The last farewell, Steven Zhang, made it through social networks. A long, heartfelt letter, from which the disappointment at how his era as president of Inter ended. They told it, from the Nerazzurri rooms, calmly in the days immediately preceding the expiry of the Oaktree loan. He thought he could make it, find a new financier in Pimco or whoever else had liquidity to provide for his cause. This was not the case and Oaktree took the club that had been pledged three years ago. “Goodbyes are never easy, especially when you have to say goodbye to someone you love. In life, everything has a beginning and an end. I always knew that one day I would have to say goodbye. The simple truth is that I wasn’t ready and I probably wasn’t ready. I would never have been – writes Zhang – At the beginning of my presidency I promised to bring Inter back to the top, where they had always been. In these eight years we have won seven trophies, two European finals and we have won the Serie championship twice A. The legendary Second Star is a testimony to our success”, claims the almost former president, before greeting managers, team, coach and fans and launching an appeal for his successors. “I can’t wait to join you in the stands of San Siro to sing for our Inter, perhaps from the Curva Nord – he writes after a year in which he never managed to return to Italy –. To those who will carry this club forward , please love our Inter, protect its people and, above all, respect its fundamental value. It is a great honor and a great responsibility to take charge of Inter, love and care will repay you with enormous results, emotions and joy. For me it was the greatest honor of my life.”
Tonight in Verona against Hellas will be the last appearance for the Nerazzurri for the four players out of contract: Cuadrado, Sensi, Klaassen and Sanchez. All of them and those who played less will be given the chance to take a little more space in a match that is irrelevant for both teams. The draw against Lazio in fact deprived Inzaghi of the possibility of overtaking Mancini in 2006/07, who will remain the coach with the most points in a single Inter season (97).
Verona (4-2-3-1): Perilli; Tchatchoua, Coppola, Magnani, Cabal; Folorunsho, Serdar; Noslin, Suslov, Lazovic; Swiderski. All. Baroni.
Inter (3-5-2): Audero; Bisseck, Acerbi, C. Augusto; Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Frattesi, Dimarco; Arnautovic, Thuram. Coach Inzaghi.
