Article by Daniel Scorpie, Tudor Belivacă – Published Monday, December 29, 2025, 00:22 / Updated Monday, December 29, 2025 00:23
Inter finished the year in first place, and the Italian press had only words of praise for the Romanian and his team. Cristi Chivu received from Tutto Mercato Web journalists grade 7 for the performance in the match with the team from Bergamo.
The Italian press reacted after Atalanta – Inter 0-1: “A match at the pace of the Premier League”
“Cristi Chivu – 7: After setbacks, Chivu's Inter always bounce back. This win is largely down to him and it's clear that he is holding a team that would otherwise suffer from fluctuations in focus. He ends 2025 looking down on everyone and that means a lot.” wrote the Italians.
“A game played at the pace of the Premier League at the Gewiss Stadium is over: Atalanta – Inter was decided by a superb execution of Lautaro Martinez from Pio Esposito's decisive pass. Chivu took the three points from Paladino and returned to the top of the table, ending 2025 in the best possible way”, TMW journalists also noted.
“Djimsiti concedes, Lautaro does not forgive: Inter, a coup d'état at Atalanta and is at the top of the ranking”, captioned the journalists from Gazzetta Dello Sport. “A glaring error in a goal build by the Albanian defender from Atanlanta led to the winning goal scored by the Argentine, after he had missed an important opportunity in the first half. It was a well-deserved victory for Chivu's team, who once again overcame AC Milan”, noted the journalists of the pink daily.
Chivu, note 7 and on fcinter1908.it: “The team played its usual game: dominated from start to finish, but never found a way to score. In the end, Djimsiti's mistake opened the way for the Esposito-Lautaro duo, but the victory was fully deserved, given the volume of play and the chances. In the end, it was almost equal, but was saved by Samardzic's miss. The usual flaws, but also the clear strengths of the championship leader, who controlled the game against everyone and on any pitch”.
If they hadn't taken home the three points, it would have been yet another injustice, perfectly in keeping with this team's bad habits. Instead, like a prophet, he threw Esposito into the fray and immediately grabbed the assist to continue the streak against Atalanta started by Inzaghi.
Inter played well, created a lot of chances but made too many mistakes. He scored through Thuram (the goal was disallowed) and never abandoned the mental game, accepting the possibility of retreating and suffering in the final minutes. In the end, the episodes were favorable, because Samardzic's goal would have been an excessive shot
Chivu, note 7
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