Internazionale v Lazio Pre & Post Match Thread

[Arquitecto]

After Wesley Sneijder played 80 minutes against Genoa in the Coppa Italia on Wednesday without any physical issues, the Dutchman will likely start in support of a lone forward with the in-form Diego Milito to get the nod ahead of Giampaolo Pazzini in attack, although Ricky Alvarez could make way instead if a 4-3-1-2 formation is utilised by Inter coach Claudio Ranieri.

Thiago Motta is suspended due to a booking in last weekend's Milan derby victory, so Andrea Poli should be given a berth in midfield after scoring his first goal for the club in midweek.

Diego Forlan's time at Inter seems to going from bad to worse as he suffered another thigh injury and could miss several weeks, while veteran Dejan Stankovic is out for a couple of months with an achilles problem and Sulley Muntari is at the Africa Cup of Nations with Ghana.

For Lazio, influential midfielder Hernanes looks set to start despite picking up a knock in last weekend's 2-0 win over Atalanta and, in spite of a minor injury contracted during training, captain Tommaso Rocchi should be able to start up front with summer signing Miroslav Klose, who has nine goals in 17 matches. Centre-back Andre Dias will face a late fitness test but is expected to be available.

However, Biancocelesti boss Edy Reja is likely to have to do without ex-Inter midfielder Cristian Brocchi, Lorik Cana, and Libor Kozak. Stefano Mauri's return from injury is not expected for at least one more month.


Inter have won six straight matches in Serie A, conceding only one goal during that stretch.
Striker Mauro Zarate is on loan at Inter from Lazio, and the Nerazzurri have an option to buy the player at the end of the season.
Diego Milito has scored four times in his last three Serie A matches.
Lazio have only beaten Inter once in their past 15 attempts in Serie A, defeating the Nerazzurri 3-1 at the Stadio Olimpico last season.
The visitors are one point above Inter in the standings, sitting in fourth place on 33 points, and have picked up more points on the road (17) than at home this season (16).
Cristian Ledesma and Senad Lulic are the only players to appear in all 18 of Lazio's Serie A matches so far during the 2011-12 campaign.

Head to Head

Italy - Serie A ‎(ITA1)‎ Apr 23, 2011 FC Internazionale 2 - Lazio 1

Italy - Serie A ‎(ITA1)‎ Dec 3, 2010 Lazio 3 - FC Internazionale 1

Italy - Serie A ‎(ITA1)‎ May 2, 2010 Lazio 0 - FC Internazionale 2

Italy - Serie A ‎(ITA1)‎ Dec 20, 2009 FC Internazionale 1 - Lazio 0

Italy - TIM Supercup ‎(TIMS)‎ Aug 8, 2009 FC Internazionale 1 - Lazio 2

Last 5 matches
FC Internazionale
Jan 19, 2012 FC Internazionale 2 - Genoa 1 ITAC
Jan 15, 2012 AC Milan 0 - FC Internazionale 1 ITA1
Jan 7, 2012 FC Internazionale 5 - Parma 0 ITA1
Dec 21, 2011 FC Internazionale 4 - Lecce 1 ITA1
Dec 18, 2011 Cesena 0 - FC Internazionale 1 ITA1
Lazio
Jan 15, 2012 Lazio 2 - Atalanta 0 ITA1
Jan 10, 2012 Lazio 3 - Verona 2 ITAC
Jan 7, 2012 Siena 4 - Lazio 0 ITA1
Dec 21, 2011 Lazio 0 - Chievo 0 ITA1
Dec 18, 2011 Lazio 2 - Udinese 2 ITA1


Vibe has been recently fatigued of undertaking the Interisti burden of his magical threads and has been visibly worried to please. So I thought I'd relieve my Serbian friend of the trouble while as he really needed to indulge in the other pleasures of life alongside Crointer who departed to Belgrade short after the Milan derby.

[InterMalia]

Your threads are harmless against Inter, Arq. Try it on another team.

Vibe has been recently fatigued of undertaking the Interisti burden of his magical threads and has been visibly worried to please. So I thought I'd relieve my Serbian friend of the trouble while as he really needed to indulge in the other pleasures of life alongside Crointer who departed to Belgrade short after the Milan derby.

:lol!:

[Internal]

Derp

[Swanhends]

Oh Arq Arq Arq...You've tried this before, what makes you think this time will be any different?

If we win the next game Arq must also to travel to Belgrade to suck Vibe's balls

I think thats only fair

[SoloInter]

another desperate attempt to stop Vibe's magic

[Ganso]

cant wait to come here tomorrow and post the result

[CroInter]

Vibe-Arq 2-0

[zarola]

both times arq has posted a thread we've conceded first but then vibe's thread comes back and saves us. ahhhhh

[ThatOneTwo]

both times arq has posted a thread we've conceded first but then vibe's thread comes back and saves us. ahhhhh

[Swanhends]

Anyone else wish to doubt the power of vibe?

Warning: you will end up sucking his balls

[InterMalia]

Could that be Vibe's anthem

[SoloInter]

arq stop embarrassing urself.
vibe's powers are real and he has proved it many times.

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