Chivu's team dominated the game in all aspects, but opened the scoring late, in the 66th minute, when Hakan Calhanoglu surprised goalkeeper De Gea with a placed shot. Just five minutes later, Petar Sucic doubled the hosts' advantage, and Hakan Calhanoglu set the final score from a penalty.
"Today we had a good performance, one of focus and maturity. Perhaps in the first half we were not aggressive at all in front of the box, but in the second half we added what we were missing and managed to unlock the score.
I had to tell the team two things. We took advantage of the goal to change some things I didn't like. I apologize to the referees if I exaggerated at times. I don't talk too much about myself. At the beginning, I was very worried, but slowly, as time goes by, I start to like it," said Cristi Chivu at the end of the match.
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