From unemployed to technical guide of a Champions League finalist in six months. Inter entrusts everything to Chivu, banking on loyalty and transformation. But how will the former Nerazzurri defender play?
Come giocherà Chivu all’Inter: la rivelazione che fa chiarezza (Foto: Ansa) – serieanews.com
After Beppe Marotta also made it official between the lines, there are now no more doubts: Cristian Chivu will be the next Inter coach. An incredible surge in the career of this young coach. Six months ago he was unemployed, then he accepted the challenge of Parma, and now he finds himself on the bench of a Champions League finalist.
A leap of faith, perhaps. But for Marotta it is the exact opposite. He calls it a brave but thoughtful choice. He saw in Chivu a ready technician, capable of holding the specific weight of this team. And above all: one who can guarantee continuity. Not only in terms of results, but also – and perhaps above all – on a technical and tactical level.
Ever since his name came up, the question many have been asking is always the same: but how will Chivu’s Inter play? Hard to answer today with certainty, but some clues are there. Because Chivu, in his coaching career, has shown a certain ductility. He knows how to adapt. He is not one of those who imposes a form and then adapts the world. He does the opposite. He reads the characteristics, understands what is needed and moves accordingly.
For example, this with Con Cesc Fabregas would not have happened. It would have gone straight towards the 4-3-3. A total revolution, even in hierarchies. And not everyone would have come out alive. Someone like Dumfries, for example, would have ended up out of position. One who today is a key weapon, a pure game changer. Thuram himself, who built an important season by moving as a second forward, would have found himself forced to play pure outside.
Inter, con Chivu la garanzia di duttilità tattica
In short, to make the new system work, Inter would have to disassemble and reassemble half a system. Sell, buy, twist. That is why in the end the path of consistency was chosen. Of an evolution, not a revolution.
Inter, con Chivu la garanzia di duttilità tattica (AnsaFoto) – serieanews.com
Inter with Chivu could start again with the 3-5-2. Not only because it is the system he knows, but also because he has already used it on several occasions in Parma, in complex matches where compactness and density were needed. But it is not out of the question to focus on more versatile players. Profiles capable of transforming the set-up on the run, without the need to make five changes. People who can stay on the field, who can read situations.
The plan seems to be this: maintain the identity, but build a team that can change its skin. Without breaking down. At the presentation press conference we will know more. But the impression is that Inter has already chosen how to play: as before, but with more variations. And with a technician who is hungry. You don’t always need exotic names to make smart choices. Sometimes you just need to fish in your own DNA.
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