The Super Pippo Appreciation Thread

Xavi6

Overtook Van Basten tonight on the list of all time Milan goalscorers and now sits on a record 70 for European competition. Easily my favourite striker of the past ten or fifteen years.

Has there been a more consistent goal poacher in recent history? Van Nistelrooy is the only one that springs to mind but I'd still take Inzaghi ahead of him.

Fergie once claimed that Pippo was born offside, and that comment was certainly justified against Madrid but you still need to put the ball in the net.

An absolute hero.

Le King

Absolute hero. He's got some knack for getting goals. Absolute legend of the game.

Corholio

I agree he has cemented himself as a legend by now definitely.

But also he has been quite the diver over the years too, but I can still be appreciative of his finishing abilities absolutely.

Keith186

I'd love him in my team.

Ball in box + Inzaghi = Goal.

Can't argue with that.

Fizman

Some player in fairness.

His goal against Milan two months ago (read TWO months ago: not two decades ago) is one of the best I have ever seen, and I don't say that lightly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evqwySg0ir0

Sweet. Baby. Jesus.

eagle eye

Great, great goalscorer. I just love the way he looks like a guy that just won the lottery everytime he scores.:D

missingtime

eagle eye wrote: »

Great, great goalscorer. I just love the way he looks like a guy that just won the lottery everytime he scores.:D

lol

Seaneh

I love that little over dramatic genius!

x in the city

eagle eye wrote: »

Great, great goalscorer. I just love the way he looks like a guy that just won the lottery everytime he scores.:D

fekkin hell, thats so true, and the goal at the nou camp...

lolz

is it just me or is ac milan full of players like him who seem to spend an eternity at the one team

Fizman

Jesus, just looked up his stats. I'm amazed that over the last 14 seasons (his total time with Juve and Milan), he has failed to score 20 league goals in any season? :eek:

tdv123

x in the city wrote: »

fekkin hell, thats so true, and the goal at the nou camp...

lolz

is it just me or is ac milan full of players like him who seem to spend an eternity at the one team

Yes it is.

Maldini
Albertini
Baresi
Serginho
Gattuso
Pirlo
Nesta
Tassoti
Costacurta
Ambrosini
Cafu
Seedorf

Have all spent simular lengthy careers at Milan like Inzaghi.

kryogen

i never get bored of his goal celebrations, hero!

he would and has slid in after a ball that was already goal bound just to get the final touch on it then celebrate like he lobbed the keeper from his own box

legend

Bubs101

kryogen wrote: »

i never get bored of his goal celebrations, hero!

he would and has slid in after a ball that was already goal bound just to get the final touch on it then celebrate like he lobbed the keeper from his own box

legend

He's an absolute hero. I seem to remember him stealing a guaranteed Del Piero goal at Juve and running of like he was on fire and the camera just looks at DP absolutely incredulous.

He's an amazing man and hopefully he'll keep this record for a long long time

Fromvert

He is a hero, every goal he scores he celebrates as if it's his last. You know he loves every minute he has on the pitch.

Bubs101

Cruyff wrote:

Look, he can't play football at all

Easily the best quote about Inzaghi right there. Jealousy

Nemanja91

It was hilarious last night when he tried to get the crowd riled up by running into the back of Alonso

ColmDawson

In fairness to van Basten, he retired when he was thirty.

GavRedKing

Good player, always seems to be in the right place at the right time and his finishing is just out of this world.

His 2 goals in the Champions League Final against Liverpool, the 1st a great flick on from a Pirlo free kick and the 2nd a great finish past Reina will always stand out for me.

Nalz

Fizman wrote: »

Some player in fairness.

His goal against Milan two months ago (read TWO months ago: not two decades ago) is one of the best I have ever seen, and I don't say that lightly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evqwySg0ir0

Sweet. Baby. Jesus.

What is this? Can't see youtube here... he scored against Milan 2 months ago wtf?

PiE

He meant to say Barcelona.

ColmDawson

Trilla wrote: »

What is this? Can't see youtube here... he scored against Milan 2 months ago wtf?

He must have meant to say he scored against Barcelona (for Milan). Wonderful goal, watch it when you can!

JerryHandbag

The passion he shows when he celebrates a goal, a lot of players could learn from that. Love to see it. Didnt realise he was 37!

iregk

The man is pure class. Ancelotti always said that he was the best 1 touch finisher he has ever seen. Its hard not to agree.

Pinturicchio

I really can't stand him. Great goalscorer but I reallly really don't like him.

Jazzy

great player. AC Milan have a habit of having a lot of players that are easy to like.

Xavi6

Pinturicchio wrote: »

I really can't stand him. Great goalscorer but I reallly really don't like him.

How can you not love a guy who celebrates a one yard tap in like this?!

kinaldo

A consistently good but never truly great player.

