Andrea Ranocchia has suffered a knee injury

March 23, 2011 · Category: News · Comment 

Inter Milan center back Andrea Ranocchia has suffered a knee injury  that will keep him out of Italy’s European Championship qualifier from Slovenia and friendly match with Ukraine.

Ranocchia Andrea began to be an important player for Italy national team after the appointment of Cesare Prandelli as  coach and also once with the transfer to Inter Milan. This injury is a loss for  Italy but can be replaced because there are other quality Italian players.

The main favorite to take his place in the team is Leonardo Bonucci  from Juventus Turino.

Those from Inter Milan still hoping that Andrea Ranocchia will recover for important match from the Serie A against rivals AC Milan.

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Inter Milan-Cagliari 1-0

February 21, 2011 · Category: News · Comment 

Inter continue tracking their rivals AC Milan.

Inter managed to win the match against Cagliari with 1-0,through a goal scored by Italian defender Andrea Ranocchia from a clear offside position.In the 7th minute Kharja shoot, the ball was initially divert by one of Cagliari defenders and then the ball hit Andrea Ranocchia, and enter the net. Ranocchia was in clear offside position.

The referees have not noticed this gap and validated the goal, although Cagliari players have protested against the decision. Until the end of the game nobody  scored and Inter won the match. After this  decisive error in winning the three points, the Italian press began to call into question the influence of arbitration, especially as Inter Milan also benefited from referees.

Also AC Milan profited from a arbitrary decision as Robinho, the first  Milan scorer touched the ball with his hand before putting the ball into the net.

After this match Inter remain at 5 points from Milan rivals who are on the first place.

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