Chivu: We can improve. Our goal is an important season

Inter manager Chivu received a sports award in Parma and reflected on the team's season, saying they can improve and must learn to bounce back from setbacks like recent derby losses to Milan.

Inter manager Cristian Chivu received the 'Premio Benemerenze Sportive' award at a ceremony in Parma. Speaking on stage at the Teatro Regio, Chivu analysed the team's current moment and their ambitions for the season ahead.

"Inter can improve," Chivu said. "We are doing everything to complete a season that we want to be important." On the recent derby defeats to Milan, he reflected on the ups and downs of a long campaign: "There are always highs and lows. It takes hard work, patience, sacrifice, and the culture of knowing how to get back up and stay together with the same objective.

It's important how you react when things don't go well. We don't get carried away when things go well, and we don't fall into depression when they don't. We continue to do everything to maintain the competitiveness needed to complete a season we want to be important."

Chivu also spoke warmly of his time at Parma, where he previously worked: "I am grateful for the trust Parma gave me. Returning here is pure emotion. I wanted to be as professional as possible because the team deserves important stages."