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Jose Mourinho and Diego Milito are the
hottest names of the Inter today. Inter is back at the very highest
level both in Europe and Italy, a certain Giacinto Facchetti comes to
mind
Facchetti joined Inter in 1960, at the age of 18. Facchetti started
his career as a forward but will for always be remembered as a brilliant
central defender both for italy and Inter.
Facchetti played in the 1964 and 1965 European Cup finals and must be
described as the symbol of Inter during the 60's and 70's.
Facchetti was capped 94 times in a period from 1963 to 1977, with the
highlights winning the 1968 European Championships and ending runners-up
in the 1970 World Cup finals.
Facchetti retired as a player in 1978, spending 18 years at the club,
playing a total of 629 games and scoring 75 goals. But his relationship
with the club continued off the field. He served the club in different
positions as club ambassadeur, vice president, and at last as club
president in 2004.
Facchetti died after a long illness in 2006, he was 64 years old. Inter
decided, in honour to Facchetti, to retire shirt number three in his
honour.
In 2008 a square in the town of Cesano Maderno, Milano was renamed in
the honour of Giacinto Facchetti.
Jose Mourinho will for always be remembered as a great hero at Inter, no
matter what happens in Madrid today. He has done "The Double"
domestically, and a trebble would be just fantastic.
Mourinho made a number of great signings in front of the season with
Diego Milito, Wesley Schneider and Samuel Eto'o as the key men.
Milito has shined and no one has really missed Zlatan Ibrahimovic who
they sold to Barcelona. Mourinho knows how to balance a football team
and how to get the best out of every man.
Milito has in fact lived a life in the shadows of European football,
before Mourinho signed him. Milito played in Argentina with Racing Club
until 2004, when he was signed by Genoa.
Milito spent 3 years at Zaragoza, and he returned to Italian football in
2008, signing for a 2nd time for Genoa. His goal record is outstanding,
he has scored 166 goals in 370 games, scoring 22 so far for inter in the
league this season.
Inter has dominated Serie A in recent years, but not managed to win the
Champions League since they won the European Cup in 1964, let's hope
that Mourinho and Milito can manage to honour the great Giacinto
Facchetti with a wonderfull win tonight.
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