Article by Daniel Scorpie – published Monday, September 1, 2025, 00:41 / Updated Monday, September 1, 2025 00:43
Inter, the band prepared by Cristi Chivu, was defeated on their own ground, score 1-2, by Udinese. The tactic of the Romanian coach was dissected in the Italian press.
The Agency Inter 1908 granted the grade 5 to Cristi Chivu, but also found excuses. The transfer campaign was fiercely criticized.
“An absolutely unacceptable transfer campaign forces him to give up his plans for tactical evolution. No fast defender, no explosive midfielder of Kone's type, no offensive midfielder capable of overcoming his opponent. Absolutely nothing, just a lot of conviction from the club (in words) that will have to resist the test on the ground.
And every second, that conviction is already shaking. It returns quickly to a 3-5-2, and the team has exactly the same strengths and weaknesses as in the inzaghi era. And how could it be otherwise if the team is exactly the same? He had to impose certain changes ”, wrote the Italian journalists.
The game system was analyzed and by Andrea Stramaccioniformer inter coach, for DAZN: “The system adopted by Chivu finally? One is to change from 3-5-2 to 3-4-2-1, but 4-2-4 is a crazy throw in attack, despair, a movement in Jose Mourinho's style.”
It is true that if you are defeated at home, you lose your concentration and you are frenzy. It is the second match of the season, we know what we were wrong and we will work to play better. System 4-2-4? We were all there to try to return the result, the spirit was there but we failed
– Marcus Thuram, Attack Inter
Giuseppe Bergomi, former great defender of Inter, at Sky Sport
I have not changed my opinion about Inter over the past four years. It is a strong team, I rarely emphasized the power of the coach. I love Chivu, I think it will do well, but it has to have an impact on the players' minds, this is an important detail. Inter was constant in his game, but did not improve his start team.
The problems I knew for four or five years came to light. It takes players who can move their opponents into duels. Inter has them; The only one he had, Zalewski, was sold during this transfer period. Udinese defended well, were compact, and to throw balls endlessly in the box against a physical udinese is hard
– Giuseppe Bergomi
