Opening up on his man-management approach during halftime turnarounds, Chivu likened his squad bond to family life. “I speak softly, I raise my voice, I laugh and joke, but I do the same as I do at home with my children,” Chivu revealed. “The love I feel for my players is very close to that of my family.”
Rejecting sensationalist criticism, Chivu noted: “I don’t want defeats to become dramatic either; they aren’t, they won’t be.”
“I have the feeling that we have obligations and others don’t… I have to reassure them and they do their best,” he observed.