The team is preparing for the “Wallis Annenberg Stadium” with reduced ranks: a little more rest for the 4 Azzurri Dimarco-Fracthesi-Bastoni-Rarella, then from tomorrow all the big names will land
The bus leaves the team at a safe distance, then the buffe golf car accompany players to groups of two-threes up to the training field: it is the “Wallis Annenberg Stadium”, the Stadium of the Soccer of the mythological “University of California, Los Angeles”, simply Ucla. In this small system dedicated to a philanthropist and American heiress, which has helped the construction with munifice donations, the players and footballers usually play with the Bruins shirt: the team, declined in various sports, is a religion on this campus in which the bears of the logo appear everywhere, in forms of statue or on the posters. This time the center hosts the Inter players who prepare the club world championship here immediately after the Bavarian defeat: the first Nerazzurri training on Californian land began, with this strange entry procession, among the selfies of some fan and passionate, then inside the word only to the new commander, Cristian Chivu.
vertically
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If the two sessions of the Romanian coach in Appiano before leaving were only introductory and very low ranks, it is in this that Cristian started to be serious. Next to him, always close to the other like two centurions, his closest collaborators, waiting for the deputy designated Aleksandar Kolarov: Angelo Palombo was part of his staff already in Parma, Mario Cecchi was a loyal to Simone, but he did not follow him along the Via dell’Oro Saudi. Together, those two are the thread of conjunction between present, past and future. In a somewhat irregular field, far from the perfect lawn of Pinetina, Chivu started working on the physique and then carried out exercises on the first combinations: “Look forward, always forward”, he shouted several times. A classic indication that, however, seems to hide a message for the future: the new coach wants a vertical team, it is already understood from the dawn of this new era.
Cavalry is expected
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The goalkeepers Sommer, Martinez, Di Gennaro, plus the Baby Calligaris, have known the addition to the staff specialized in the goalkeepers: in addition to Gianluca Spinelli, the coordinator wanted by the club, also at work Paolo Orlandoni, once a Tropleist time behind Julio Cesar and Toldo. To sweat in the sultry heat that pierces the Californian clouds, there were also Acerbi, Darmian, Palacios just returned from the unhappy loan to Monza, the evergreen Mkhitharyan, the unfortunate talent Valentin Carboni and the fresh one of Petar Sucic. On the Croatian there are great expectations and the suggestions of the staff have focused on him, but the 21 year old has already shown touch and personality in abundance. To complete the picture, in addition to the spring Cocchi, King Cecconi, Berenbruck and De Pieri, also the two brothers Esposito, Sebastiano and Pio. The latter is recovering from a muscle injury and has worked separately, just like Bisseck and Calhanoglu. If the German is not in the group’s games, the Turk could only jump the first against Monterrey: yesterday he made more autographs than his companions and showed a smile to everyone, evidently the rumors that give an interest in Galatasaray do not disturb him too much. Instead, there were, however, the 4 blue national teams, Dimarco-Fracthesi-Bastoni-Rarella, who traveled with the team and obtained a couple of additional days to recharge the batteries: they will only train on Saturday, when the troop is gathered in full. Tomorrow, in fact, it is the day of the journey of the rest of the cavalry: the other big big names will land abroad with the national teams, from Lautaro to Thuram and Pavard, passing through Dumfries, Zielinski, Zalewski, Asllani, Carlos Augusto and Taremi. In the same plane with them, also the president Beppe Marotta and the DS Piero Ausilio.