Not everyone agrees with the Chivu parallel

Without a doubt, Chivu is the coach of the moment in Serie A. And the former Juventus midfielder, Alessio Tacchinardi (50 years old), recently compared the Romanian technician to Jose Mourinho: “In Chivu, I see the new Mourinho”.

But this comparison is not supported by everyone. Another former Juve player, Emanuele Giaccherini, believes that the Chivu-Mourinho parallel is hard to understand and support, but that it exists nonetheless “a common thread“.

Emanuele Giaccherini: “To reach Mourinho's level, Cristi Chivu must gallop”

“On the one hand, there is someone who made history, who won everything, who arrived at Inter having already won the Champions League, and Chivu, who is in his first experience. But there is a common thread: Chivu was a Mourinho player and took many of his qualities in terms of play and communication.

There are many similarities between the two and I think what Chivu has achieved this year is extraordinary. Inter is the strongest, the most complete. But he took a tattered, wounded, divided team with disagreements between players, put the puzzle back together, got the toy up and running and turned them into a winning team again.

The goal is to win the championship and he has a Coppa Italia final to play. To reach Mourinho's level, however, he must gallop. He is young, he has everything he needs and he can start a new era”, commented Giaccherini, in the studio of the DAZN television station.

Alessio Tacchinardi: “Cristi Chivu continued Simone Inzaghi's work well”

Tacchinardi had stated that “Chivu is great, I didn't think that at the beginning of the season. In him I see the new Mourinho and I will tell you why. First of all, he continued the work of his predecessor Simone Inzaghi well.

But at the same time he supported and motivated the playerseven with some scathing comments after last year's difficulties, to rediscover the determination and desire to win, which this time Napoli lacked”.