Topic
Macedonian and former Yugoslavian striker Darko
Pancev was considered a massive flop while at Internazionale Milano (1992/94).
He has maintained that his failure at Inter was
because the team ‘Senators’ (Zenga, Bergomi, Ferri) were opposed to him and
forced the Manager (Osvaldo Bagnoli)’s hand.
There have been other cases such as Sammer, Scifo and
Bergkamp, where foreign superstars were unable to make it at Inter.
When Sammer returned to German Football after half a
season, former Inter player and Germany Captain Lothar Matthaus defended him
and criticized Inter for dispensing of Sammer instead of looking at their
Italian old guard.
So
was there really a culture at Inter, where the veteran Italians dictated the
handling of foreigners or is it just an excuse? |
Photo
From: Guerin Sportivo, October 14-20,
1992
(Darko
Pancev with Inter)
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It may be right, though I never saw it that way. There were foreign players who settled well in Inter in that same timespan; the germans & and the argentinians for example. I think it was a matter of technical qualities (he wasn't as good as Ruben Sosa, for example). Outside Red Star, he never shone.
ReplyDeletealthough i am surprised how technical players like scifo and bergkmap struggled as well, although scifo was later better at torino
ReplyDeleteYes... Scifo landed in a team in rebuilding, and was perhaps too young and overwhelmed by responsibilities; Bergkamp, although greatly skilled, had a lot of struggles in settling into a different culture; back in a more familiar environment (Arsenal) he settled well. Weird, 'cause other dutch players never seemed to have problems adapting here. (I would dare to say that a guy who doesn't travel by plane and prefers lenghty ship transfers has problems of his own).
ReplyDeletetrapattoni had actually wanted to re integrate scifo but matthaus was opposed, because I presume he would have replaced brehme
ReplyDeleteI believe bergkamp's problems with flying started in 1994 during the WC, for some reason his style was mot suited to the serie A or perhaps it was the entire team that did not gel
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