“There is something specific to Gasperini at this Chivu”

Inter plays on Saturday against AS Roma, on “Olimpico”. And in an analysis of the two coaches, Gazzetta Dello Sport has discovered some features that Cristi Chivu's team has in common with the ideas of the counterpart Gian Gasperini than with his predecessor, Simone Inzaghi.

Cristi Chivu raises aggressivity and verticalizations

The first aspect noted by Gazzetta dello Sport: “Gasperini's football is based on aggression, on situations one by one. He wants his players to get his opponents as much as possible on the field. This is what he does in Milan.

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The reports say that, this season, Chivu has “raised” the defensive line of the nerazzuri, moving from an average of 26.8 meters in 2024-25 under the inzaghi to 34.7 meters “. Which would be the fruit of a new mentality. The Romanian technician “He wants the team to be less demanding and less oriented towards dribbling and looking for the gate immediately.”

The second aspect that highlights the similarities between Chivu and Gasperini is the verticalizations. “Chivu has minimized the rear construction, Sommer often plays long balls, asks everyone to verticalize. When we talk about Gasperini, we think of his years in Genoa and Atalanta. To Rome, all of them have not yet seen. Gasperini's Rome shines through its defensive solidity ”, observes Gazzetta Dello Sport.

Gazzetta dello Sport: “Chivu is more offensive than Gasperini, and Gasperini is more waterproof than Chivu”

Here the similarities are separated: “Rome is the team that received the fewest goals in the championship, only two. By contrast, Inter has the best attack, with 17 goals scored, ten more than the current team of Gian Piero Gasperini ”.

The conclusion: “Chivu is more offensive than Gasperini, and Gasperini is more waterproof than Chivu.”