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SNEIJDERMAN, YOU SORT IT OUT!

Champions League night against Marseille where Inter will start down 0-1.

70 thousand fans at the San Siro to push the Nerazzurri.

INTER, EVERYTHING IN ONE NIGHT

The quarterfinals and the 50th win in the Champions League to keep alive the great cycle.

Against Marseille for a victory and a qualification that, after seven years of triumphs, could keep the Nerazzurri in the race for a trophy.

Appiano Gentile - Wes and Chivu lined up the balls and waited for the other one to take a shot first.  All smiles.  Chivu, tonight, will match the game because of a suspension while for Sneijder, he will look to qualify for what he is: one of the best players.  Both stopped.  Took the shot.  Rejected.  Ranieri was also there watching in the middle of the field as if he was standing in front of the bench in a real game: stiff as an icicle, arms folded, eyes moist, very attentive.

Pedestal of a cycle Ranieri will also field Forlan alongside Milito who is also looking to return to form especially in Europe.  Just like Sneijder who has not scored since October 26 as Cambiasso and the same as Forlan who missed the group stage and now he wants space, goals and especially failing at Marseille after 10 minutes.  In short, tonight should be the night to see the true Inter.  There are 30 accredited French journalists, and all were next to Remy and to his brother Ayew.  One spot to become the top eight teams in Europe is on the line but that's not all.  For Olympique Marseille, its bench and prestige are on the line while for Inter, the passage to the next round is a pedestal of a cycle: for seven seasons, the Nerazzurri have won at least one trophy a season for a total of 15.  If they go out tonight, the cycle will be closed because Scudetto and Coppa Italia are impossible.

Vieille Garde A year ago it was Inter that knocked out Bayern: it was on March 15, 2011, the comeback was completed by Goran Pandev after a delicious ball by Samuel Eto'o and today it will be up to someone else to do it for Inter.  On that night, there same referee was there: he is Portuguese and called Proenca.  You never know...  Surely the Inter that night dressed as the real Inter only to collapse against Schalke 04 in the next round.  One year ago today is what Napoleon called the Old Guard (or Vieille Garde in French): it was composed of older veterans who fought three to five campaigns in the Napoleno's army, represented the elite of Grand Army.  From Julio Cesar to Zanetti.  From Lucio, Maicon and Samuel to Cambiasso and Milito.  And even Stankovic: "It is normal that president asks the max from us - said Deki - especially us the old guard."  It is so.  It must be.

Never scored against Marseille Inter will look to have its 50th win ever since the competition changed its name to Champions League (and the 200th in international tournaments of any kind).  However, Inter have never scored against Olympique Marseille in the three games the two teams faced each other: eight years ago the scorers were Drogba and Meriem, on February 22 it was Andre Ayew.  Cannot be like this anymore.

Silence and roar Everyone should be ready to go.  Someone like Maicon must give his opponents nightmare.  Someone like Milito who must relive the nights of that treble.  Cambiasso should return from spending a game on the bench against Chievo while Julio Cesar is always ready for a comeback speech in the dressing room.  Then there's Stankovic who said; "I would propose silence for a speech.  In games like this, there is not much to say.  We must do it."  They all will be on the field and the 70 thousand fans in the stands will be ready to roar.

Source: Gazzetta dello Sport