1988–89 Inter Milan season

Season

After another disappointing season, Inter retained Giovanni Trapattoni and signed German footballers Brehme, a fullback, and Lothar Matthäus, a box-to-box midfielder, to strengthen the club.

Inter targeted Rabah Madjer to be their first choice at centre-forward, however, issues arose during Madjer's physical assessment so the team opted instead to acquire Ramón Díaz. The new attacking partnership of Díaz and Aldo Serena proved to be consistent goal scorers for Inter.

Alessandro Altobelli would depart the team, although Inter's performance was not critically impacted.

On the pitch, Inter was eliminated early from the Coppa Italia, while, in Europe, they were knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Bayern Munich.

Conversely, Inter dominated play in the domestic league, with Inter able to stay unbeaten for almost half of the season. Fiorentina were the first to beat Inter, on matchday 17. Following the defeat, a positive streak made the gap over rivals so large that Inter could celebrate the Scudetto on 28 May, after beating Napoli 2–1. 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.

Squad

Transfers

Winter

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1988–89 Serie A

League table

Results by round

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Matches

Serena Díaz
Serena
Matthäus Serena Serena Matthäus Brehme
Berti Brambati Cucchi
Borgonovo Serena Serena
Díaz Serena Serena
Díaz Matthäus
Bianchi Bordin Serena Serena Díaz
Serena
Matteoli Matthäus Díaz Serena
Brehme Madonna Müller Bianchi

Coppa Italia

Main article: 1988–89 Coppa Italia

First round Morello Ciocci Corini Second round Morello Baggio I Mattei

Coppa UEFA

Main article: 1988–89 UEFA Cup

First round

Matteoli Morello

Second round

Eightfinals

Berti Augenthaler Wegmann

Statistics

Players statistics

References

Sources

• RSSSF - Italy 1988/89

References

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7. Licia Granello. (September 1, 1988). "Diaz-Serena, ora funziona". la Repubblica.
8. Antonio Dipollina. (September 29, 1988). "Audace Fiorentina". la Repubblica.
9. Gianni Mura. (December 8, 1988). "Inter, massima follia Il Bayern la condanna". la Repubblica.
10. Gianni Brera. (October 11, 1988). "La beffa di Virdis". la Repubblica.
11. Licia Granello. (February 14, 1989). "L' Inter ritorna sulla terra". la Repubblica.
12. Licia Granello. (May 30, 1989). "Quando la paura fa spettacolo". la Repubblica.
13. Gianni Brera. (June 27, 1989). "Prima di tutto l' Inter". la Repubblica.