Monday, April 18, 2011

Coppa Italia: Roma face Inter without Eto'o

Inter Milan will not be strengthened in the face of its main goals in machine AS Roma in the Coppa Italia semi-final. Received injury at the weekend, Samuel Eto'o was forced to miss.

Excerpted from the Italian Football, Eto'o experiencing trouble with his ankle while Inter defeated Parma AC two days ago. Injury makes Leonardo did not include his name in the squad to face Roma in the Coppa Italia semi-final first leg on Tuesday (19/04/2011) evening local time.

Eto'o's absence could be a big loss for the Nerazzurri since he is the miners main goal of his team. So far, the Cameroon striker has contributed 32 goals from 41 appearances in all competitions.

Position Eto'o almost certainly will become the property of Diego Milito. Apart from Argentine striker, the coach Leonardo still have two other players on the front line that is Giampaolo Pazzini and Goran Pandev.

The other good news is the return for Inetristi Douglas Maicon and Thiago Motta after not playing in the Italian League last weekend.

Having thrown in the Champions League, and left behind eight points over AC Milan at the top of Serie A, Coppa Italia became the largest opportunity Inter won the title this season. But the struggle for Inter in the Coppa also will not easily remember the Romans certainly will provide fierce resistance in the two games that have been scheduled.

While in the other semi-final AC Milan are also still survive and will host Palermo on Wednesday (20/04/2011) local time.

Inter squad

Goalkeepers: 1 Julio Cesar, 12 Luca Castellazzi, 21 Paolo Orlandoni.

Rear: 4 Javier Zanetti, 6 Lucio, 13 Maicon, 15 Andrea Ranocchia, 23 Marco Materazzi, 26 Cristian Chivu, 37 Marco Davide Faraoni, 55 Yuto Nagatomo.

Middle: 5 Dejan Stankovic, 8 Thiago Motta, 10 Wesley Sneijder, 14 Houssine Kharja, 17 MacDonald Mariga, 19 Esteban Cambiasso, 20 Joel Obi, 29 Philippe Coutinho.

Front: 7 Giampaolo Pazzini, 22 Diego Milito, 27 Goran Pandev.

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