Anxiety, exasperation and intellectual prostitution. These are the three essences that are monopolizing the media scene within 24 hours of Inter-Milan.
Anxiety is all there and it’s the only positive aspect of this exhausting eve. After more than a decade of anonymity, supporters of the two Milanese teams have the chance to see their team in a Champions League final, an exceptional event after a long hibernation in Italian football caused by an economic recession of the big Serie A clubs.
The wait for the kick-off requires massive doses of calm and anxiolytics for millions of fans, for a derby that will mark the history of the two clubs, not only emotionally but also financially, given the collection freak of more than 12 million euros.
As a negative counterpart to anxiety is exasperation. See the elite of Milan ‘fucked up‘ from the fans after the league defeat against Spezia, is an image that is not good for the Rossoneri and football.
Pioli did the best in his management as a coach, taking Milan to the top tiers of Serie A and allowing the Rossoneri to unstitch the second star from their cousins’ shirt last season. Pioli also managed to eliminate Napoli from the race for the Champions League final, a feat in my humble opinion given the strength of the Azzurri this year, a team of a level only slightly lower than the big names in Europe such as City, Bayern and Real Madrid. Pioli performed a miracle, enhancing a team of good elements and some champions, and bringing Milan to the top of the Italian club rankings in terms of absolute market value. This many ‘fans’ have forgotten.
We close with intellectual prostitution. All the main Italian newspapers have sided with Milan.
It is clear and disturbing, it seems that Inter is a Turkmenistan team in the way they are treated by publishers and journalists. In the post Calciopoli la Beloved it has become the most hated team in Italy together with Juve, for reasons that humanly I can’t explain. Clubs and players have always shown a certain style and a poiseb uncommon in other clubs, but newspapers and commentators seem to suffer when Inter achieve positive results.
A few days ago, a well-known newspaper featured all anti-Inter and pro articles in the first 15 launches comeback, a nauseating and out of the ordinary editorial programming. An absolute information prostitution stuff.
Happy derby everyone and may it be a celebration for Milan and Italian football.
2023-05-15 00:32:37
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