The Nerazzurri coach comments on the defeat against Bodo Glimt: “I have little to blame the boys, they tried despite this pitch and the cold. But it’s not an excuse”
Inter’s fourth defeat in the Champions League condemns the Nerazzurri to an epilogue that was unimaginable until around three months ago, when Chivu’s team overcame all their European commitments: playing life or death in the second leg of the playoffs against Bodo Glimt, after the 3-1 defeat on Norwegian soil. “The team tried, they had a good attitude but we were surprised with their quick transitions – analyzes the Nerazzurri coach -. We paid our price. But we tried despite the pitch and the cold, I can’t criticize much in terms of attitude. Now we have to take stock because after this match there are some small problems. In three days we play in Lecce, then we can think about the return leg. Lautaro? In my opinion we lost him, he got hurt.” And he repeats for the second time: “He got hurt. Quite seriously.” Then, on Prime Video, ex-teammate Julio Cesar intervenes and asks if there was a lack of malice in the one-man duels: “I asked for pressure on the goalkeeper, but that wasn’t the problem. The problems were the prevention of turnovers, Bodo has quality, speed, the habit of playing on this pitch. And that’s not an excuse. Unfortunately that opportunity at 1-1 at the start of the second half didn’t work out and we conceded two identical goals in 3′. But everything is open, there’s the return leg. We will play it to the end, trying to do our best to get through the round.”