“I failed! It's a lesson for me” » Frontal question also addressed to a football player

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Article by Adrian Duţă – Published on Thursday, 06 November 2025, 00:37 / Updated on Thursday, 06 November 2025 00:50

Cristi Chivu achieved the fourth victory in the Champions League on his bench Inter, score 2-1, with Kairat Almatyin his fourth game as a coach in the UCL. The Italian press analyzed what happened on “Giuseppe Meazza” on Wednesday evening. The Romanian coach was not at all satisfied with the performance of the game.

The Italians wrote that Inter did what they needed to get the victory in front of the Kazakh champions, and the success will help Chivu to calmly treat the future of the game.

Having reached 12 points in 4 stages, Inter will face top opponents starting from the next round. Chivu will face Atletico, Liverpool, Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund.

Chivu, unhappy after victory

Even when it was 2-1 we had a lot of possession with the centre-backs, passing the ball to the keeper. We had to do simpler actions and exploit the spaces. We lacked quality and clarity, we became agitated. It wasn't the right time to do certain things… I understand and I know, we've played those kinds of matches. I take responsibility for what I failed to convey today.

Today I failed to motivate them, I failed, I did not make them understand the importance of the game. Maybe some underestimated them. It's a lesson for me. I have to be a better coach, I have to give them the desire and the passion.

Lautaro's change? It was something agreed upon. I wanted him to lead the team in the first half.

– Cristi Chivu, at Sky Sport

Cristi Chivu, a chariot of nerves

Cristi Chivu was a nervous wreck during the game. Asked about the coach's condition, defender Carlos Augusto said: “It seems normal to me, he wanted more attention from us. We passed slowly in the first half.”

Carlos Augusto

I said it yesterday, there are no easy games in the Champions League. We should have started the match better, but in the end it's good that we won. We know what we are capable of, but we have to prove it on the pitch. It's hard for me to explain the start of the match. Everyone believes that such matches are won 5-0 from the locker room. It's not like that at all!

– Carlos Alberto

What the Italian press is writing about Chivu, after Inter – Kairat 2-1

“Coach Cristian Chivu 6 – His team, Inter, did exactly what was needed tonight to beat a clearly inferior opponent, but it was a fourth consecutive victory, which practically guarantees that the Nerazzurri will be able to calmly handle the more complicated games ahead,” wrote the Italians of Tutto Mercato.

“The team enters the field slowly, imprecise and unfocused. He gets angry and finishes the match extremely angry, but this time he fails to motivate his players. He went home with the victory, but there is nothing to celebrate,” wrote the journalists from fcinter1908.it, who awarded Chivu note 6.

Inter have so far beaten Ajax (2-0), Slavia Prague (3-0), Royale Union (4-0) and Kairat (2-1) in the Champions League with Chivu on the bench. The Romanian team is in 3rd place, tied with Bayern and Arsenal, but with a lower goal difference than the two.