The Nerazzurri coach won the match against Fabregas and after Diouf another signing has now blossomed
“Now you will take me for an idiot, but I haven’t seen too much of a difference on the pitch”: no, it never crossed anyone’s mind to call Cesc Fabregas an idiot, quite the opposite, and the growth of his Como team (so far capable of beating Juventus and stopping Napoli and Atalanta, the team, still knocked out yesterday, which this year he took over from at the top) is there to demonstrate that he will become a great coach, although no difference has been seen with Inter is not really true, and not just for a mere tally of goals (which in any case are not a detail).
motivations chivu
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The match at San Siro tells us that for once the best attack (32 goals in 14 games, the second team is Bologna with 22 and one game less) prevailed over the best defense (which in the meantime is no longer the best, but had only conceded two goals in the last five games). And it also tells us that Cristian Chivu prevailed rather clearly over Fabregas, who ended up in the minds of the Inter managers this summer, when they found themselves thinking about how to replace Simone Inzaghi. We can only guess that the Inter coach put in something extra driven by the desire to demonstrate that the choice was right in the end (and perhaps draw a minimal confirmation from the lively celebration after the goals), that he considered the match against Como as a non-trivial event, almost one of those clashes that his Inter have missed so far, was already clear on the eve of the decision to reinstate the retreat. If it helps to stay in the lead (today we will see the responses of Napoli, who host Juventus, and of Roma who challenge Cagliari, and tomorrow that of Milan who goes to Turin) it is easy to think that it will become a habit.
a Dutch inter
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In the meantime, however, Chivu won the match by a landslide: his Inter (increasingly his) attacked Como from the first minute, prevented them from playing Como, asphyxiated them with a very high pressing typical of other latitudes and schools, for example that of Ajax which is at the origin of the Romanian coach’s formation, they reached the goal with two touches through central routes that Fabregas was unable to protect. The result at the end of the first half was certainly tight, because there was frenzy and inaccuracy, because the figure of this team will always be a certain energy expenditure, they have to produce a lot to collect the right amount and sometimes the waste is then regretted. It seemed like it could happen even in the first quarter of an hour of the second half when Chivu’s team suffered a bit, but this time they were able to resist and Thuram’s goal laid the foundations for the team to spread. It is the third network, that of Calhanogluthe most emblematic: four Inter players pounce on two defenders, win the ball back and start the action that leads to the Turk’s goal.
energy luis henrique
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Chivu’s masterpiece, however, is probably not tactical, but management. After Diouf showed himself in the Italian Cup, yesterday it was Luis Henrique who finally blossomed (he assisted Lautaro’s goal, but not only that). With patience, choosing the right times and methods (for example preferring away matches for debuts given that Chivu knows well the weight of the San Siro grumbling), the coach has managed to launch boys who had evident difficulties in fitting in and are now proving useful to the cause. Little by little, Inter’s transfer strategies, which had already raised more than one doubt, are also being re-evaluated. An important factor because in the meantime it widens the possibility of rotating the squad even further for Chivu who can manage the triple commitment (quadruple with the Super Cup) by measuring everyone’s energies, but above all because in this way he continues to make the wild pressing sustainable which was the key to the match and which is the imprint that Chivu gave to his Inter. Will it be enough to stay in the lead and make it able to distance itself from the crowding that dominates Serie A? We’ll see it soon, but in the meantime he certainly sent a clear message to the championship. The Liverpool in difficulty in the Premier League (yesterday a 3-3 draw at Leeds after having squandered a two-goal lead) who arrives at San Siro on Tuesday will also be able to give an idea of Inter’s European value. A win would make the winter much calmer.
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