1990–91 Inter Milan season

Inter Milan

1990–91 season
Chairman	Ernesto Pellegrini
Manager	Giovanni Trapattoni
Serie A	2nd
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Matthäus (16) All: Matthäus (23)
Average home league attendance	54,946
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 26 May 1991.

Season

Inter was thought to be a favourite for the Serie A title, having - between others - three world champions in their squad.[1] Well placed in the league, the side also reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup after comebacks against Rapid Wien and Aston Villa.[2] Trapattoni's team managed to progress to the final, beating also Atalanta and Sporting Lisboa.[3] Lost hopes for the Scudetto, due to losses from the Genoa sides in May, Inter saved the season by winning the UEFA cup.[4] The triumph was over fellow Italian side Roma, 2–1 on aggregate.[5]

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Walter Zenga
• Astutillo Malgioglio
• Luciano Bodini

Defenders

• Giuseppe Bergomi
• Andreas Brehme
• Sergio Battistini
• Riccardo Ferri
• Antonio Paganin
• Massimiliano Tacchinardi
• Stefano Bettarini

Midfielders

• Lothar Matthäus
• Alessandro Bianchi
• Nicola Berti
• Davide Fontolan
• Fausto Pizzi
• Paolo Stringara
• Giuseppe Baresi
• Andrea Mandorlini

Attackers

• Aldo Serena
• Maurizio Iorio
• Jürgen Klinsmann

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sampdoria (C)	34	20	11	3	57	24	+33	51	Qualification to European Cup
2	Milan[lower-alpha 1]	34	18	10	6	46	19	+27	46
3	Internazionale	34	18	10	6	56	31	+25	46	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Genoa	34	14	12	8	51	36	+15	40
5	Torino	34	12	14	8	40	29	+11	38

Source: 1990–91 Serie A, RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[6]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Milan did not participate in the 1991–92 UEFA Cup as they served a one-year ban after refusing to resume a game against Olympique Marseille during the previous year's European Cup.

Matches

9 September 1990 1	Cagliari	0–3	Inter	Cagliari
15:00 CEST		Report	Klinsmann  58' Klinsmann 65' Klinsmann 75'	Stadium: Sant Elia

16 September 1990 2	Inter	1–0	Bologna	Milano
15:00 CEST	Bianchi  90'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

23 September 1990 3	Torino	2–0	Inter	Torino
15:00 CEST	Vázquez  51' Lentini  79'	Report		Stadium: delle Alpi

30 September 1990 4	Inter	2–1	Roma	Milano
15:00 CEST	Klinsmann  76' Pizzi  88'	Report	Carnevale  30'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

7 October 1990 5	Atalanta	1–1	Inter	Bergamo
15:00 CEST	Evair  50'	Report	Matthäus  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Comunale

21 October 1990 6	Inter	6–3	Pisa	Milano
15:00 CEST	Serena  4, 43, 88' Bergomi  27' Matthäus  55' (pen.), 65'	Report	Piovanelli  48, 64' Stringara  61' (o.g.)	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

28 October 1990 7	Juventus	4–2	Inter	Torino
15:00 CET	Baggio  2' (pen.) Casiraghi  15' Schillaci  57' De Agostini  64'	Report	Matthäus  34' Klinsmann  80'	Stadium: delle Alpi

11 November 1990 8	Inter	2–1	Parma	Milano
15:00 CET	Serena  35' Matthäus  37' (pen.)	Report	Melli  89'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

18 November 1990 9	Milan	0–1	Inter	Milano
15:00 CET		Report	Berti  85'	Stadium: San Siro

25 November 1990 10	Inter	2–1	Napoli	Milano
15:00 CET	Matthäus  52' Baroni  65' (o.g.)	Report	Careca  53'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

2 December 1990 11	Bari	1–1	Inter	Bari
15:00 CET	Maccoppi  31'	Report	Serena  35'	Stadium: delle Vittoria

9 December 1990 12	Cesena	1–5	Inter	Cesena
15:00 CET	Ciocci  20' (pen.)	Report	Klinsmann  5' Matthäus  51' Serena  56' Pizzi  79' Barcella  90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Dino Manuzzi

16 December 1990 13	Inter	1–1	Fiorentina	Milano
15:00 CET	Matthäus  49' (pen.)	Report	Fuser  30'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

30 December 1990 14	Sampdoria	3–1	Inter	Genova
15:00 CET	Vialli  1', 82' (pen.) Mancini  86'	Report	Berti  50'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

6 January 1991 15	Inter	2–1	Genoa	Milano
15:00 CET	Matthäus  16' (pen.) Klinsmann  53'	Report	Eranio  72'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

13 January 1991 16	Lazio	0–0	Inter	Roma
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Olimpico

20 January 1991 17	Inter	5–0	Lecce	Milano
15:00 CET	Brehme  2' Matthäus  42', 47' (pen.) Pizzi  80' Klinsmann  90'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

27 January 1991 18	Inter	1–1	Cagliari	Milano
15:00 CET	Klinsmann  44'	Report	Cappioli  87'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

3 February 1991 19	Bologna	0–0	Inter	Bologna
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara

10 February 1991 20	Inter	1–0	Torino	Milano
15:00 CET	Klinsmann  8'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

17 February 1991 21	Roma	1–1	Inter	Roma
15:00 CET	Rizzitelli  81'	Report	Berti  67'	Stadium: Olimpico

24 February 1991 22	Inter	3–1	Atalanta	Milano
15:00 CET	Stringara  42' Klinsmann  55, 81'	Report	Strömberg  24'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

