MILAN - The pitches are in excellent condition (there was no snow during the night but the facilities are in place to ensure they remain usable anyway) and it's a sunny morning with a cold but acceptable temperature. Those are the conditions that Claudio Ranieri's Inter found at the Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti this morning, as they began their 4th training session of the week ahead of the 2011/12 Serie A Week 23 fixture against Novara (Sunday 12 February at 15:00). The news from the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in San Siro is that the playing surface is protected and the undersoil heating is working.
