Do the two coaches have anything in common?
«Trap is unique, but Inzaghi is proving that he is no different in terms of character. He is a fighter, yet polite and kind. I always believed in him, even in difficult times. I told him when I visited Appiano Gentile a few months ago. A beautiful emotion.”
Do they still serve your dishes at the Pinetina restaurant?
«Of course, for 46 years. My company turns over a billion and has 11 thousand employees. I have many thoughts, but I don’t forget the Pinetina restaurant. I always recommend that those who work at Inter eat well. For athletes it is important. The players told me this when we won the tricolor.”
What memories do you have of then?
«Many and beautiful. At night I still dream of the days of the championship. When I wake up, it takes me a few moments to realize that it really happened. The same happens with the UEFA Cup thirty years ago. It’s incredible how certain feats unite the men who accomplished them.”
Andy Brehme passed away this year.
«I organized a private flight, so that my players could go to Munich together to remember him. I wasn’t well, but I went to Linate to say goodbye to them.”
“I see them! On the top floor of my house I have a restaurant where I receive friends. Klinsmann, Berti, Bergomi, Ferri, Serena. A great footballer and a special person.”
Have you ever thought about buying the club back?
«There was a moment when it seemed it could happen, after the Treble. I talked about it with Moratti and Tronchetti, but in the end nothing came of it.”
Which player from this Inter team would you have wanted in yours?
«Lautaro, to alternate with Serena and Diaz. It would have been a nice luxury.”
And from the 1988-89 season, who would be useful to Inzaghi?
«Whites on the right wing. He covered and jumped the man. But I like both Darmian and Dumfries.”
How can the team strengthen itself?
«Only Marotta, for whom I have enormous respect, knows. He is the best of all. He improved the team by saving money, every president’s dream. As long as he is in command, we will be calm.”
Where can this Inter go?
«It’s like a Champions League final. She’s already been there, she’ll try to go back.”
«She wasn’t lucky. She could have won more. We were denied a championship. The year Sampdoria won it we suffered nightmare refereeing.”
«Matthäus’s free kick against Napoli which gave us the tricolour».
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