3 March 1991 23	Pisa	0–1	Inter	Pisa
15:00 CET		Report	Berti  51'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi

10 March 1991 24	Inter	2–0	Juventus	Milano
15:00 CET	Matthäus  36' Battistini  49'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

17 March 1991 25	Parma	0–0	Inter	Parma
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini

24 March 1991 26	Inter	0–1	Milan	Milano
15:00 CEST		Report	van Basten  74'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

30 March 1991 27	Napoli	1–1	Inter	Napoli
15:00 CEST	Careca  71'	Report	Matthäus  70'	Stadium: San Paolo

6 April 1991 28	Inter	5–1	Bari	Milano
15:00 CEST	Matthäus  42' (pen.) Serena  75, 78' Bianchi  83' Klinsmann  90'	Report	Răducioiu  88'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

14 April 1991 29	Inter	2–0	Cesena	Milano
15:00 CEST	Bergomi  28' Matthäus  80'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

20 April 1991 30	Fiorentina	0–0	Inter	Firenze
15:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Comunale

4 May 1991 31	Inter	0–2	Sampdoria	Milano
15:00 CEST		Report	Dossena  60' Vialli  76'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

12 May 1991 32	Genoa	3–0	Inter	Genoa
15:00 CEST	Ruotolo  38' Skuhravý  76' Carlos Aguilera  89' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

18 May 1991 33	Inter	2–0	Lazio	Milano
15:00 CEST	Battistini  58' Klinsmann  82'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

26 May 1991 34	Lecce	0–2	Inter	Lecce
15:00 CEST		Report	Bergomi  72' Matthäus  90'	Stadium: Via del Mare

Goalscorers

• Lothar Matthäus - 16
• Jurgen Klinsmann - 14
• Aldo Serena - 8
• Nicola Berti - 4
• Giuseppe Bergomi - 3
• Fausto Pizzi - 3
• Sergio Battistini - 2
• Alessandro Bianchi - 2
• Andreas Brehme - 1
• Paolo Stringara - 1

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

5 September 1990	Monza	0-1	Inter	Monza
			Brehme 81' (pen)	Stadium: Brianteo

13 September 1990	Inter	2-1	Monza	Monza
	Battistini  34' Berti  52'		65' Di Biagio	Stadium: Stadio Brianteo[7]

Eightfinals

9 January 1991	Inter	2-1	Torino	Milano
	Matthäus  82' Bergomi  88'		3' Martín Vázquez	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

23 January 1991	Torino	1-0 (2a-2 agg.)	Inter	Torino
	Lentini  15'			Stadium: delle Alpi

UEFA Cup

Round of 32

19 September 1990	Rapid Wien	2-1	Inter	Wien
19:30 (CET)	Pfeifenberger  55' Keglevits  71'	Report	5' Matthäus	Stadium: Gerhard Hanappi Stadion Referee: Quiniou

3 October 1990	Inter	3-1	Rapid Wien	Verona
20:30 (CET)	Berti  67', 84' Klinsmann  101'	Report	88' Weber	Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Courtney

Round of 16

24 October 1990	Aston Villa	2-0	Inter	Birmingham
21:00 (CET)	Nielsen  14' Platt  68'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Referee: Nemeth

7 November 1990	Inter	3-0	Aston Villa	Milano
20:30 (CET)	Klinsmann  7' Berti  62' Bianchi  74'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Spirin

Eightfinals

28 November 1990	Inter	3-0	Partizan	Milano
20:30 (CET)	Matthäus  32' Mandorlini  47' Bianchi  68'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Kohl

12 December 1990	Partizan	1-1	Inter	Belgrad
18:30 (CET)	Stevanović  62'	Report	65' Matthäus	Stadium: Partizan Referee: Vautrot

Quarterfinals

6 March 1991	Atalanta	0-0	Inter	Bergamo
20:30 (CET)		Report		Stadium: Comunale Referee: Forstinger

20 March 1991	Inter	2-0	Atalanta	Milano
20:30 (CET)	Serena  60' Matthäus  63'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Dos Santos

Semifinals

10 April 1991	Sporting Lisboa	0-0	Inter	Lisboa
22:00 (CET)		Report		Stadium: José Alvalade Referee: Petrović

24 April 1991	Inter	2-0	Sporting Lisboa	Milano
20:30 (CEST)	Matthäus  15' (pen) Klinsmann  35'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Referee: Biguet

Final

8 May 1991	Inter	2-0	Roma	Milano
20:30 (CEST)	Matthäus  55' (pen) Berti  67'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 68 887 Referee: Spirin

22 May 1991	Roma	1-0	Inter	Roma
20:30 (CEST)	Rizzitelli  81'	Report		Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 70 900 Referee: Quiniou

References

1. Gianni Brera (November 20, 1990). "Eupalla dice Samp". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 37.
2. Fulvio Bianchi (December 19, 1990). "Tutto bene meno l' Anderlecht". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 27.
3. Gianni Brera (April 25, 1991). "L' Inter dei perfetti tedeschi". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 37.
4. Gianni Brera (May 9, 1991). "L' Inter trova la forza perduta". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 39.
5. Gianni Brera (May 23, 1991). "Inter brutta va alla meta..." la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 29.
6. Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005"Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
7. Antonio Dipollina (13 September 1990). "Due gol dell'Inter (e svista di Zenga)". la Repubblica. p. 38.

Sources

• - RSSF - Italy Championship 1990/91