Tuti: In order to motivate the players, Chivu will announce the starting lineup not one day in advance but three hours before the game

Recently, "Turin Sports" talked about Inter Milan coach Chivu's management of the team's lineup. They said that Chivu will not announce the starting lineup one day in advance but three hours before the game to inspire players' sense of responsibility.

Chivu believes that "no one in the team should feel that they have a guaranteed victory, everyone must be prepared." In this way, Chivu hopes to enhance the team's sense of responsibility.

The idea is simple: If a player knows he won't be playing the day before a game, his adrenaline will drop, and so will his focus and motivation. Instead, Chivu chose to announce the lineup only three hours before the game in order to increase players' sense of responsibility. As a result, players are constantly rotated during training to the point where they have no way of predicting who will play.

Inzaghi Jr. is almost obsessed with having the team practice synchronized coordination over and over again, making the team perform like a precise clock on the court. Chivu inherited an already very mature tactical system and considered introducing a new tactic (3-4-2-1), but gave up the idea after realizing that there were no suitable players (such as Koné) on the market to implement this change without affecting the team's performance.

It is a virtue not to blindly pursue novelty but to remain pragmatic. Mourinho also wanted to adopt a 4-3-3 formation in his first season at Inter Milan. However, when he found that the team performed poorly in this formation but was comfortable in the 4-3-1-2 formation, he decisively changed his strategy and eventually won the Serie A championship.

Chivu was in that Inter Milan team at the time, and he remembered this lesson. Because many times, those seemingly inconspicuous choices, such as the details in daily training, can also have a revolutionary impact. For example, Chivu clearly told his players not to swear during training matches, which is not only a good thing but also helps players stay calm on the field.

There has been a lot of discussion about the use of substitute players. Inzaghi managed the rotation of players in his own way, while Chivu chose another path. By the end of the season, it will be clear from the injury report whose strategy was more effective.