Cristian Chivu will look to three experienced heads to drive Inter Milan’s Scudetto push as Como vs Inter approaches, with Lautaro Martinez sidelined once again by a calf injury.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, via FCInter1908, the Nerazzurri can turn the blow of losing their best player into collective freedom.
However, only if the group rediscovers the form that made them so formidable earlier in the season.
The three veterans Chivu will lean on are Nicolò Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu and Marcus Thuram.
All three of whom, indeed, got on the scoresheet in the Easter Sunday win over Roma.
Como Vs Inter – Chivu Backs Veterans Ready To Step Up After Lautaro Injury Blow
Barella appears to have emerged from a difficult spell.
His goal against Roma, his first in six months, visibly moved him.
And, indeed, Gazzetta notes he had already been showing signs of a revival in the weeks prior.
At Como, where he spent six months on loan as a teenager, he is expected to take on a more central role than usual.
Calhanoglu remains indispensable despite not yet being fully back to his best following injury.
His ability to produce such a decisive moment from 30 metres, as he showed against Roma, makes him irreplaceable in a side that loses significant firepower without Lautaro.
Thuram, meanwhile, looks rejuvenated after international duty with France.
Indeed, having contributed two assists and a goal against Roma.
Gazzetta notes that clarity over his future, and Calhanoglu’s, whose contract runs to 2027, will come.
