Inter made the proper begin to 2026 by brushing apart Bologna 3-1 at San Siro and climbing again to the highest of the Serie A desk, with Aleksandar Kolarov praising captain Lautaro Martinez and joking after head coach Cristian Chivu misplaced his voice.
With Chivu nearly unvoiced after an animated evening on the touchline, it fell to assistant coach Aleksandar Kolarov to sum up the efficiency throughout , and the , with quotes courtesy of FCInterNews.
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And he certainly supplied a transparent image of why Inter’s strategy labored so effectively.
Kolarov recommended the employees felt Inter had already been heading in the right direction even in .
Nevertheless, he famous that this time the execution was sharper from the primary whistle.
“I’ve to maintain a great stage of communication, as a result of he speaks in a very robust method,” Kolarov mentioned, referring to Chivu’s messaging.
“He additionally understood that in Riyadh we didn’t benefit from our possibilities, however the group performed effectively from the very first minute.”
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MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 04: Lautaro Martinez of FC Internazionale Milano celebrates scoring his group’s second aim in the course of the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Bologna FC 1909 at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 04, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
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The previous Inter full-back then highlighted a key theme of the present teaching employees: tweak and refine, relatively than rip issues up.
“We didn’t need to change all the things, however so as to add issues,” he defined.
“The group got here near profitable loads, however didn’t take full benefit of what it created. We touched on some human points, then engaged on the pitch the group is taking an essential path. Now we’re prime and we need to keep there, even when there’s nonetheless a whole lot of work to do.”
One of many largest beneficiaries of that work has been , who once more led the road with authority and intelligence.
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Kolarov was emphatic concerning the captain’s requirements and affect extending past matchday.
“Lautaro is what we see not solely on the pitch, he has all the time been our chief and he deserves compliments,” he mentioned.
“He does this in coaching too, he by no means makes errors.” Kolarov additionally lifted the lid on the tactical plan, explaining how Inter needed to govern Bologna’s defensive reference factors.
“As we speak we needed to make a sq. by pushing him up and isolating Marcus in entrance of the defender,” he famous.
“Then he’s superb at understanding the place to maneuver, the motion for the primary aim comes from this work.”
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MILAN, ITALY – AUGUST 25: Petar Sucic of Internazionale applauds the followers at full-time following the group’s victory within the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Torino FC at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on August 25, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
After chatting with DAZN, Kolarov reiterated the identical message on Inter TV, praising the depth and the management Inter displayed.
“It was a vital win, however I feel each right now and in Riyadh the group performed an essential match,” he mentioned.
“As we speak we dominated the match from the beginning and I congratulate the gamers.”
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He additionally burdened that focus has turn out to be non-negotiable for a aspect chasing trophies on a number of fronts.
“We work on this: being current in each minute as a result of we all know how particulars can change the match,” mentioned. “It’s a disgrace concerning the aim we conceded, however it’s effective like this.”
That late concession was one of many few factors that aggravated him, and he returned to it once more when addressing the media in his press convention.
“There’s all the time room to enhance from many factors of view,” Kolarov insisted.
“We attempt to be good, understanding it’s unattainable. After an important match, I didn’t just like the aim we conceded.”
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Nonetheless, he emphasised the trajectory is constructive and the group is responding.
“We’re attempting to enhance, right now we added one thing extra in comparison with Riyadh. There’s nice willingness within the group. You play the way you prepare,” he mentioned, whereas warning that requirements should stay excessive because the season turns.
“It is going to positively be one other league within the second half of the season. We’ll must preserve a excessive stage.”
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Aleksandar Kolarov of Internazionale in the course of the Serie A match at Luigi Ferraris, Genoa. Image date: twenty fourth October 2020. Image credit score ought to learn: Jonathan Moscrop/Sportimage PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxUK SPI-0716-0065
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Kolarov additionally supplied an essential tactical element about how Inter defended, explaining that what seemed like a again 4 at instances was a part of a ready set of shifts relatively than a wholesale structural change.
“The 4-4-2 out of possession? We ready it like that each tonight and in Riyadh,” he mentioned.
“We needed to step out onto their full-back. It’s not a set again 4, however rotations we ready in coaching. In Riyadh it additionally went very effectively, from our perspective.”
When requested whether or not this was Inter’s finest efficiency of the season, Kolarov resisted the temptation to deal in absolutes, even whereas acknowledging the extent was excessive.
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“Properly, the primary feeling is that we performed an important match,” he mentioned.
“I’ll have a clearer picture after watching it again. The group has all the time performed nice soccer – we generally lacked sharpness in entrance of aim. However even in Riyadh we performed an important second half.”
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GENOA, ITALY – DECEMBER 14: Cristian Chivu, head coach of Inter (left), celebrates with Nicolò Barella of Inter after the Serie A match between Genoa CFC and FC Internazionale at Luigi Ferraris Stadium on December 14, 2025 in Genoa, Italy. (Photograph by Simone Arveda/Getty Photographs)
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Requested to “price” like a journalist, Kolarov gave a line that captured each his persona and the dressing-room’s respect for the captain.
“Me? I’m attempting to grasp you, however fortunately I don’t do your job – it’s a must to do the rankings,” he mentioned, earlier than circling again to the purpose he clearly feels most strongly about.
“Lautaro is greater than essential. He by no means will get a coaching session improper. He’s an important participant and an instance for us.”
When requested who shouts extra between , Kolarov delivered the punchline.
“Chivu seems calm, however he isn’t in any respect, Cristian shouts extra,” he mentioned, including with a smile that he couldn’t examine too carefully as a result of he wasn’t positioned close to Inzaghi again then: “I wasn’t that near Inzaghi, I used to be on the opposite aspect…”
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Lastly, with January’s schedule already looming, underlined the sensible actuality of managing power and restoration.
“As we speak restoration is prime, so we attempt to recuperate as a lot as potential as a result of there’s a match in 72 hours,” he mentioned, earlier than returning to the working joke of the evening and the coach who had talked himself hoarse.
“It’s effective like this – he’ll recuperate by tomorrow. No less than I hope so.”