Elimination from the Champions League still burns. Inevitably, understandably. But theInter it did not break, and immediately started winning again. The team, in fact, has not lost faith in its coach, Antonio Conte, who for his part continued to insist on his ideas. And, according to the latest results, he is right. Because Inter have now won 5 consecutive victories (with 14 goals scored, almost 3 per game) in the league and have not lost for exactly two months (ie since the derby against Milan on 17 October). Numbers that have brought her to just one point from the top of Serie A, currently occupied by the Rossoneri.
There is therefore optimism for a future. A future that has only one password: scudetto. A term that no one in the parts of Appiano Gentile wants to pronounce openly, but that hovers in the environments of the Pinetina. Which gives charge, and hope. And Conte is ready to feed it with only one goal: to always win and never stop. Counting, perhaps, on the players who in recent months have become the real pillars of his idea of the game, his “praetorians”, as the Gazzetta dello Sport calls them. We are talking about Handanovic, Lukaku, Barella (for whom the Nerazzurri coach dotes on), Gagliardini, Vidal and Young. The six of them are the backbone of a team that, now, really believes it can amaze everyone.
HANDANOVIC – Silent leader. The goalkeeper on the pitch and in the locker room plays and speaks as a guide. And Conte knows this well. The 8 performance of the Slovenian yesterday against Napoli proves it.
LUKAKU – Lukaku in the field never spares himself, presses, goes to the doors, folds back. And he makes himself heard with his companions.
STRETCHER – Perhaps the best mezzala of the A. Merito (also) of Conte who dotes on him.
GAGLIARDINI – The praetorian par excellence is Roberto Gagliardini. What according to the coach gives balance to the team.
VIDAL E YOUNG – With the two “old men” that he strongly wanted, Conte feels safer on the pitch. A question of experience and winning DNA.
(Source: gazzetta.it)