Mostly a bit player for Italy, and often for Milan. He's a kinda super-sub.

His goals in the CL final against Pool probably made up for all the chances he missed for Juve in the '98 final against Real.

An Italian Andy Cole if you will.

Moneymaker

Hero. You can see how much every goal means to him.

The look of anguish on his face at full-time last night was comedy gold.

Xavi6

My favourite Pippo moment was when he played party pooper at Fratton Park.

You're a Pompey fan, 2-1 up against Milan, ready for probably your most famous win ever, it's two minutes into injury time, and...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTQ1UFjwvuU

Ush1

Some takedown for that Pompey goal, Dimitar who?

x in the city

Xavi6 wrote: »

How can you not love a guy who celebrates a one yard tap in like this?!

lmao

excellent.

x in the city

kinaldo wrote: »

A consistently good but never truly great player.

Mostly a bit player for Italy, and often for Milan. He's a kinda super-sub.

His goals in the CL final against Pool probably made up for all the chances he missed for Juve in the '98 final against Real.

An Italian Andy Cole if you will.

Eamon?

The Recliner

I hated Inzaghi for years as I thought he was a jammy git who the ball used to hit on the way into the goal

it was only after I spent a bit of time specifically watching watching how hard Van Nistelroy worked to get his goals that I began to appreciate how damn hard he had to work to be so jammy

And you do have to love his celebrations for tap ins

Local-womanizer

Its his mindset too,from an interview from the start of the year:

"I would throw away all that I have to be 15 years younger and play again without having the certainty of earning what I do now,”

Legend of a man.

flahavaj

I really want to hate him but I just can't. He lives to score goals, when he's playing kickabout with his kids in the garden in a few years I bet he still celebrates scoring a goal the same way.

Blatter

Looks to be out for the season, with damaged cruciate knee ligaments.

Bad news, will be difficult for him to come back from this at 37:(

Pinturicchio

He'll be back and banging in the goals at 38.

Wolfe Tone

Xavi jinx!

Le King

My favourite Inzaghi moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgCFKKZ8QbA

I hope this isn't the end of Super Pippo. Hope he comes back.

flahavaj

He loves scoring goals too much not to be back. Poor Pippo.:(

Pinturicchio

football-italia.net:

Inzaghi: 'This is not the end'

Pippo Inzaghi will be out for six months after knee surgery, but the 37-year-old insists: “I will do everything to ensure this is not the end.”

The Milan star sustained ligament damage during last night’s 3-1 win over Palermo and will require an operation, ruling him out for the rest of the season.

“Life and football are like this. One minute you’re playing and fighting, the next you’re clutching your knee in your hands,” he wrote on the official club website.

“A minute after that you are looking around you. What I saw around me was all of you. Thank you.

“I have been moved by all of you, the club, the Coach, my teammates and fans. I look to you and in turn you embrace me.”

There are fears the 37-year-old might not be able to play professional football again after such a serious injury at his age.

“Deep down in your hearts you all know, as do I, that it will be difficult, but I won’t give up. I will do everything, believe me, to ensure this is not the end.

“I will do that in part thanks to your strength and energy.”

The knee specialist who will perform the surgery also agreed Inzaghi could recover to play again.

“The recovery time is around five to six months, so we can safely say the season is over,” Dr Piero Volpi told MilanNews.it.

“With the right surgery and a good plan of recovery, Inzaghi will be available to start the next competitive campaign.

“His age will have absolutely no bearing on the matter. I found the player to be perfectly healthy in every other respect so, save for complications, he should respect the recovery timetable.”

Xavi6

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

Xavi jinx!

My bad

Seaneh

I honestly can't see him playing in a Milan shirt again. Unless he offers to play for free next year or something. He'll be 38 and missed 10 months of football by next september. Milan will have 6 strikers on their books already, 7 if Marco doesn't stay with Roma.
Hope he proves me wrong thoguh.

Xavi6

Did what he does best in his final game for Milan today. Legend.

Moneymaker

I must admit I fistpumped when I heard he'd scored. One of my favourite players ever. He just loves playing football and scoring.

Richard Hillman

Please god, do not retire Pippo. Football would be a lesser place without him.

kksaints

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25xbl4Ttmv0

Corholio

kksaints wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25xbl4Ttmv0

The hug with Seedorf looked as genuine a hug as your likely to see in football.

Mr. Presentable

Inzaghi. A truly great poacher. Heavily under-rated by EPL fans. A frustration to watch as a fan - so often just a hair off-side. A dark Tom Petty. I always thought he was little, but he's 5' 11" and a bit, so big enough, and light as a feather when it suited.

Always loved Pippo.

kitakyushu

Great player. Caught offside more times than Ryan Giggs and Tiger Woods combined.

Local-womanizer

A great picture, sums up the man. Pure joy for the game.