The Italian press praises Romanian Cristian Chivu, the coach of AC Parma, who on Saturday evening pulled off a big surprise, holding Inter, the Serie A leader, to a 2-2 draw, after Inter had been leading 2-0.
Even though they initially criticized his choice of starting lineup, Gazzetta then continued to praise the former European champion with Inter in 2010.
"Where do you find a coach who can come back from 0-2 to 2-2 against the top team in the standings and who, as soon as he steps into the press room where everyone is ready to praise him, raises his hands and apologizes?
In such a situation, it would be normal to puff up his chest and savor the moment of glory. Cristian Chivu, on the other hand, says... 'No regrets for the chances at the end, only for putting Almqvist in difficulty by asking him to do things he couldn't. I apologized to him and the team. I thought it could have gone better, but I put the team in difficulty,'" pointed out the journalists from the well-known pink newspaper.
Chivu was very inspired by bringing in the Argentine Bernabe after the break, who then equalized at 2-2. Also, Cristi Chivu started Romanian Dennis Man in the match against Inter, his former team from his playing career.
However, Parma's coach substituted him at halftime, with the score at 2-0 for Inter (goals by Darmian and Thuram), after making three changes in the starting lineup. Man was replaced by Matteo Pellegrino.
During his time on the field, Dennis Man missed a good chance to score in the 20th minute when he shot from a slide towards Sommer's goal, but the Swiss goalkeeper saved.
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