Moratti defends Mancini axe
31 May 2008 - 12:42:52
Internazionale president Massimo Moratti has defended his decision to sack coach Roberto Mancini after the club won three successive Serie A titles.
Moratti believes he had to take action, with the Inter dressing room shaken by Mancini saying that he would leave the San Siro straight after their Champions League exit at the hands of Liverpool.
He told the Corriere della Sera: "This created imbalances within the team that forced everyone, managers and players included, to double and triple their energies.
"It's true that we all rowed in the same direction, but we were forced to row harder.
"It was not a whim. The most simple solution would have been to have continued with the coach with whom we won three consecutive championships.
"Nobody would have criticised me, everything would have been smooth.
"I intervened because I thought it was necessary, not against the coach, but in the interests of Inter."