Even successor Roy Hodgson has cited a series of misjudged forays into the transfer market as an obstacle to his reign. Two events this season in essence some up Rafa Benitez for me: Mario Balotelli, and then today. And then today: Inter lost away to Chievo to leave them sixth in the league, nine points behind rivals AC and in a Euro Cup place only on goal difference.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. The question is how many more Liverpool's or Inter Milan's will fall to the Rafa Benitez guise in the years to come? Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox! Your sports. What happened for the next 90 minutes at Bridge remains history and needs no description. His induced percipience and his unending thirst for conquest marched the inspired Inter side to eliminate a rigorous CSKA Moscow , an insurmountable FC Barcelona and a propellant Bayern Munich on their way to claim the third European title in the much celebrated history of the club — one that came after 45 years of longing.
The proceedings did not carry further in the manner Massimo Morrati would have wished they would. The Italian could not stop Mourinho parting ways with the club after a truly eventful season.
In a span of one year, Serie A lost two of the most prolific coaches world over — first in Carlo Ancelotti and then in Mourinho. What followed raised enough brows all around Europe. Morrati decided to hire services of the sacked Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez.
This decision was according to many not in sync with the stature Inter had managed to wear at the end of an extremely fruitful season. Things did not begin all too badly as Inter managed to bag fourth title in an extension to the previous season by beating Italian rivals AS Roma in the Supercoppa Italiana. The start to the Serie A never excited the fans and the intent of the true Nerazzurri flavor of football has so far appeared to have gone for a hiatus. Injuries have their own version to present but the bottom-line remains that Inter have only been their shadow thus far in the season.
A loss to the lowly competent Chievo in the latest round of the domestic league only makes matters worse for Benitez. Complacency, lack of hunger to win more, motivational drought, transition under the new manager and many more rationalizations have been put into their place but given the nature of the progress the reigning champions have exercised, one cannot help but wonder whether it was only the astoundingly influential presence of Mourinho that won Inter everything there was to win and that his departure has simply led the debacle that is seen happen today.
When the Portuguese took over as the head coach of Inter during the year , the club was already riding over a purple patch. The domestic rivals were not able to challenge them over a league title and Roberto Mancini had found out a cohesive unit that meant business. But things were to unfold only the way they did and Mourinho was the new boss of an already champion team. That made his job much easier than the one he had at London. Albeit, Mourinho had his agenda crisp and clear.
The domestic dominance had already been complied by his predecessor. His was the mission to make things count big in Europe. It took him a not so illustrious one year at Inter to comprehend the Italian idea of football but once he managed a hold over it, he left no stone unturned in overhauling the Inter team into a unit that hardly appeared threatening initially at the European stage but as things progressed it started to look more and more menacingly dangerous to the already big names in Europe.
Mourinho managed to clearly identify the troubles with his side and addressed them to the point. He did not hesitate in getting rid of the goal machine Zlatan Ibrahimovic and acquired the services in return of a man who had proven his worth in European competitions time and again. Rafael Benitez has clearly had a frustrating time at Inter Milan.
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