The supreme gesture made by Cristi Chivu for his technical staff after Inter won the title!

Inter's technician first went around the televisions and gave statements in the mixed area to the Italian reporters, after which, after midnight, he also came to the room where he was awaited by the journalists of the written press.

He came flying out the door and didn't sit down in his chair, but just leaned towards the microphone set up on the table and gave a much shorter speech than usual. He did not wait for any questions or to be applauded for the barely successful performance and announced that this time he will not be the protagonist in front of the microphones.

“Tonight it's only right that the staff speak for me. Thank you for understanding the moment and it's also because of them, and so I want to applaud them because they deserve it. Thank you,” Chivu stated. After which the journalists' applause was heard from the hall, while the new champion coach left the conference.

Kolarov: “Chivu is the leader of the group, but we all believe in a path. We tried to win by playing well”

At the table sat the “second” Aleksandar Kolarov, the assistant Angelo Palombo, the person in charge of the fixed phases (Inter is a Serie A specialist in goals scored from these situations) and the physical trainer Stefano Rapetti, with whom Chivu worked before as a player at Inter, under the command of Jose Mourinho.

Behind them, standing, sat the other “second”, Mario Cecchi, the physical trainer Maurizi Fanchini, and the goalkeeping coaches, Gianluca Spinelli and Paolo Orlandoni. Only three of them answered the questions in the room.

“When the coach changes, you always feel a new breath. I don't know what to say. We, together with Chivu, tried to work well, to propose some new things and without giving up anything, but adding some ideas of our own on how to interpret the game.

I can only say that since the first match I played, I thought a day like this would come. On behalf of myself, but also on behalf of others, I can say that we are extremely happy. I don't know what was the decisive match, we believe in a course. A game won or lost does not change our view of how the team should play.

Sometimes we might be satisfied after a setback because of how we interpreted the match, just as it happened the other way around.

Chivu is the leader of the group, but we all believe in a path. It's important to win and we tried to do it by playing well. It wasn't easy, but we succeeded.”

Cecchi: “Thank you to the club and Chivu for allowing me to stay at Inter. I am very satisfied”

Then it was Palombo's turn, asked if the fixed phases were one of the secrets of the season. “We have very good executioners and jumpers.

We managed to highlight these qualities without inventing anything out of the ordinary. We also have quality players at our disposal, 70% of success is already assured”.

“Inter worked to win all the games. As some presented it, it looked like a total disaster, but others sat on the sofa and watched what Inter was trying to do. Since June, I think the team has made itself available to us. We have tried to get to know the players better and push hard, capitalizing on footballing and human qualities. Playing well is the basis, but people make the difference
Aleksandar KolarovInter's assistant

Cecchi was challenged to outline the differences between Simone Inzaghi and Chivu: “There were no major differences in playing style. We tried to continue the path started with Inzaghi, trying to add something. We stoically accepted the defeats, but we thought we could do our job well.

Winning a championship is a process, we managed to get over it and move on. I was with Inzaghi for 9 years, I always thanked him, he made a different choice and I didn't feel able to go there. I thank the club and Chivu for allowing me to stay, I have achieved what for me is enormous satisfaction”.