Ibrahimovic buoyant ahead of derby

| Fri, 09/26/2008 - 03:52

Inter Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic is pumped ahead of Sunday's derby with AC Milan.

''I'm really enjoying myself in this Inter,'' he said after the league champions beat Lecce Wednesday night on a Julio Cruz goal with Ibra again supplying the killer pass.

Inter go into Sunday night's game on ten points, four ahead of title rivals Milan who have picked up the pace with two straight wins after two opening defeats.

Maxwell and Figo are Inter's main injury doubts for the clash while Milan will be without Marco Borriello who scored the opener in Wednesday night's 2-1 win at stragglers Reggina.

Pato, who got the winner, said he ''really wanted'' to beat Inter and confirm he is back on form after an uncertain start.

Inter coach Jose' Mourinho is expected to play his usual three-man attack with Mancini, Adriano and Ibra while Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has indicated he may give some match time to Ronaldinho and Andriy Shevchenko.

With their Wednesday win Inter moved two points clear of title rival Juventus who could only manage a 1-1 home draw against Catania.

Juve travel to fourth-from-bottom Sampdoria on Saturday afternoon while Fiorentina, who went down to a surprise 3-0 defeat at second-placed Lazio Wednesday, host Genoa on Saturday night.

Roma, who confirmed frailties in Wednesday's 3-1 loss at Genoa that put them in joint fifth-last place, entertain Atalanta which reclaimed second place alongside Lazio on nine points with a 1-0 home win over zero-point Cagliari.

Napoli, which is on eight points after a 2-1 home win against Palermo, has a trip to third-from-bottom Bologna.

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