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'We can't lose faith': Chivu sure Inter can overturn two-goal deficit against Bodo/Glimt

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Published 4 months ago

Cristian Chivu said Monday that his Inter Milan team can turn around a two-goal deficit against Bodo/Glimt and reach the last 16 of the Champions League.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter/Iw7eKK25/"]Inter[/a] lost 3-1 in Norway last week and risk joining reigning Italian champions Napoli in being eliminated from Europe's elite club competition.[/p][p][b]"We don't have any obligations, only a duty. All we need to do is go out on the pitch and do what we know we can do," [/b]Chivu told reporters ahead of Tuesday's clash at the San Siro.[/p][p][b]"We have to go out there knowing that if there's a team to turn this around, it's us... We can't lose faith in ourselves or our self-confidence.[/b][/p][p][b]"If we want to have any chance of qualifying from the play-offs, we need to be the best version of ourselves."[/b][/p][embed guid="ab35edba-9805-4ae6-b74b-dbe24e073f9d" url="https://x.com/Inter_en/status/2025873266502459697" social-type="twitter" /][p]Inter will be without captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martinez-lautaro/QHk1CXUh/"]Lautaro Martinez[/a] in attack, while Chivu gave no update on the condition of key midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/calhanoglu-hakan/IRQeP5FJ/"]Hakan Calhanoglu[/a], who has had a variety of muscular problems in recent weeks.[/p][p]The winners of the tie will play either Manchester City or Sporting of Portugal in the last 16 next month.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bodo-glimt/S0WZMUNG/"]Bodo/Glimt[/a] have had a remarkable debut campaign in the Champions League, sneaking into the knock-out stage with shock victories over Manchester City and Atletico Madrid in their final two league-phase matches.[/p][image alt="Live win probability" id="b6d01765-468f-47fb-8a4f-af8c64b5b820" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="5c6f2102-8733-42d8-b79b-c3745d778872" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bodo-glimt-S0WZMUNG/inter-Iw7eKK25/?mid=vLVSkOTp"]Follow the second leg with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]

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