Article by Aurelian Botezatu – Published on Thursday, 05 February 2026, 07:41 / Updated on Thursday, 05 February 2026 07:41
Inter, a team trained by Cristi Chivu, qualified for the semi-finals of the Italian Cup after 2-1 with Torino in the “quarters”.
A B team, with enough reserves and Primavera players, was enough for Cristi Chivu to overcome Torino (2-1) and advance to the Italian Cup semifinals.
Inter will face the winner of Napoli and Como in the penultimate act of the competition on March 4. just before the derby with AC Milan in Serie A (March 8).
Cristi Chivu: “I don't understand anything about football”
At the press conference, journalists suggested to Chivu that the Nerazzurri had thus complicated their schedule, which irritated the Romanian technician. “We get to the semi-finals and you're criticizing us? I don't understand anything about football. We'll play the semi-finals and then the derby, what can I say?
We are ambitious, I'm not talking about cups, trebles, titles or Champions Leagues, we just want to be competitive without obsessing about anything. We are Inter, we are good, we are strong, we deserve it and we want to compete on all fronts.
Then we will see, we have to manage our energy by playing once every three days. There will be semi-finals, the derby and other matches, but we will always move forward with our heads held high,” commented the coach of the Nerazzurri.
Cristi Chivu took a risk at 2-0, but it ended well
On Wednesday night, of the right senators, he used only Marcus Thuram, Acerbi, De Vrij and Mkhitaryan. With these players on the pitch, Inter struck twice in the first 50 minutes. Ange-Yoan Bonny scored first in the 35th minute, heading home Issiaka Kamate's cross.
The second goal bore the signature of Andy Diouf and came in the 48th minute. The Frenchman scored from the central area, from 7 meters from the goal, where Thuram was inspired to turn the ball over.
Chivu moved massively in the 56th minute, three changes at a time, and only a few seconds later, “I Granata” reduced the handicap, through Sandro Kulenovic: 1-2. But more than that he failed them.
