Christian Chivu is working to make Inter Milan more “aggressive” and “vertical” under his coaching tenure.
Today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, via a more direct team.
Verticality up the pitch is a key characteristic that the new coach wants to imbue the team with. He wants his players to attack quickly, striking while the iron is hot.
To accomplish this, Chivu wants Inter to win the ball back more proactively than they had under Inzaghi.
To this end, the team is more “aggressive,” the Gazzetta note. The pressing is more frequent and more intense.
Furthermore, the newspaper observe, Inter have already committed 31 fouls this season in Serie A. That means 15.5 per match.
This figure is far up from where it was under Inzaghi.
Of course, giving away fouls is never ideal. However, most of these have been high up the pitch or in midfield.
Therefore, Chivu will appreciate this number as a signal of his team’s intention to commit more and more to trying to win the ball.
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