Verona, 31 March 2025 - Cristian Chivu's post-match words after Hellas Verona 0-0 Parma, on Serie A Matchday 30.
“We have shown that we are ready for this type of game, knowing our opposition, their strengths and their strength in duels. We held our own, I am happy with our attitude that we showed, and our spirit. We lacked a little decisiveness up front, and we had a few decent chances, but we must make the most of them. In the first half, we were lacking a little something, but we reacted well, we did well controlling the game at points and we proved that with changes, we can change the game. We will take the point, effort and spirit with us. In the last five matches, we have taken six important points that have helped us in the table at this position at this point of the season. Djurić? I want to congratulate him and I want to thank him for getting himself available, he has worked so hard and he has been training with us. Today I asked him if he was feeling up to it, in the last five minutes, we decided to use two physical strikers, we tried to get the ball into them but above all some crosses, which we aren't doing so much these days. We are at a point in the season where we don't need to focus on beautiful play, we need to be solid and we need to take home as many points as possible. We may have to make more fouls, get a few more yellow cards, everything will go up. We are facing well-prepared teams in these types of matches, so we must up our own level. Inter? I have no feeling there, we are ready to face any time, today was important, just like Saturday and any of our matches. We are showing that we are capable of winning them and we are ready to face any team'.