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IT'S A PRINCELY INTER!

Milito (a brace) was terrific.  Bravo Alvarez!

Fifth consecutive win for Ranieri's team which is just one point from fourth place.

Pazzini, Motta and Faraoni also score.

INTER IN DERBY FORM

Five goals against Parma with a superstar Milito.  Fifth win in arow as they are waiting for Milan.

A brace for the Argentinian who also assists Pazzini's goal.  Thiago Motta and youngster Faraoni also score.

Alvarez is growing.  Colombia now risks being sacked.

Milan - Well there is certainly no need to fine themselves.  Inter are running towards the derby on a highway of trust.  And as they are looking behind them, the difficult moments now seem far away and they are gradually disappearing.  Last night was one of those games where Inter deserved all the credits while they also got the help from the opposition.  Last night, Ranieri's team continued playing with continuity and intensity and that was perhaps the best Inter of the entire season.  They were helped a lot of course by a crumbling Parma and with that performance Colomba is now at high risk on the bench.

Opposites Two teams from different planets are Inter and Parma.  So let's recall the two clubs' statistics.  Inter have won five straight games and thus Ranieri has emulated Mourinho of two years ago.  This win is also the seventh in the last eight games with 16 goals (nine in the last two games) and suffered only three.  The exact opposite is Parma who are back to losing after four consecutive draws but especially Parma have allowed 11 goals in its last three games (31 total).  They did nothing right at the San Siro and the defensive numbers really express concerns.  Colomba's team has many cracks, not compact and just mentally as well as physically not ready to play this game.

The Prince and Ricky Inter were able to take advantage of struggling Parma immediately because its mechanisms functioned in almost every way especially in the first half.  Inter really had only one error in the second half but then game kind of lost its meaning.  Virtually everything from Inter was effective from the defense to the attack (three goals with four shots on goal in the first half).  An attack that has confirmed its awakening before Christmas against Lecce.  It started by the embrace between Milito and Alvarez, the picture that has written another chapter in its place.  Milito did have a bad start by wasting many golden chances to score but yesterday, he scored two goals and assisted the ball for Pazzini.  For Alvarez, he has now gone from being booed early on in the season to getting much applause from the San Siro fans.  Parma were sent into a tailspin and Inter turned off the lights in just under 20 minutes.

Towards the derby Ranieri and Colomba fielded their team in two different 4-4-2 because in reality, Alvarez often transformed the formation into a 4-3-1-2.  He had his presence on the wings and was able to use his instinct to cut back in the midfield where he played his best football.  Parma resisted weakly on his left wing and that was where Inter got the first goal.  After 20 minutes, they were already up 2-0.  Giovinco could at least stop the bleeding but he was wrongly wasted a great opportunity facing Julio Cesar.  Colomba made a few moves by putting in Pelle and turned his formation to 4-2-3-1 but Ranieri was comfortable enough to afford thinking about the derby.  Had the freedom to make changes while Maicon and Motta did not pick up any more yellows.  This is an Inter that Milan, if anything, should be a bit fearful.

Source: Gazzetta dello Sport