MILAN – Inter Milan coach Claudio Ranieri said that, Wesley Sneijder is the version of Francesco Totti in Nerazzurri. It was said by Ranieri after Inter defeated by Switzerland club, Lugano in a friendly match on Saturday (10/08/2011).

 

Sneijder should be absent because Andrea Poli is still injured and made ​​his debut with La Beneamata in the Inter midfield to assist Esteban Cambiasso in a shock defeat at the friendship match.

 

Ranieri hopes to play the Dutch playmaker in the match against Catania on Italian Serie A League on next weekend. And the former Chelsea coach believes, Sneijder has the same effect as Totti,the Roma’s captain.

 

“I have no doubt to Sneijder, as when he was in the field, something magical always happens,” said 59-year-old coach told Gazzetta dello Sport, Sunday (10/09/2011).

 

Despite losing the match against Lugano, Ranieri tried to take positives side from a defeat. Former of AS Roma coach is seeing the importance of giving a chance to play for Poly, and Maicon after they were returning after injury.

 

“It’s still a good exercise session and allows us to test the condition of some players that returned from injury,” he added.

 

Inter have been having a nightmare at the beginning of this season and currently, Massimo Moratti’s club is sitting in the rankings 17th after losing 3-0 last week from Naples. However, Ranieri remains optimistic about the opportunities related to the Nerazzurri to win a trophy in this season.

 

“This team has no limits, because we still can win the Scudetto,” he said.

 

The coach who has been nicknamed ‘Tinkerman’ this is going to try to do on his squad rotation policy for the sake of team balance. Ranieri took over Inter on September 22, after Gian Piero Gasperini was fired because in less than 3 months, Inter perform poorly.