提到一句:知道国际米兰在中国的球迷最多
The football market has changed. Is Inter loved worldwide?
"It seems so. They say that we're the best-known club in China.
MILAN - In an interview with Alain Elkann on Italian television station LA7, Massimo Moratti spoke about his and his family's great passion for Inter:
Dr Moratti, you said that your father taught you by example. He made Inter great. Did you feel the need to do the same?
(He smiles) "Perhaps I made a mistake... Jokes aside, Inter is a sentiment. And behind this sentiment there is a special suffering. Inter is a passion and I have always seen it differently because of this. Not becoming fond of things doesn't mean you have to be cold. It means not getting hurt if things are lacking. It means having an intellectual patrimony which helps you still live well even without certain things."
What does Inter represent?
"At the moment it's quite burdensome, but only because something important still hasn't been won. As I have already said, from the sentimental point of view it represents a strong passion, like other things in life. To have lived this passion through my father is an important factor. It is a serious passion."
Inter are a team that continue to have many fans all over the world even if a great result still hasn't arrived.
"It wouldn't be bad if this great result came... At the moment we have a significant growth in our worldwide fanbase. This is probably due to the attraction of the team."
Is it your desire to win the Scudetto?
"I would like Inter to win something important, to give satisfaction to this great number of fans."
What does Inter need to make a quality jump?
"We just need to win an important trophy. Once that happens, it becomes easier to get certain results. We're close, but we still haven't managed to break through."
But what does this depend on? The coach, the players, a lack of luck?
"I have changed a lot of coaches and we have tried everything. I must say that the one we have now - Roberto Mancini - is very good. You certainly need a bit of luck, and we have certainly made a few mistakes. If I knew for certain what is missing, we would already have won."
Does managing Inter take up much of your time?
"It's like following something you are fond of. You're always ready to deal with it. If something happens you realise you have to understand it and take it into consideration. You need to understand exactly what you want to transmit and how to do it. Yes, I take care of Inter, but each area has its head and I feel calm enough with these people."
Apart from the results, what difference is there between Silvio Berlusconi's Milan and Massimo Moratti's Inter?
"That he has more to do with it because he says he sleeps four hours a night. I sleep a bit more and I can have less to do with it... I think that it's more or less the same thing. Maybe I have more time available given that Berlusconi has very serious commitments. And I want to say that I have never calculated how much of my time Inter takes up in a day. There are days when there's no need to intervene, and others when I have to deal with it because of worries or facts."
A few days ago you made some strong declarations directed at Juventus. Was it a moment of anger or do you really think these things?
"It was a momentary reaction to an attitude that I considered unacceptable."
But is Juventus a team that irritates you?
"Juventus are a very strong team and also a very strong club. It's obvious that this can be annoying for a team that wants to reach the same objectives and doesn't manage to. There is a kind of irritation from certain points of view, but Inter and Juventus have always been rivals. The true rivalry in Italy for sentiment and passion is between these two teams."
More than the rivalry with Milan?
"Yes, from a certain point of view, more than with Milan. I should point out, however, that my declarations of several days ago were not dictated by anger. My declaration was a consequence of what had happened."
Is it time to turn the page now?
"You turn the page every day in football because something different happens every Sunday. You tend to forget everything because there's a continuous renewal. Also, I don't bear grudges."
When they say that one player is lazy or hasn't scored for a long time, what do you think? Is one player decisive for the team's fate?
"It's never just one player who decides the team's destiny. But when you focus on one player it's clear that you feel hurt if that player doesn't give everything you think he can. From a certain point of view I think that a player tries hard every time, and many times he doesn't know that he can give a lot more. And this is the goal he must reach."
Inter haven't won, but you are very popular and loved by the fans. Why?
"I wouldn't know. Perhaps because of this passion's history, or the generosity."
Are your children fans like you?
"Yes, absolutely. But they're not crazy fans. They're very careful fans. They're much more critical than me. Do they give me advice? Yes, of course."
I read somewhere that your wife sometimes gets angry after matches. Is it true?
"No. I see again those situations that happened at home with my parents. After every match you paid great attention to the most affected person. Back then it was my father, and now it may be me. There's a very careful and affectionate attitude because they all worry that I might be hurt. This also goes for my friends. Tronchetti, for example. His telephone calls are always very affectionate when matches haven't gone well. But I'm very confident that by giving our best we will win something important sooner or later."
It took your father seven years to win the Scudetto...
"I have been here for longer."
The football market has changed. Is Inter loved worldwide?
"It seems so. They say that we're the best-known club in China. This is a success, but myself and the players have to give something to these fans. It's true that we are popular, but we need to give something concrete, which is a victory."
But why are Juventus such a well structured team compared with the others?
"Juventus have always been a well structured and very organised club which is in Turin, a less polemical city than Milan. Perhaps they're more protected from these kind of things. They have a real strength, which has no malicious purpose. They also know how to organise themselves in terms of power and this isn't a negative thing for a club. Perhaps this helps them reap the fruits of their strength."
--
FROM 221.223.16.*