The Italian press reacted after Inter, the team led by Cristi Chivu, imposed 2-0 in front of Ajax, in the first stage of the Champions League phase.
What note did Cristi Chivu receive after the perfect debut of the Champions League
The Romanian coach was noted with 7 by the ones from Tuttomercatoweb, after the victory without emotions in front of the team he made as a player.
“7- He won his European debut this season. His team, Inter, played a little or not at all in the first half hour, then managed to impose himself through those fixed phases that remain a feature of his predecessor. He has enough time to impose his ideas. For one evening, only the result mattered. And the performance was certainly not to be neglected.”
The ones from Internews.it also noted him with note 7: “Chivu opts for a conservative approach, introducing Pio Esposito instead of Lautaro, injured. Finally, he wins and may smile. Inter let Ajax unload his frustration, then dominated without too much trouble. 80. A crucial victory that gives him a break and optimism ” – note 7”
What does Gazzetta dello Sport write after Chivu's perfect debut in the Champions League: “Inter and Chivu take their revenge”
“The same super Thuram: double with the head and Ajax defeated. Inter and Chivu take their revenge,” Gazetta Dello Sport titled.
The Italians continued with the praise to Chivu and Thuram: “At the European debut on the Nerazzurilor Bank, the new coach can smile immediately due to his goalscorer: a goal in every half and the Dutch on the ground. In Rembrandt's city he deserves a painting and slipped into him with the nine number: 2-0 through two peak head strokes and smiles, this time with lust, proud and honest, while next to him are the ones who look at him curious, like the surgeons attending the “anatomy lesson of Dr. Tulp”. One of the most famous paintings of the Dutch painter raised on the banks of the channels.
Inter applies two palms that are worth triple: Ajax breaks down, a team away from the strength of the band where Chivu is having fun as a captain, chases the crisis and finally celebrates the fortress. After the four goals scored on Allianz with Juve, a match without goal was exactly what it needed, ”the Italians noted.
It seems that Cristian Chivu is good to break taboos. After becoming the first foreigner from Hector Cuper who won with Inter in the opening match of the championship, the Romanian coach offered the first victory at the beginning of an edition of the Champions League for the last seven years.
He did it beautiful and authoritarian, chasing the evil auspices on the eve of the match with Ajax, ending the evening brilliantly. Impulated by Marcus Thuram, who marked the decisive double after the “spear” were close to taking over, Sommer managed to hypnotize Mika Gods, inter seal the victory in five minutes, in the middle of the two halves. The Nerazzurii started with the right, and Chivu received all levels at all levels.
-noted those from Internews.it
