“I was lucky to work with you”

Dumfries, Lautaro, Calhanoglu and Esposito scored for Inter in the win which lifted the Nerazzurri to 2nd place in the Champions League table with 3 consecutive wins.

Cristi Chivu, rated 7.5 by Italian journalists: “They had the strength to endure”

TMW journalists rated Cristi Chivu with 7.5.

“Cristian Chivu 7.5. His side struggled and the start looked like the prelude to a defeat that could have melted the team's ambitions. But somehow the Nerazzurri had the strength to endure and like a great team they won 4-0. Even those who had doubts about him are now starting to lose them.” noted the Italians from tuttomercatoweb.com.

The Italians from Gazzetta Dello Sport, the most prestigious newspaper in Italy, praised Cristi Chivu and highlighted the main qualities of the philosophy imposed by Cristi Chivu in the “nerazzurri” camp.

Chivu gets its seventh straight win and puts Napoli, who were demolished in Eindhoven, on guard. Chivu always has the key: before the blue-black hurricane, there were the storms of the Belgians. Chivu warned on the eve of the match about this, and his words were a true copy of what we saw in the first half.

Inter, even when their manager makes six changes from the last game, even when the opponents start at full speed and appear from all sides, suffer but do not disintegrate, handling the ball more than usual instead of immediately looking for depth, but finding a way to turn the evening in their favor, ticking another box of “Chivuism”: understanding the moment and knowing how to change on the fly of the situation.

– Gazzetta dello Sport

What Cristi Chivu said after the third consecutive victory in the Champions League

Cristi Chivu spoke about the team's performance in the match against the Belgians, and later addressed Fabio Capello, present in the Sky Sports studio.

“The team needed confidence, to put the disappointments of the end of last season behind them. Football can be tough from that point of view, bitterness plays tricks on you. The team needed to be understood, they needed trust and a new start. The boys are good, they have the motivation for another top season.

I don't look at the player reports: good young men must be played. if we wait too long, years will pass and they will never be ready. You have to see what they are made of; when you put them with good and experienced teammates, everything becomes easier. You have to believe in them, trust the good young people,” Cristi Chivu said in the flash interview.

Capello and Chivu

To Fabio Capello in the Sky Sports studio, Cristi Chivu said: “The credit goes completely to the players. They agreed to work hard, to listen, to put their pride aside. I hope I have at least half the career you have had, Mr Capello. You were a top coach and I was lucky to work with you, to be accepted by you, who brought me to Rome to play at the highest level. Thanks for that.”

The standings in the Champions League