Angelo Moratti Sports Centre
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Angelo Moratti Sports Centre is Inter's training ground
. It is located on the outside of Appiano Gentile
, a village in the Province of Como
roughly 40km northwest of Milan
. Commissioned by the Great Inter
president Angelo Moratti
and coach Helenio Herrera
, the facility was built in time for the 1961/62 season, and has been used uninterruptedly for first team training since then.
The training complex is adjacent to the Golf Club La Pinetina, in the southwest of Appiano Gentile. The best way to get there is by car. Take the A9 Milano-Como motorway and exit at Lomazzo. Drive through the village of Guanzate and on arrival in Appiano Gentile exit left at the first roundabout, and right at the second. Follow the yellow signs to Golf Club La Pinetina until you reach the Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti.
Pitches
The Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti includes thirteen regulation pitches. Ten are of a regular size, two of which is artificial and can be covered by a mobile tensile structure when there is heavy snow or rain. Known affectionately as 'the cage', the indoor/outdoor synthetic pitch, which measures 48m x 26m, is surrounded by fences to keep the ball in play.
Gyms
Other facilities include two gyms (250m2 & 100m2) featuring the latest in fitness equipment, a medical room for the medical, physiotherapy and massage therapy staff, a swimming pool with jacuzzi and countercurrent swimming system, three changing rooms and two storerooms.
Main building
The first floor of the main building houses 24 double rooms and 2 single rooms for the players during pre-season training and pre-match retreats, a games room, a meeting room and a television production studio, which hosts Inter Channel. On the ground floor there is a large hall area with breakfast tables and armchairs, a kitchen, a restaurant and a press room which can accommodate over 30 journalists.
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Training ground
A training ground is an area where professional association football teams prepare for matches, with activities primarily concentrating on skills and fitness...
. It is located on the outside of Appiano Gentile
Appiano Gentile
Appiano Gentile is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northwest of Milan and about 12 km southwest of Como....
, a village in the Province of Como
Province of Como
The Province of Como is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and Lecco to the East, the Province of Milan to the south and the Province of Varese to the West...
roughly 40km northwest of Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
. Commissioned by the Great Inter
La Grande Inter
Grande Inter is the name given to the Internazionale team led by Helenio Herrera that won back-to-back European Cup wins in 1964 and 1965, victories but were spotted in the light of a series of revelations published in recent years....
president Angelo Moratti
Angelo Moratti
Angelo Moratti was an Italian oil tycoon. He was the owner and president of the Serie A football club Internazionale. He is the father of the current Internazionale's owner and president, Massimo Moratti....
and coach Helenio Herrera
Helenio Herrera
Helenio Herrera Gavilán was a Franco-Argentine football player and manager.Although born in Argentina, Herrera's parents were both Spanish, his father being a well-known Spanish anarchist in exile...
, the facility was built in time for the 1961/62 season, and has been used uninterruptedly for first team training since then.
The training complex is adjacent to the Golf Club La Pinetina, in the southwest of Appiano Gentile. The best way to get there is by car. Take the A9 Milano-Como motorway and exit at Lomazzo. Drive through the village of Guanzate and on arrival in Appiano Gentile exit left at the first roundabout, and right at the second. Follow the yellow signs to Golf Club La Pinetina until you reach the Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti.
Pitches
The Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti includes thirteen regulation pitches. Ten are of a regular size, two of which is artificial and can be covered by a mobile tensile structure when there is heavy snow or rain. Known affectionately as 'the cage', the indoor/outdoor synthetic pitch, which measures 48m x 26m, is surrounded by fences to keep the ball in play.
Gyms
Other facilities include two gyms (250m2 & 100m2) featuring the latest in fitness equipment, a medical room for the medical, physiotherapy and massage therapy staff, a swimming pool with jacuzzi and countercurrent swimming system, three changing rooms and two storerooms.
Main building
The first floor of the main building houses 24 double rooms and 2 single rooms for the players during pre-season training and pre-match retreats, a games room, a meeting room and a television production studio, which hosts Inter Channel. On the ground floor there is a large hall area with breakfast tables and armchairs, a kitchen, a restaurant and a press room which can accommodate over 30 journalists.
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