Unity of purpose and common strategy. “Pfor the good of Inter“. From the inaugural conference of the 2020/21 season, these are the elements that emerge after the soothing words used by Antonio Conte on the one hand and Beppe Marotta on the other, with the most popular quotation mark that sees – rightly – the Biscione at the center of speeches and priorities.
It seems light years have passed since the Nerazzurri coach’s hard outbursts (especially the post-Bergamo one comes to mind after a second place won and a prestigious away victory on Atalanta and the one after the Europa League final lost against Sevilla), partially canceled of MEA culpa recited yesterday in front of the press: “Often and gladly I think that I am hard on myself and forget to enjoy the path I have taken with the teams – Conte admitted, visibly more serene, perhaps also thanks to the required market additions -. I think we did a great path, there was to enjoy it, maybe when you feel the possibility of winning you try to do everything to get the win but as I said before we have to and maybe I have to learn to enjoy the path. Which I repeat is done exclusively to improve and get us closer to the possibility of winning. The goal is to be in competition until the end, then one wins and last year it wasn’t us. Little has been said about what we have done, which is extraordinary. Last year we started a growth path. It is inevitable that we must try to make evaluations and improve existing situations. On the part of all of us there is the will to improve ourselves in all areas of competence. I am very happy with this because I repeat that towards, if you are among intelligent people who have the will to do the good of Inter, in the end there is always a solution. From this point of view, I am very happy because we are continuing a path we started together. We stay together addressing the problems that are and will be, but always wanting to do the good of Inter and this is the most important thing. “
Conte’s life goal has always been one: to win. Now he also wants to center him on the bench of one Beneamata molded in his image and likeness, continuing the long “growth path” started last year and following the various step agreed with the company on the occasion of what has gone down in history as the ‘Pact of Villa Bellini’. Where it seemed the early divorce between the Salento and the club in Viale della Liberazione could take place: “The confrontation with Conte and the technical area was always made with the aim of improving ourselves; I hope that this confrontation can also occur this season because it would mean that there is love and the will to grow – underlined the CEO. sport of the Milanese club during the first talk of the season with the press -. Then that these comparisons are hard are part of the dynamics of the game, we are sportsmen used to these things. Every time we have had positive results after these situations, I would be surprised if I were to find a different Count; I respect him for what he has shown over the years. We have been working together for five years, there is no dualism: we work for Inter and to bring home important results. Last year must be counted as positive, both for results and for growth. This year there will be moments of tension, otherwise it would mean that relaxation takes over: you need adrenaline to make Inter grow. Last year we did an extraordinary job, the great credit goes to Conte. We knew his competence, he has many positive characteristics, what matters most is the great work culture he has. This thing is rewarding, there has been an extraordinary ride and a growth of all the components. I must also say that the concept of credibility finds us aligned in a unity of purpose. We want the good of Inter, being close to the coach in times of need “.
There was often talk of rupture and “irremediable fracture” (quoted by various media) between Conte and Marotta, but the tones used and the topics dealt with by both in yesterday’s conference instead leave a legacy of the certainty of a more serene atmosphere and the feeling that the Inter environment has become more and more compact. Even on the market front where Conte, when pressed on the dream N’Golo Kanté, he limited himself to saying that now “times have changed” and where the Varese executive pointed out that “everything happens after a confrontation with Conte and Ausilio. We have clear concepts, the fact of having a large squad means preventing the inconveniences of the route. Now it is premature to analyze these things, we will do it at the end of the market. All the choices will be targeted “. Targeted choices, in fact. Like the numerous sales in bursts in the last few hours, between ‘elderly’ players who were no longer part of the technical-tactical project (such as Diego Godin to Cagliari and Antonio Candreva at Sampdoria) and ‘baby’ looking for experiences useful for growth (such as Sebastiano Esposito to Spal, Darian males to Genoa e Lucien Agoumand La Spezia), awaiting the probable return of Andrea Ranocchia to Genoa, the definition of the situations of the redundancies declared as Joao Mario e Dalbert Henrique and of those who still seem to be in the balance as Radja Nainggolan, Marcelo Brozovic e Milan Skriniar. Clear choices, such as those undertaken for the incoming market with the grafts of Achraf Hakimi, Aleksandar Kolarov, Arturo Vidal, confirmation of Alexis Sanchez and the return to the base of Ionut Radu e Andrea Pinamonti.
The common strategy starts from the market until it invades the field: Fiorentina arrive at San Siro tonight and Inter want to raise the curtain of the new season with a victory. The best way to start a new year, with more spirit of unity on the part of all. “For the good of Inter ”.
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