Inter, Chivu on Atletico loss: "Gutted, smoked three in a row!" | OneFootball

Christian Chivu, Inter's coach, spoke to Amazon Prime's microphones after the 2-1 defeat to Atletico Madrid in the final minutes of the match.

Inter, Chivu: “We need to know how to get back up and react! We should have handled the last situation better”

The Romanian coach of Inter spoke in the post-match interview with Amazon Prime after the last-minute defeat against Atletico Madrid. Here are his words.

On the match

“It hurts for everyone, there's a lot of regret, at times we did quite well, then we conceded the goal and reacted, then we dropped back a bit but credit to them as well. Few energies, then the substitutions, some counterattacks where unfortunately we didn't finish. Then in the last minute, that corner, we had our best jumpers in the area but we conceded a goal.”

On the mistakes

“Something that worries me lately? This team needs to know how to react, it needs to understand the moments, not focus too much on beauty, we need to be more cynical. There was a reaction of anger and quality, we didn't defend the 1-1 until the end. This defeat can hurt, it's the second in a row after good performances, we haven't collected anything in terms of points. We need to be aware, become more gritty and ruthless, understand the moments of the games. After the derby, there was little energy, there were changes, then some players also asked for substitutions, but everyone gave their all until the end and I can't blame them. We will review it and learn from the mistakes made.”

On the talk to the team

“I smoked three cigarettes one after the other, I told the team what I needed to say. There's a lot of regret, for the performance, for what we put on the field. We didn't deserve to lose, but lately, regardless of merits and demerits, we don't bring anything home. We need to know how to get back up and react at the moment and do everything to get out of it. Sooner or later a bit of luck will return.”

On the substitutions

“The substitutions of Zielinski and Bonny? Zielo had a thigh problem, with Bonny we needed fresh forces that could push the team forward and challenge the opponents with speed.”

On the performance

“Apparently beauty is not enough, we need to add a little something more. We had an angry reaction after Sunday's game, we did quite well in the first minutes. At the first mistake, we conceded the goal, but I saw a good reaction, even though we didn't create much. We did something, even though we reached the area few times. In the second half, we started well, the home team's reaction was there. Some energy started to lack, we were forced to make changes to try to do a little more. We poorly managed some counterattacks, when there were the conditions for another counterattack we lost the ball and created the opportunity for the 2-1 corner.”

On Dumfries and Darmian

“For Pisa, I don't think Darmian and Dumfries will recover”.

Raffaele Morra

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