“It was a celebration in the style of Jose Mourinho. Supposedly about the players and never about him. But undeniably genuine this time. Cristian Chivu hung back. The smoke of the fireworks making him crave a cigarette. Federico Dimarco pushed him forward, so hard he almost tripped over, entangled in the blue, black, and gold streamers that had fallen from the sky. Chivu faced the Curva Nord, accepted the ultras’ applause and then turned, pointing to his team as if to say: Inter’s 21st Scudetto was down to them. He then retired to the dressing room, his face suddenly aglow from the flick of a lighter and had a smoke. …”
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