Cristian Chivu has shared his ideas forward of the Champions League play-off match between Bodo/Glimt and Inter on Wednesday night, and has additionally been compelled to return to the subject of the Derby d’Italia towards Juventus in Serie A over the weekend.
The Nerazzurri have arrived within the arctic circle and are getting ready to tackle Bodo/Glimt within the first leg of their Champions League play-off tie on Wednesday night. The 2 groups will meet once more in San Siro subsequent Tuesday.
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Chivu on Bodo Glimt vs. Inter, Spalletti response and synthetic pitch
MONZA, ITALY – FEBRUARY 04: Cristian Chivu, Head Coach of FC Internazionale Milano, appears on previous to the Coppa Italia Quarter-Last match between FC Internazionale and Torino at U-Energy Stadium on February 04, 2026 in Monza, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
Talking at his pre-match press convention on Tuesday night, Chivu had a chance to replicate on Inter’s journey within the Champions League to this point and the duty that lies forward of them in Serie A.
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“It is a completely different competitors and we all know how essential it’s and the way far we’ve come,” he . We’ve completed fairly nicely with out, sadly, qualifying for the spherical of 16. Bodo is a troublesome crew, the membership has made nice progress.”
There have been, to little shock, extra questions requested concerning the controversial Derby d’Italia between Inter and Juventus on Saturday afternoon. Inter gained 3-2, however their victory was marred by a serious refereeing error which led to the wrongful sending off of Pierre Kalulu.
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 14: Pierre Kalulu of Juventus reacts as he walks off after being despatched off by Referee Federico La Penna (not pictured) for a second yellow card offence in the course of the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Juventus FC at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on February 14, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
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There have been loads of takes, feedback and apologies because the incident occurred on Saturday. Alessandro Bastoni, largely accountable for getting Kalulu despatched off, sat subsequent to Chivu for the press convention and determination.
Juventus head coach Luciano Spalletti spoke to the press on Monday, for the feedback he made about Kalulu after full-time.
Chivu was requested if he had a response for Spalletti on Tuesday night.
He mentioned: “I don’t need to reply to what others say. I say what I say and what I believe. I talked concerning the experiences of my crew, and I don’t care what they must say. The crew on the high is at all times essentially the most hated and criticised.
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“Incidents occur for and towards everybody, we have been wronged in Naples and I’m saying that for the primary time. We moved on. The season is lengthy and we need to be aggressive with out forgetting about the best way we’ve been portrayed.”
Returning his focus to the duty at hand towards Bodo/Glimt, Chivu proceeded to present an replace on his gamers’ availability.
“Everybody desires the formation in Italy, I’ve by no means advised you,” he laughed. I do know who will play however I gained’t say it. Calhanoglu has a small drawback, that could possibly be a matter of days, per week at most.”
And on Bodo/Glimt’s synthetic pitch, which has triggered issues for plenty of Italian sides in current seasons, Chivu mentioned: “The priority is at all times for the protection of the gamers.
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“Bodo have been attaining nice outcomes residence and away and the membership is bold. They are going to need to give it their all. We’re additionally able to do the identical and adapt to this pitch and local weather.”
And on the star gamers inside Bodo/Glimt’s squad and the present high quality of Norwegian soccer, Chivu added: “They’ve loads of nice gamers, Norwegian soccer has grown and Norway will probably be on the World Cup. We all know it gained’t be straightforward, we’ve to be prepared for the depth and their high quality on the flanks, the facility of their gamers. We’re able to adapt.”