Despite the disappointment for the final draw against Napoli, Cristian Chivu appeared overall satisfied with the 2-2 result achieved by his Inter tonight at San Siro. A result that still allows the Nerazzurri to maintain the top of the standings and a three-point lead over Milan in second place. These were the coach’s words to the microphones of Dazn:
DRAW – “Two strong teams faced each other and did everything to win. There is regret for having taken the lead twice, but it is never easy against strong teams. The regret of not having maintained clarity, but there is also credit to the opponents who did everything to equalize and then maybe to win it.”
AWARENESS – “What do I take home as a positive? The attitude, the desire to always go forward, maybe sometimes overdoing it because we were late in pressing and they are good at passing. But we tried in every way to stay in the game, to try to create situations, aware that we were facing a strong team. In the first twenty minutes of the second half they put us in difficulty, then we came out with prolonged possession. It’s a pity, but these are two strong teams that have raised the level of this Serie A, there remains the regret of not having won the direct clash. We move forward and try to pursue the ambitions of this championship, it will be a point-by-point battle until the end. We have a game to recover, as do Napoli, Bologna, and Milan, we were aware of this fight, we still are and it will be like this until the end.”
NAPOLI’S AGGRESSIVENESS – “Were we cautious? We expected a match like this, but we were stretched out in our distances to apply that pressure. They found the forwards well, here we made mistakes. But I take the attitude of the players, sometimes even overdoing it and losing clarity. They were good at pressing, we at adjusting something. It ended in a draw, and that’s fair for what was seen on the pitch.”
