El Clasico: Serie A 2010 2011 : Inter Milan Bologne

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza

15 janvier 2011
Arbitre: G. Gava
Attendance: 45000

There were suggestions in recent days that Inter had tried to appoint Leonardo as their coach in the summer. How they must now wish that they could have done so instead of appointing the disaster termed Rafael Benitez. Three wins in a row have put the Beneamata back into form and back into dreaming dreams of success.

The 3-1 victory over Napoli at San Siro at the start of the new year marked the debut of Leonardo as the Inter tactician and that was followed by a hard-fought but encouraging 2-1 defeat of Catania in Sicily. Then in midweek the Nerazzurri defeated Genoa 3-2 in Milan in the Coppa Italia to carve their way into the quarter-finals, thereby sustaining hopes of a second successive treble.

Bologna would have started the weekend six points above the relegation zone but on Thursday evening it was announced that the Felsinei were docked two points for failing to pay the players their salaries between June and September. Alberto Malesani's side had already been metted out a one-point deduction in December for the same reason and were punished yet again.
Which means that Bologna now have just 22 points from 19 matches and are in 15th spot in the league table, just four points above the relegation zone. This is serious danger for a side who are in a mess off-pitch too.