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INTER ARE LIKE A MACHINE: MATERAZZI
The Straits Times
|March 13, 2024
He rates current side as better than his 2010 treble-winning team for playing as a family
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Inter Milan have yet to win the Italian Serie A since Simone Inzaghi was appointed coach in 2021, and lost last season's Champions League final 1-0 to Manchester City.
So to compare them to the treble-winning team under Jose Mourinho in 2010 could be a bit of a stretch, but former Inter defender Marco Materazzi seems to think that the current side can play "even better".
Mainly, he sees a massive change this season the togetherness when playing as a team.
Inzaghi has steered his team to a dominant position in the league standings with just one defeat in 28 games and a comfortable 16point lead over rivals AC Milan, Inter are all but assured of winning the Serie A this campaign.
They also beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 at home in the Champions League last-16, first leg in February thanks to a late Marko Arnautovic goal, while denying their Spanish opponents a single shot on target.
Speaking to Gazzetta dello Sport ahead of the second leg in Madrid on March 13, the 50-year-old Materazzi, who played in that 2010 side, said: "Inter have become a machine... they can face anyone without fear.
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