Optimist Chivu: Help Lautaro find happiness and let Inter enjoy top spot

Inter Milan 2-0 Lazio

Sports Weekly Special Correspondent in Italy Xiaowu

"How will the players react after my speech? You will see the answer tonight." This was the speech of Inter Milan head coach Christian Chivu in an interview before the game against Lazio. Less than two hours later, his team defeated the opponent 2-0, and the players gave a good response.

In fact, it only took 3 minutes to see a significant difference. After facing an "underdog" in the last Champions League game, although Inter Milan won the game, the team was still widely criticized. The Kazakhstan team failed to attract enough attention from the players, and Inter Milan almost capsized. Therefore, from the beginning of the game, Inter Milan showed a true Champions League level of intensity. Under the instruction of the coach, they carried out a very determined frontcourt press, which made it difficult for Lazio to adapt.

In less than 3 minutes, Sucic made a mistake in pressing Isaacson. After Bastoni stole the ball, he handed it to Lautaro. The Inter Milan captain made a slight adjustment and ejected straight into the dead center of the goal. Although he continues to score goals in the Champions League and continues to hit Inter Milan's team history records, the last time Lautaro scored in the league was more than a month ago. Recently, Lautaro's mood has been obviously not right, and he always looks sad. At Chivu's press conference, he left a classic expression, putting two fingers on both sides of his mouth, reminding Lautaro to keep smiling: "I told him, 'You know who you are, how hard you work, and how important you are to us, but please smile more.'" However, Lautaro did not do it until after the game.

Lautaro has his own obsession. Unlike his teammate Marcus Thuram who always puts a smile on his face, the Argentinian forward sometimes cares more about his image as a "cold-blooded killer", just like what he presents on the court. Being too tight strained his nerves and deformed his movements. Maybe Chivu was right. When he no longer thinks about it, goals come easily, even if the quality is not ideal: "Of course I wanted to shoot directly. It was indeed a bit big at that step, but the important thing is that the ball went in and we broke the deadlock. I want to thank all the fans who came to the scene. They always give us support. Every time I score a goal, I will use a special method." I just like scoring goals. And when this group of people shouts your name, I always get goosebumps. You said I never laugh? I have always been such a serious person, but I will laugh when I should. "

Lautaro is a "bull" on the field, he can always rush to the red cloth with almost paranoid madness, but the football game pays attention to relaxation. During the second goal, before Dimarco crossed, Lautaro also completed a through pass, allowing Boni to completely kill the game. In fact, this game is not without the risk of conceding the ball. Zakani produced three yellow cards for Akanji, Suchic and Dumfries.

Frontcourt pressing is what Chivu requires, but it is obvious that Inter Milan's current configuration cannot support such high intensity for long, and will eventually have to provide support in the transfer market. Sucic and Boni have integrated into the collective, and Zielinski has regained his form, but the midfielder still needs to provide a lot of confrontation and coverage. Summer new aids Diouf and Luis Enrique cannot be counted on at all. Chivu is a coach who is good at using his brain. Since the transfer window has not yet opened, he can only solve it internally. So when he saw that Dumfries was in poor condition, he simply sent Augusto, the left-footed player, to play as a guest right wing-back. Although the goal was canceled due to Dimarco's prior handball foul, this tactical attempt is still worthy of praise.

Since Chivu took over the team this season, he has made many attempts based on the existing personnel, such as Bisek in the middle. Although it is not particularly successful, it can be seen that Chivu is a very energetic head coach who is willing to change. On the matter of "carpe diem", his attitude is also very clear. Perhaps because he has experienced the aftermath of the disaster, he especially cherishes the happiness every day: "Now I will enjoy this victory first, and then go home to spend time with my family and watch a few American football games. Then I will lead the remaining players to train. We will not have a game next weekend. I have to discuss with my wife what to do, and then I will consider the Derby." After this game, Inter Milan returned to the top of the list, and it is time for everyone to enjoy the joy of reaching the top.