⚠️ Inter lose again, Chivu struggles vs Inzaghi 😰 Big matches loom | OneFootball

Inter loses - again - a big match that they played well, probably even better than their opponents. It might be a coincidence if it happens once, a lapse if it happens twice... Here, however, there are already four.

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Juventus, Napoli, Milan, and Atlético. Four direct clashes, four defeats. True, there was a victory in Rome in between, but the substance doesn't change.

In Turin, the blame fell on Sommer's mistakes, as well as against Milan; in Naples, it was the episodes that directed the match. Yesterday, in Madrid, it was "luck," to quote the French expression used by Bisseck in the post-match. Whatever the truth is, it's no longer possible to pretend there's not a problem.

Chivu 🆚 Inzaghi

Much has been said about the new Inter under Chivu - which plays as beautifully as Inzaghi's, but with more verticality. However, if you stop to look at the numbers, well, the story changes. Because with the defeat at the Metropolitano, the season's losses rise to five in 17 matches, 29.41%. Too many. In 2021 there were 7 in the entire season, in 2023/24 just 4. Last year, however, 9. 

As mentioned, apart from the one against Udinese, all the losses have come in big matches, the ones that, at the end of the year, make the difference, especially in the Champions League. In the year of the Scudetto of the second star, for instance, in the league, there were zero defeats and just two draws in direct clashes, against Juventus and Napoli. For the rest, only victories.

On this, Cristian Chivu will have to work - and quite a bit. Also because now Inter will have to earn the points to advance to the round of 16 against teams of equal level like Liverpool, Arsenal, and Dortmund (the latter away). In between, there will be the Italian Super Cup and clashes against Atalanta and Napoli in Serie A.

❗️ The Locker Room Confrontation

As revealed by Fernando Siani on Prime Video, at the end of the match at the Metropolitano, there was a confrontation in the locker room between Chivu, the management led by Marotta, and the team. 

No alarmism, nor sudden moves, just a discussion to try to understand the reason for this negative trend. 

A detail that highlights how everyone, even if unwillingly, has noticed the existence of a problem that needs to be resolved as soon as possible. No one at Inter wants another year of regrets. 

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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