Serie A | Finally found the UEFA Champions League champion gene? "Blue and Black Army" hired Inter Milan celebrity Qiwo to coach

Qilu Evening News·Qilu One Point Reporter Yin Chengjun

45-year-old Qiwo is finally about to take the lead. (Expand) Xinhua News Agency reported that Inter Milan may be one of the most unfortunate teams in the history of the Champions League. They reached the Champions League finals twice in 2023 and 2025, but they did not win a single championship. The honor of the runner-up will not be remembered by anyone, but it will allow fans to tease the tragic experience of this team for the rest of their lives. For this reason, Inter Milan head coach Inzaji Xiao left the coach position in disappointment, and the "Blue and Black Army" also found Inzaji's successor after searching for 10 days. He was Qiwo, who had played football at Inter Milan for seven years.

I believe many senior fans are deeply impressed by Zivo, who was born in 1980. At that time, his name was also translated as "Givo". This excellent midfielder and backcourt all-round player is from Romania. He transferred to Ajax at the age of 19. After becoming famous, he entered Serie A, which had not yet fallen, played for Roma, and switched to Inter Milan at the peak of his career in 2007.

This is the most glorious period of his life. There, he met Mourinho, who was at the peak of his time, and won the "triple crown" with the team in 2010, including the Champions League championship.

Four years later, 34-year-old Zivo terminated his contract with Inter Milan three months in advance, officially announced his retirement, and left all his love at the Meacha Stadium. After retiring, Ziwo became an Inter Milan youth training coach. From the U14 echelon to the U19 youth team, he has worked silently for nearly 10 years.

In February 2025, after feeling that the time to coach alone was ripe, Zivo walked out of Meacha and served as Parma's "fire-fighting coach". In the end, Parma successfully relegated with a advantage of 5 points higher than the relegation zone.

Compared with those coaches who have never coached the club echelon and have suddenly been promoted to the head coach of the first team, Qiwo, who has been working in the youth team for a long time, has richer experience and more solid basic skills. These are all qualities that an excellent coach must possess. He achieved a small success in Parma last season, and also gave his resume a "excellent" label. Parma originally hoped that Zivo would stay in office and continue to compete in next season, but the recruitment from his old club Inter Milan made Zivo excited.

Inzaghi Jr. left after the Champions League final, Inter Milan's coach was vacant, and at this time the excellent coaches in Italian football have been divided up, so the senior management has turned their attention to Qiwo, who has only left Inter Milan's youth training camp this year. In the end, Parma agreed to a peaceful breakup, and Zivo returned to Meacha, and this time he returned as the first team coach.

Qiwo's body is filled with "blue and black" blood, and he is a witness to Inter Milan's growth from glory to decline and then to rise in the past 20 years. What is commendable is that he also has the genes of a Champions League championship. His acquisition also injected new augmentation into Inter Milan, who suffered two defeats in the finals within three years.

The problem that Inter Milan urgently needs to solve is the aging of the age structure of first-team personnel. As a coach who has coached the youth team for a long time, Qiwo obviously has enough confidence to promote young talents he has long appreciated from the echelon. At the same time, he will also have his own unique vision when introducing stars from other teams. Inzaji's departure left a difficult problem for Inter Milan, but Ziwo's acquisition was a decision that can be accepted and welcomed by all parties. The team's soul is still there, and it is worth looking forward to a comeback.