The president of Inter came to the return with Bodo/Glimt and made the decision regarding Cristi Chivu
Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Tuesday, 24 February 2026, 22:28 / Updated on Tuesday, 24 February 2026 22:29
Giuseppe Marotta, its president Interoffered statements before the party with Bodo/Glimtthe return from the play-off for the “eighties” of the Champions League. The team coached by Cristi Chivu (45 years old) must turn around the failure of the tour, score 1-3.
He reiterated his support for the Romanian coach, in the context in which the Spanish media launched a rumor the other day that Diego Simeone (55 years old), Atletico Madrid's technician, already had a pre-contract signed with the Serie A leader.
The president of Inter, total confidence in Cristi Chivu: “Fake news!”
A few minutes before the match with Bodo/Glimt, Marotta he prefaced the game and explained that there is no question of the Romanian being replaced, regardless of the fate of the game with the Norwegian team.
“I think that in sports any performance is possible. There is an important advantage on their side, but it is not impossible to recover. We have respect for our opponents, but we must not fear them.
(no – about the Diego Simeone option at Inter) We can define them as fake news. We are extremely pleased with Chivu. Maybe we were a little lucky with him. Chivu proves by his deeds that he is up to the requirements to coach Inter.
From an economic point of view, tonight's game is important, but not decisive. It's an important meeting. If we miss this goal, we'll have to fix it along the way, but that's not a problem”, said Marotta, for Sky Sport Italia.
Regardless of the outcome of the match with Bodo/Glimt, Inter has one hand on the title in Serie A. Cristi Chivu's team is in first place after 26 stages, with 64 points, 10 ahead of AC Milan, the main pursuer.
After the match with Bodo/Glimt, Inter will receive a visit from Genoa, the club patronized by Dan Șucu, on February 28.
We have a lot of respect for Bodo and they showed that against City, Borussia and Atletico. They showed that they have a healthy project. We tried to be the best version of ourselves in the first leg when they were better than us and we congratulated them.
The advantage gained in the tour leg has nothing to do with the return, we only have to think about our chance and nothing else.
– Cristi Chivubefore Inter – Bodo/Glimt
