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THE GRANDE FINALE

For Inter is a mini treble.  For Palermo, there is history.

The 235 trophies won by the Nerazzurri players against the 11 of the Rosaneri.

One game will close the season in front of 70000 fans at the Olimpico.

Rome 1 Gulliver and the Lilliputians, Goliath and David, Xerxes and Leonidas, those are the big and little guys who know that the smaller guys did not salute those who are bigger than them.  Everything from literature, fantasy, filmography and history can be summarized in this way: a group - adding up all the individual achievements - that has won 235 titles against another that has 11.  This is the beauty of Inter-Palermo.  A game which 69,915 tickets have been sold.  A game on one hand there is mini treble (after Super Cup and World Cup) and on the other, there is history.  Inter are cannibalistic: Stankovic has won 25 individual titles of his own and on the face of everyone there are the hunger and the killer instinct.  Inter want to win again because they want to be at the top and at the same time dragging those 3 (Pazzini, Ranocchia and Kharja) who haven't won anything yet.  In Palermo, there are many who haven't won anything so dragging them are Liverani and Miccoli with the faces of students who want to return home with a 10 in their report card and not only that, a ticket to Beijing.  Ah, there is an aphorism of Samuel Taylor Coleridge that goes like this: the dwarf will see farther than the giant.  When he can stand on the shoulders of the giant.  Eh.

Rome 2 For the mini treble.  For the 15th trophy in seven years.  To continue staying on top.  To be Inter.  Moratti has asked for continuity of victories, Leo wants his first title, here is Zanetti to explain why: "We know the human value of our coach and we know that, like all of us, he really wants to win this trophy.  For him it would be the first with us and maybe be the beginning of a new series of victories with Inter."

The image So it begins with the encouragement of the captain ("A true Inter will be needed, a team that does not miss opportunities," he said to Inter Channel), and with a photo for Stankovic who said: "We want the last image of us raising the cup to be printed" but there are two big questions, Ranocchia and Sneijder.

Plaques and miracles? The central defender, yesterday, still had a fever of 37 degree with a lot of plaques in his throat so perhaps he can not play.  But today the medical staff and Leonardo will make the final decision.  The impression is that the center back wants to be there because he wants to help the team and remove the big zero in the box of career victories (like Pazzini and Kharja).  And what about Sneijder?  If the left calf continues to create problems then no.  The moral just a few hours before the game is that the chances of Ranocchia playing are higher than that of Wesley.  Any substitutes?  Materazzi over Samuel for the spot in the defense and it is almost certainty that Kharja will replace the Dutch who is in need of miracles.

Formation It will be a 4-3-1-2 for Leonardo and Inter.  A system that he and the team know best without Maicon (suspended) and Cambiasso (injured) but watch out for changes during the game because Milito wants to repeat from last year.

Source: Gazzetta dello Sport