A maxi screen installed at the edge of the field in Appiano Gentile: this is one of the new features of the renovation of the Pinetina, which began last summer, and bears the signature of Chivu. As Tuttosport reports, the idea comes from the Nerazzurri coach’s passion for the NFL, the American professional football league.

Today Chivu will be a guest at the Allianz Arena in Munich to watch the game between the Detroit Lions and the New England Patriots live, an event that reflects his interest in the world of American football and his habit of drawing inspiration from it to apply to soccer.

In American football, video analysis is an integral part of preparation: every movement of the players is studied, tried, and retried. The main U.S. franchises use giant screens — the so-called