Article by Daniel Grigore – published on Sunday, June 22, 2025, 00:25 / Updated Sunday, June 22, 2025 00:27
Inter He lived dangerously the second match played under the command of Cristi Chivu. Italy vice -champion has been for a long time driven by Urawa Red Diamondsbut returned the score with two goals scored at the end of the match.
Since the 11th minute in a match in which she was a big favorite, Inter took over an hour of play to dismantle.
Lautaro Martinez equalized in the 78th minute, the Argentine Valentin Carboni registered for an extensions for a limit, 2-1, who puts it on Inter in a favorable position for qualifying in the optimum.
It was not a delightful performance of Cristi Chivu's students, and the peninsular press described it, without being too harsh with the Romanian coach. After all, it was just Chivu's second game as a coach Nerazzurro.
Corriere dello Sport: “Chivu's interior suffered more than it should have”
“Chivu's team suffered much more than it should have been, but he managed to defeat the Japanese and relaunch in the World Club Championship. The match was decided by goals scored by Lautaro and Carboni, who overturned the initial advantage of the Japanese, for which he scored Watanabe,” is the summary made by Corriere.
In the party's chronicle, the journalists of the sports daily added that “a last quarter of an hour in which Inter played was enough for Chivu's team to overthrow the fate of a match that turned into a drama (sporty, of course) ”.
“After the disappointment equal to the Mexicans from Monterrey in the opening match, Chivu's team exceeded the Japanese from Urawa Reds with great difficulty. A match played very, very bad for 75 minutes.
For Inter, the last challenge of the group will be the match with River Plate, one with a much higher degree of difficulty. To overcome the Argentinians will need a full inter -inter“They completed.
In a similar note, those from Tutosport also analyzed:
“Chivu's interior suffers, trembles and only with the last breath manages to pass the Japanese team Urawa. On its own, descended from the plane heading to Italy only in the last quarter of the matchthanks to the goals scored by Lautaro and Valentin Carboni ”.
Praise either the two Argentinians. Lautaro Martinez and Valentin Carboni saved Inter from Harakiri against Urawa Red Diamonds. Chivu has a lot of work. Now Inter his thoughts focus on the match between River and Monterrey.
– Passage from the Gazzetta dello sport chronicle
