{"id":12040,"date":"2011-12-13T04:00:03","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T04:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/inter-milan-eye-european-places-in-genoa-visit\/"},"modified":"2011-12-13T04:00:03","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T04:00:03","slug":"inter-milan-eye-european-places-in-genoa-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/13\/inter-milan-eye-european-places-in-genoa-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter Milan eye European places in Genoa visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Inter Milan forward Giampaolo Pazzini<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Inter Milan will be eyeing a top six spot when they travel to Genoa in Serie A on Tuesday in a game postponed last month due to bad weather.<\/p>\n

The nerazzurri have had a torrid start to the season in the league but due to the tight nature of the table, they could move into a top-six position with a victory.<\/p>\n

Having hovered just above the relegation zone for most of the campaign so far, that would be no mean feat for the Milan giants.<\/p>\n

A disastrous start saw them lose five and win only two of their first nine league matches but a recent run of three wins in their last four games has seen them break into the top half.<\/p>\n

Making it four wins in five would still leave them a significant distance off the leaders, but would at least give them hope of competing for a European or even maybe a Champions League place next season.<\/p>\n

Bringing back that hope could also encourage the club’s fans to return to the stadium.<\/p>\n

Attendances have been very low this season as Inter have struggled but coach Claudio Ranieri believes that if they can turn the corner, the fans will be back.<\/p>\n

“We’re going forward like this, step by step, with desire and determination,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We’re still lacking a cohesive game, especially when we play 4-4-2, but we’re not letting up. We need to get the fans back into the San Siro and when we see the ground full again we’ll have turned the corner.<\/p>\n

“This year we’re not on the motorway, we’re on a winding country road and we have to be careful.”<\/p>\n

Genoa’s top scorer Rodrigo Palacio will miss the game with a groin strain.<\/p>\n

The last time Genoa had to do without the Argentine, at home to AC Milan, they slumped to a 2-0 defeat, although they weren’t helped by the sending off of centre-back Kakha Kaladze.<\/p>\n

However, Genoa aren’t the only ones with a striker problem as Inter’s Giampaolo Pazzini has been forced to defend his angry goal celebration against Fiorentina.<\/p>\n

Pazzini, who hadn’t scored in the league for 77 days before that, looked angry and seemed to be directing his ire at a certain section of the fans.<\/p>\n

However, he says that isn’t the case.<\/p>\n

“My celebration absolutely wasn’t a criticism or an insult to the fans and I thought I had already made that clear after the game when I said it was simply something spontaneous,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It wasn’t directed at anyone in particular and I was looking at the middle of the pitch. It’s really disappointing to read and hear certain things, even that’s part of the game.”<\/p>\n

\u00a92011 AFP<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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