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FORMER INTERISTA MANCIO: "WINNING WITH CITY IS MORE DIFFICULT."

The coach that brought Inter back on top: "The duel with Milan will fought even more.  The Premier League is the best, I will go back to Italy when our football is healed.  Balotelli? Pure talent."

Dublin Sooner or later it has to happen: tomorrow it will be the first time that Balotelli and Mancini will play against Inter.  Balotelli, yesterday at lunch, had a long chat with his old teammates especially with the youngsters.  Mancini has never lost his personal contact with the organization which under his guidance on the bench, Inter came back to win after so many years with an empty belly.

Fond memories "I like to play Inter, even if it is a summer tournament.  In the Champions League, it certainly would have been different.  I spent many happy years at Inter and it was beautiful.  I keep to myself great memory of that experience.  With president Moratti, I have maintained a good relationship.  I worked with him four years and I think that is a record for Inter.  The conquest in the Champions League is a little bit on my part?  It was inevitable that Inter return to those levels because it is a big club.  I started to win, a little at a time, until the success in the Champions League.  Zanetti is still their protagonist?  I'm not surprised.  He is an extraterrestrial."

His Sneijder Inter could lose Sneijder.  Manchester United and Chelsea like him even City have thought about him a little.  Gasperini has pushed back the Dutch from a trequartista to central midfielder: "Sneijder is a great player and I think that at the end he will stay in Milan.  In my opinion, the most suitable position for him on the field is as an attacking midfielder but with his class and experience, he can play everywhere."

The Super Cup On August 6, there is the game with Milan in Beijing.  "Milan are back at a high level.  They have brought players with the likes of Ibrahimovic, Robinho and Cassano.  Inter of last season, lost ground in the beginning but this will the battle will be fought.  Ibrahimovic at City?  Last summer we thought about it but we had to think about building from the frame forward.  Winning with City is like at Inter? No, it is not the same.  The Premier League is very difficult.  It is not easy to take City to the top but we will try."

One day... Mancini said that he had no contact with Juve: "Never.  But it would have been a pleasurable thought.  Italy?  Italy is my country and I miss it but England is the top in football today.  I will be back in Italy when our football is healed.  A lot of work is needed to bring it back to high levels."

Balotelli Now it's the chapter of Balotelli.  His twirl against Los Angeles a week ago really infuriated Mancini.  "From Mario, we can expect everything but for me, he is a player with pure talent."  The game against Inter will be the last test before the English Super Cup for City which is on Sunday against Manchester United.  Surprisingly, we might see Aguero on the field who certainly will be on the bench in the game in London.

Source: Gazzetta dello Sport