After giving everything during the match to keep his team focused, even losing his voice, Cristian Chivu was worthily replaced by his assistant Aleksandar Kolarov in the post-match of Inter-Bologna. The former defender spoke both about the match won tonight against the Emilians, but also about the comparison with Inzaghi. His words on Dazn:
THE MATCH – “I have to maintain a very high level of communication given how the coach speaks. I think he understood, since even in Riyadh we created a lot, that we had made little use of our chances. The team played well from the very first minute.”
LAUTARO – “Apart from the fact that what we see is not only in these matches, but always. He deserves compliments, I emphasize that he plays like this even in training, he hasn’t missed a single one. We had prepared it this way, we wanted to create a square in midfield and isolate Thuram up front. He is so good that he knows how and where to move.”
CHIVU – “Chivu’s greatest merit in these six months? If he wouldn’t have answered this question, I won’t answer either. What was he best at? We didn’t want to revolutionize anything, we just wanted to add a few things. The team came close to winning many things last year, we touched on some human aspects, then by working a lot on the pitch I think the team is taking an important direction. Now we are top of the table and we want to stay there, but there is still a lot of work to do.”
COMPARISON WITH INZAGHI – “Who shouts more between Chivu and Inzaghi? Chivu seems like a calm person, but he’s not at all. I think Cristian shouts more than Simone. I was never this close to Inzaghi, I was always on the bench with him but never this close.”
