to be wary in certain situations in any case. We probably just dropped off a touch subconsciously having taken the lead. We limited the damage in the second half: Kovacic and Hernanes just needed some minutes under their belts.
“We’ll need bite in our friendly in Greece, then we’ll have a full week to prepare as best we can for the Europa League.”
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