“I would like to see more cynicism”

• 32 teams, distributed in eight groups, participate in the World Club Championship;

• The first two teams in each group qualify in “optimals”;

• The final will take place in New York, on July 13, at 10:00 pm.

After the draw with the Mexicans from Monterrey, score 1-1, Inter is forced to win on Saturday, against Urawa Red Diamonds, to keep a chance of qualification. Before this match, the Romanian coach held a press conference, in which he prefaced this game, one that he anticipates to be difficult, given the fatigue accumulated by the team so far.

Cristi Chivu's reactions before the second match of the World Club Championship

“We come after nine months of fighting, we always try to find the right energy to face an ordered and disciplined team. It has South American and European players, it will be a difficult match, just like all the others.

I am curious and I (no like Esposito), I met him when he was 13 and a half and I grew up together. I trained him in the Primavera team, it was an honor, then he left in Serie B and comes after two important seasons, in which he grew both physically and from a human point of view. He recovered, he did two training with us and tomorrow (no Saturday) we will have the opportunity to see him either as a holder or during the match.

With Monterrey we made a serious match, trying to give our best. We showed our best version at that time, we added reaction and pride. Maybe in the construction of the game I was a little pretentious, I could do better. There are aspects that I talked about and I worked on, so I expect improvements from this point of view and I would like to see more cynicism. We were wrong situations that could ease our match.

Sometimes it may seem like a means in two, sometimes in three or four. Because the players behind the peak consider them midfielders who enter the box more easily. Let us not forget that this is not a summer cantonment, in which you have time and means to implement ideas. We remain in things already built, so as not to lose safety.

Before the match with Monterrey I had only two training in full formula, then, after the match, to those who played more I offered 48 hours of recovery, because, I repeat, we come after nine months of battles.

For a team playing every three days, the best workout is the restoration. So, at the moment, not much can be done, but only punctual requests and trials on things already known. We are talking about mature players, who know what to do and immediately understand our requirements.

I love your people (no message for Japanese opponents), your country, your culture, your rigor and discipline. We would all have something to learn from you. I hope one day I can visit Japan

All the coaches want a team to dominate, because this means to reveal technique, personality, the desire to control the game and the situations, whether you attack vertically or play position. I think this is the goal of all the coaches. And we want this in the near future-maybe even tomorrow-when we have more time to work in another way, “said Cristi Chivu at the match conference prior to the duel with Urawa Red Diamonds, from the second stage of the group phase at the World Club Championship, quoted by Finternews.it.

The ranking in group E