“Cristi Chivu is terrorized before the derby” » The holder, suspended from training. He was removed from the national team!
Article by Daniel Scorpie – Published Friday, November 14, 2025, 12:41 / Updated Friday, November 14, 2025 12:45
Denzel Dumfries gives Cristi emotions Chivu TO Inter nine days before Il Derby della Madonnina. The 29-year-old right winger felt pain in his left ankle during a Ronald Koeman training session and did not make the trip with the Netherlands national team to Warsaw, thus missing tonight's match with Poland (9:45 p.m., live on Digi Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1).
Starting in all six games of group G in the preliminaries for the 2026 World Championship, Denzel Dumfries was only absent for 11 minutes at the end of the game against Malta (8-0). Then he was replaced by Lutsharel Geertruida, a situation that will be repeated tonight!
This morning, Dumfries was dropped from the squad for Poland
The Batavian press has just announced that the name of the right winger is no longer on the list sent to UEFA by the Batavian federation and, as such, the player who was supposed to start the game against Poland as a full-back did not travel to Warsaw!
Denzel Dumfries complained of pain in his left ankle in the training camp of the national team in Zeist / Photo: Imago
“Dumfries was already uncertain, as Koeman suggested in Thursday's press conference. On the same occasion, the manager revealed that Geertruida will take his place at right-back if the Inter defender, who participated only in the warm-up of Tuesday's open practice, will prove unavailable“, writes voetbalprimeur.nl.
The point is that, given the lack of alternatives for this position, Inter risks losing one of its most valuable players at a crucial moment. The fact that Dumfries was not in full form before being called up to the national team is puzzling and perhaps it would have been better for him to stay in Milan to recover
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Fears had also been raised in the Italian press, which was sounding the alarm ahead of the match with AC Milan on Sunday 23 November: “No kidding, Dumfries! The Dutchman is terrorizing Chivu ahead of the derby.
Dumfries showed signs of fatigue with AS Roma and Lazio
Dumfries showed signs of fatigueespecially with AS Roma and Lazio. With the Giallorossi, he had difficulty stopping Wesley, and with the Biancocelesti, his fitness seemed well below normal. Continuous effort can aggravate a situation that was already critical”.
Denzel Dumfries (next to Emanuel Emegha) did not feel well in the national training camp at Zeist / Photo: Imago
Denzel Dumfries was Cristi Chivu's main man, starting 13 of Inter's 15 matches in Serie A and in the Champions League. He scored in the matches against Udinese (1-2), Slavia Prague (3-0) and Royal Union St. Gillois (4-0).
50of days and 13 games Denzel Dumfries missed last season at Inter and the Netherlands national team due to muscle injuries
The right winger was also very important in Ronald Koeman's team. Proof that in these preliminaries he had contributions to the scoreboard in five of six games, with two goals and three assists.
