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Currently a TV analyst, Andrea Stramaccioni is delighted with his former player's work at Inter. The Nerazzurri returned to first place in Serie A, after the victory over Bologna (3-1), and the Italian technician wanted to speak in a show on the DAZN channel about Chivu's contribution to the transformation of the team.

Andrea Stramaccioni believes that Cristi Chivu must now also win the big matches

Stramaccioni believes that in the championship, Chivu makes the difference through a high-quality preparation of the games. “He has a high level of preparation for the matches. Now he has one more step to take. The big challenge is to react properly to the big matches, against Milan, Napoli or Juventus,” the Italian technician pointed out.

In the first part of the championship, Chivu's Inter recorded 3 of the total of 4 failures suffered exactly in the matches against the main opponents for the title: 0-1 with Milan, 3-4 with Juve and 1-3 with Napoli. Including in the Champions League, the Nerazzurri lost exactly the top duels: 1-2 with Atletico and 0-1 with Liverpool.

Andrea Stramaccioni: “Cristi Chivu is an evolution of something codified”

Asked to make a comparison between Chivu and Antonio Conte, Stramaccioni replied: “I would avoid harsh comparisons, but I would say that Chivu is an evolution of something coded that he found at Inter and now he has something of his own.”

The DAZN analyst recalled a discussion he had with Cristi in the second leg of the last championship, when the Romanian was at Parma and drew 2-2 with Inter coached at the time by Simone Inzaghi: “I jokingly told Chivu that in the Parma-Inter match, where he changed the system and switched to a 3-5-2, he automatically and involuntarily proposed to Inter”.