APPIANO GENTILE – With Adriano, Mario Balotelli, Julio Cesar, Maicon, Sulley Muntari, Victor Obinna, Walter Samuel, Davide Santon, Dejan Stankovic and Javier Zanetti away on international duty, José Mourinho had a reduced squad to work with in Tuesday morning’s training session.
After a warm-up, the Nerazzurri continued with some circuit training, possession drills and a series of training games. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who had yesterday off, and Paolo Orlandoni, back in Italy after Saturday’s inauguration of Interstore Beijing – which also saw the participation of ex-Inter player Benoit Cauet – trained with the squad this morning.
Injured defender Nicolas Burdisso went through a long aerobic session while Luis Jimenez continued his recovery from injury with an individual workout. Amantino Mancini had today off.