I think Pellegrini is actually OK, Macini is clearly a loser, always doing nothing in the European Cups and only won a few titles in Italy after the scandal but Inter was always looking up at Juventus and Milan till then, the squad was pretty strong anyway.
He almost lost the title last year too when United were like "WTF, we're actually having a chance for the title this year
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Remember how he got shagged by Pellegrini with Villareal in 2006, we almost played that final with Villareal if it wasn't for Lehman, it would've been strange to see a 2nd tier Spanish team in the CL final.
IMO, I think Macini is the worst coach possible, I've seen some really WTF moments with him and I didn't watch all his games, but that guy is like the the raspberry award winner of football coaching.