Because yes, two days before the reception of NapoliAntonio Contethe Italian coach who left an indelible mark, that of the 19th Scudetto won in style, has already delivered at a press conference
And Conte’s impact is far from negligible, he who had taken over a Club on the verge of implosion following the tensions reigning in the locker room between Mauro Icardi, Ivan Perisic, Wanda Nara and Marcelo Brozovic! He who has put an end to Juventus’ unchallenged reign… For Antonio, this will be his first trip to Meazzaat the helm of an Italian club, facing his ex and just as grumpy as he is, he is marked by emotion:
“For sure, it always has some effect to come back to where you worked hard : It’s a sacred emotional chargeyou go back in time. It is inevitable that many situations resurface in my mindI feel a good feeling to come back to where I worked. These were two happy years : the first year, we finished second and lost the Europa League final and the second we have won the Scudetto. It was a wonderful experience that I carry within me like all those of the past: I have always lived them fully in everything. I will always carry this emotional charge within me.”
For whom this meeting will be most important:
“These are three fundamental points for both teams: We face a team which today is certainly the strongest in Italy for what it has shown in recent years. It must be recognized thatthey worked very well, today Inter is in a more important position than the others : they made a great jobfrom Management to the Bloc-Team, all have grown exponentially. But I’m not going there for wave the white flagI am convinced that we have our cards to play and we will see what happens.”
“We are preparing intensely with the idea ofhave the ambition to have our chancethis will be an important test, we will measure ourselves against the best in the championship and this will allow us to understand how far we have progressed, this is important to us. Remember that we get there by being premier : Our goal is to remain so at the end of the meeting.”
“Lobotka trained and resumed training with us: he is doing well, he has recovered and he is available, it remains to be seen whether he will be able to play from kick-off or not.”
Lukaku?
“At every conference, you always ask me a question about him: Lukaku’s growth depends on the team and not just him. Individuality is never decisive: The team is the basis of everythingand there are individuals who must be exalted. This must lead us to want to be a strong team. The team must continue to grow as it is doing, I am very confident because the boys want to improve and they are trying to understand how to do it: I see a lot of commitment and self-sacrifice. Reducing it to just one player isn’t fair to everyone.”
What do you need to do to put Inter in difficulty?
“First of all, you have to play the match: Then, if you are thinking of going to Meazza to be a sparring partner and wait for the punches, that is not our intention: we want to go measure ourselves against Interbased on our values and trying to play this meeting the way we imagine it: I think that beyond the result, we must have the right mentality to continue to grow.”
“Head With Atalanta, it was very statistically balanced, I had to analyze everything in a cold manner and not as Tifoso: In other matches we were more cynical, but that day it was much more the case for Atalanta. I expect Inter to play a similar match to last Sunday, perhaps even performing better in the closing stages and with more firmness in the duels..”
The Tifosi divided
More than three years after his farewells, Inter fans still divided on Antonio Conte’s experience at Inter: There are those who, as Corriere Dello Sport reminds us, define it as a simple working relationship, and there are those who recognize much more meritincluding that of having laid the foundations of the victorious cycle of Simone Inzaghi :
“The Tifosi are divided, but not quite evenly. On the one hand, there are those who accuse him ofhaving abandoned ship at the first financial difficultiesof not wanting to roll up our sleeves and work in misery: In short, a traitor or a Juventus player. This thought is similar for a good part of the Environment of Inter: Moratti had also spoken of a lack of attachment, even if later the two personalities took the time to clarify everything.”
“On the other hand, now in the minority, there are those who on the contrary recognized that without him, Inter would never have won either the first or the second Scudetto the one with Inzaghi, or even would not have reached the final of the Champions League : Car without himthe reconstruction would have been much more complex, if not to say impossible.”
In the sentence he uttered: “I can only tell you that my project has never changed”, there is a mixture of disappointment and resentment on the part of the one who had launched headlong into the Nerazzurro World , but who had to recognize that along the way the rules of the game had changed: And sought after at all costs by Marotta, the former Nerazzurri coach managed to break the long domination of Juventus in just two years
“Conte has clashed with management on several occasions: Despite the fact that at the top of the club there was Marotta who wanted him at all costs and a certain Luciano Spalletti sacrificed himself for him. Constructive tears, the couple’s psychologists would say. To push the club to the next level. After all, it was in the agreements.”
“Conte, emblem of the hated Juventus, was called to Inter precisely to end Juventus’ scandalous domination (eight championships in a row, which later became nine). To try to transpose the fierce determination that leads to victories into the club’s DNA. To do root a working method. This method that some describe as obsessive. Forget that without obsession, you cannot exceed your limits. And in two years there was a second place, the Europa League final and the Scudetto which was missing since 2010 and by Mourinho.”
The Scudetto that ended the Juventus dictatorship
®Antony Gilles – Internazionale.fr
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