Cristian Chivu arrives at one of the vital demanding spells of his Inter Milan tenure with a severely depleted squad, because the Nerazzurri journey to Lecce with out captain Lautaro Martinez, Nicolo Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu and Denzel Dumfries.
Though the Dutchman is anticipated to return to group coaching from Monday.
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Corriere della Sera, , had been fast to boost an uncomfortable historic parallel.
The newspaper famous that the final time Lautaro missed a run of no less than three consecutive Serie A video games, Inter famously dropped the title by drawing with Lazio on the penultimate matchday underneath Inzaghi.
It’s a stat that won’t be misplaced on the Nerazzurri devoted.
Lecce Vs Inter – Chivu Pressured To Rotate As Lautaro & Co. Out
MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 23: Lautaro Martinez of FC Internazionale Milano celebrates scoring his crew’s second aim in the course of the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Pisa SC at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 23, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
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The excellent news is that returns after lacking the Bodo defeat by gastroenteritis.
In the meantime Zielinski got here by the Norway journey with out severe injury regardless of leaving the pitch with some discomfort.
Chivu is inserting appreciable religion in each Frattesi and Andy Diouf to step up within the engine room.
With the latter particularly having an actual alternative to climb the pecking order.
“Chivu finds himself at one of many key moments of the season with out his striker,” Corriere della Sera famous.
That pair at the moment are, as Corriere put it, having to “tackle the total weight of the assault” in Lautaro’s absence.