Article by Alexandru Stanciu – Published Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 8:44 p.m. / Updated Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 8:48 p.m.
Adrian Mutu (47 years old) gave an interview to the media in Italy before the match between Fiorentina, the team he played for between 2006-2011, and Inter, the team coached by his former colleague from the Romanian national team, Cristi Chivu (45 years old).
The “brilliant” spoke laudatory of Cristi Chivu, with whom he scored no less than 52 matches for the “tricolors”, but he said that he hopes that Inter will struggle with Fiorentina, considering the dramatic situation that his former team is going through in Serie A, threatened with the danger of relegation.
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Fiorentina – Inter, match in the 30th stage of Serie A, will be played on Sunday, March 22, from 21:45.
Adrian Mutu, before Fiorentina – Inter: “I want to see her tortured”
“I expect a very difficult game for Fiorentina, but I hope it will also be difficult for my friend Chivu's Inter. I want to see Inter tormented because Fiorentina need to confirm the victory against Cremonese.
But to be honest, it will be very, very difficult because Inter is a war machine, it is the strongest team in the championship, it has very good players and a coach who knows the environment very well”, “The Brilliant” prefaced the match between Fiorentina and Inter for firenzeviola.it.
“Chivu was not only lucky but also good. I would like to reach the top like him”
Asked if he wants to follow a path like that of Cristi Chivu, Adrian Mutu replied: “His path is a one-in-a-hundred coaching journey, because he was not only lucky, but also good.
It feels like home there. The transition from the youth team to the first team does not always happen. You have to move forward. I'd like to reach the top like him, but I wouldn't mind working my way up there. I would be happy to do it.”
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