 Akakurumidza kutamira kuItaly ndokusaina neInter Milan kwaaizogara kusvika muna 1968, achikunda mazita matatu eSerie A uye makapu maviri eEuropean panguva yekugara kwake nekirabhu, kwaakashandisa 532 kuumbwa, uye akagadzirisa zano rinozivikanwa se Verrou muchinjikwa wemusuwo rakashandiswa naKarl Rappan kusanganisira kushanduka kukuru kwekurwisa; saka, iyo Catenaccio system yakazvarwa. Rutivi rwacho rwakazotumidzwa zita rekuti Grande Inter, nekuda kwekubudirira kwekirabhu pasi pemakore masere aHerrera, ayo akaona timu ichikunda back-to-back European Cup mazita muna 1964uye 1965, uyewo mazita matatu eSerie A, uye mazita maviri eIntercontinental Cup. Munguva iyi akanga ariwo murairidzi weSpain pakati pa1959 na1962 uye Italy 1966-67. 