The main mission is to bring Inter back to the top by winning the Scudetto. There is another, however, equally important for Antonio Conte. Two months after his arrival, in September 2019, he said: “The job of a coach is to improve their players.” Referring to his past experiences, he added: «The top and established players today, when I arrived, were unknown or who had not won, who came from not exciting leagues. Some are now top players ».
The Belgian center forward is his masterpiece. He was already strong, not so decisive though. The coach repeatedly, in these almost two seasons, repeated: “Lukaku is a diamond in the rough, it can still improve “. The most expensive signing in Inter’s history (75 million) has always scored as much, but never as much as in the two seasons at Inter in which he always made it through the wall of 20 league goals. It is useless to think about how much it can be worth, the pandemic has upset the market, when and if the situation will normalize Lukaku will be one of the prized pieces of European football.
However, there is a player even more marked by the Conte management, it is Lautaro Martinez. In his first year in Serie A, the Argentine played just 13 games as a starter and most of them after Icardi was banned. Of course Spalletti used the module with a single point, Lautaro was undisciplined and too fiery.
Conte’s arrival has transformed him into a complete player, capable of getting noticed even in Europe, scoring 5 goals in the last Champions League. The improvement was clear, at a tactical, technical and maturity level. The potential has exploded, it is no coincidence that Barcelona courted him for a long time before giving up on economic problems. Today Inter is in fact in the squad the starting center forward of Argentina who is only 23 years old.
However, Conte’s winning bet is certainly Alessandro Bastoni. The defender remained at the direct indication of the coach who gave him confidence right from the start, despite a crowded defensive line in which Godin was also included. The Nerazzurri central is also a staple of Roberto Mancini’s national team, a player on which to build the future.
The other is Nicolò Barella. The club gave him to Conte, the coach made the most of the investment making him one of the best Italian midfielders. Barella is the prototype of the modern footballer, but it is above all the practical application of what Conte promised: to transform strangers into top players. To become one, however, you have to be a winner, the Scudetto is the first step.
April 12, 2021 (change April 12, 2021 | 11:15 pm)
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