Inter's defender was outran on the left side by Reyes and Aguero in the European Supercup final lost 2-0 to Atletico. The Italian press accused the Romanian that he felt behind with the physical preparation!
Chivu returned empty-handed and with unpleasant memories from the Côte d'Azur. Inter missed the European Super Cup trophy which went to Madrid after Atletico's 2-0 triumph in Monte Carlo. The Romanian defender seemed to be on an extended holiday and his bad evolution on Friday is throwing bad signals to coach Razvan Lucescu in anticipation of the start of the EURO 2010 qualifications. Used by Rafa Benitez on the left side of the defense Cristi showed that his place is in the center, the position that he plays now at the national team.
Torture
The Italian press didn't spare Chivu. "A bad day. Reyes sinked him and Aguero smelled his sweat and walked easily on his side. At least three errors, which put Atletico on the counterattack. Confused", criticized Gazzetta dello Sport. "The years have passed but the problem is the same: Chivu feels like a stranded fish on the left side. Last Saturday, Menez, now Reyes, Aguero and Ujfalusi made him to see green stars the whole match", noted fcinternews.it.
They also mentioned that "of all nerazzurri, Chivu, Zanetti and Milito have shown the greatest delay in preparation. Reyes left him with his eyes in the sun. The Romanian suffers with fast extremes because of his massive physique. "La Stampa was more pitiful and gave him a 5.5: "He struggled to understand Reyes's tracks and his attacking actions were too rare"
4.5received Chivu from "Gazzetta dello Sport." Only Diego Milito was weakly seen from Benitez's team
"Disaster! He almost made a penalty in the debut of the match and he made many mistakes. His only succes was that he avoided the third goal"
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