1988–89 Inter Milan season

After another disappointing season, Inter retained Giovanni Trapattoni and acquired German footballers: Brehme, a fullback, and Lothar Matthäus, a box-to-box midfielder, signed for the club.^[1] For the role of centre-forward, the first choice was Rabah Madjer^[2]: when he met physical issues, however, he was replaced by Ramón Díaz.^[3] The attacking couple, completed by Aldo Serena, proved to be very regular in scoring.^[4] The departure of Alessandro Altobelli was not critical, despite an early elimination from the Coppa Italia.^[5]^[6]

The domestic league had an easier path^[7], with Inter able to stay unbeaten for almost half of the season; but were knocked out of Europe, caused by Bayern Munich.^[8] Fiorentina were the first to beat Inter, on matchday 17.^[9] The following positive streak made the gap over rivals so large that Inter could celebrate the Scudetto on 28 May, after beating Napoli 2–1.^[10] During the last month, with five games to spare, the side had collected 26 wins, six draws and two losses: the final amount was 58 points, a still-unbeaten record for Serie A with 18 teams and two points for a win.^[11]

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Serie A

Matches

1	Ascoli	1–3	Inter
	Giovannelli 56' (pen.)		Mandorlini 4' Serena 73' (pen.), 82'

2	Inter	4–1	Pisa
	Brehme 52' Díaz 75' Serena 84' Matthäus 88'		Bernazzini 29'

3	Verona	0–0	Inter

4	Inter	2–0	Roma
	Berti 19' Serena 84'

5	Inter	1–0	Sampdoria
	Berti 1'

6	Como	1–2	Inter
	Giunta 60'		Díaz 41' Serena 83'

7	Inter	1–0	Cesena
	Matteoli 1'

8	Pescara	0–2	Inter
			Júnior 55' (o.g.) Matthäus 80'

9	Milan	0–1	Inter
			Serena 26'

10	Inter	1–1	Juventus
	Serena 20'		Galia 54'

11	Lecce	0–3	Inter
			Díaz 70' Brehme 78' Berti 82'

12	Inter	1–0	Bologna
	Serena 72'

13	Napoli	0–0	Inter

14	Inter	1–0	Lazio
	Mandorlini 40'

15	Atalanta	1–1	Inter
	Evair 61'		Fortunato 50' (o.g.)

16	Inter	2–0	Torino
	Serena 3' Brambati 19' (o.g.)

17	Fiorentina	4–3	Inter
	Baggio 33' Cucchi 52' Borgonovo 73, 85'		Matthäus 13' (pen.) Serena 55, 57'

18	Inter	3–1	Ascoli
	Berti 13' Serena 27' Díaz 69'		Giordano 77'

19	Pisa	0–3	Inter
			Díaz 36' Serena 39, 51'

20	Inter	1–0	Verona
	Berti 56'

21	Roma	0–3	Inter
			Matthäus 12' Serena 22' Díaz 75'

22	Sampdoria	0–1	Inter
			Mandorlini 43'

23	Inter	4–0	Como
	Berti 2' Matthäus 71' (pen.), 77' Bianchi 78'

24	Cesena	1–2	Inter
	Gelain 78'		Bianchi 11' Bordin 49' (o.g.)

25	Inter	2–1	Pescara
	Berti 20' Serena 27'		Pagano 84'

26	Inter	0–0	Milan

27	Juventus	1–1	Inter
	Rui Barros 29'		Serena 55'

28	Inter	2–0	Lecce
	Díaz 23' Serena 33'

29	Bologna	0–6	Inter
			Matthäus 31' (pen.) Díaz 54, 67' Serena 64, 83' Matteoli 86'

30	Inter	2–1	Napoli
	Fusi 49' (o.g.) Matthäus 83'		Careca 36'

31	Lazio	1–3	Inter
	Dezotti 53'		Bergomi 68' Díaz 79, 84'

32	Inter	4–2	Atalanta
	Matthäus 49' (pen.) Serena 59', 65' (pen.) Brehme 87'		Nicolini 5' Madonna 60'

33	Torino	2–0	Inter
	Škoro 54' Müller 73'

34	Inter	2–0	Fiorentina
	Díaz 61' Bianchi 76'

Top Scorers

References

↑ Gianni Brera (August 3, 1988). "La certezza è il modulo". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 46.
↑ Licia Granello (June 22, 1988). "L' Inter rinuncia a Madjer". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 46.
↑ "Inter, Diaz batte Madjer...". la Repubblica (in Italian). July 21, 1988. p. 28.
↑ "Con Diaz e Matthaeus l' Inter diverte". la Repubblica (in Italian). August 2, 1988. p. 27.
↑ Licia Granello (September 1, 1988). "Diaz-Serena, ora funziona". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 50.
↑ Antonio Dipollina (September 29, 1988). "Audace Fiorentina". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 47.
↑ Gianni Brera (October 11, 1988). "La beffa di Virdis". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 48.
↑ Gianni Mura (December 8, 1988). "Inter, massima follia Il Bayern la condanna". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 37.
↑ Licia Granello (February 14, 1989). "L' Inter ritorna sulla terra". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 35.
↑ Licia Granello (May 30, 1989). "Quando la paura fa spettacolo". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 33.
↑ Gianni Brera (June 27, 1989). "Prima di tutto l' Inter". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 27.

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