Article by Aurelian Botezatu – Published Monday, 05 January 2026, 07:32 / Updated on Monday, 05 January 2026 07:33
Former Italian tennis great Adriano Panatta, a good friend of Ilie Năstase, analyzed Inter's 3-1 win over Bologna and praised Cristi Chivu's management.
On Sunday evening, Inter returned to the top of the Serie A standings, with a convincing victory over Bologna (3-1), the team that had recently eliminated them from the Italian Supercup. With 13 wins and 4 draws, Cristi Chivu's team is the first in the history of the club to not have a draw in the first 17 stages of a championship.
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The Italian newspapers wrote about Inter's performance as “one of the best in recent years”, and in the TV studios, the experts were full of praise for Chivu, who said “step” to the press conference because he lost his voice after shouting during the match.
Adriano Panatta: “Chivu is a coach who seems to have resigned the day before yesterday”
Former great Italian tennis player and good friend of Ilie Năstase, Adriano Panatta made an interesting comparison between the Romanian technician and his opponents for the title, Massimiliano Allegri (Milan) and Antonio Conte (Napoli).
“Inter are playing very well. Chivu is doing an excellent job in his first year on the bench. He is a simple person, he is a friend of the players. Conte does not seem like a friend of the players, Allegri is not a friend of the players. Chivu is a coach who seems to have resigned the day before yesterday”, said Panatta in the program “La Domenica Sportiva”, from RAI UNO.
fcinternews: “Chivu takes revenge on Italiano”. Grade: 7
Goals from Zielinski, Lautaro Martinez and Thuram put Inter back in the lead, one point behind Milan and two behind champions Napoli. “Chivu takes revenge on Italiano, who a few days ago deprived him of the Italian Supercup final, and he does it by putting Bologna under control, perhaps even more clearly than in Riyadh.
From the beginning, Inter dominated and created many opportunities, wasting an infinite number of them. This time, however, the quality leads, in the long term, to concretization, and the first place in the ranking is secured for another three days. The choice to focus on the Bergamo team pays huge dividends, and this version of Zielinski is also thanks to”, wrote fcinternews.it, which also gave Chivu a 7.
