Anyone who had the opportunity to follow Serie A during its romantic and glorious days at the end of the last and the beginning of the new millennium will no doubt remember the balding guy in the black and white jersey.
that guy Antonio Conte, who looked older than he does today at 55 years old, even on the field gave the impression that he was more serious than most of his teammates. In the midfield of Juventus full of stars, it was he who stood out as a leader, a hard worker, a tactically flawless footballer and someone who read the game perfectly...
After all Marcelo Lippi because of everything, he made him the captain of the Bianconeri.
Maybe he wasn't the greatest master, but without him Juve was unimaginable, just like maybe today when the coach of his team doesn't play spectacular football, but practically wherever Conte went - in these years with a more modern haircut - titles and victories came were guaranteed.
Conte's effect in the best way is already felt in Napoli after ten matches, so the champion from 2023 after a disappointing last season is again watching the rest of Serie A from the top.
The defeat at the start of the season against Verona, then eight wins and a draw in Turin against "his" Juventus confirmed that Conte is back on the Apennines, they confirmed that Vesuvius is boiling again with him, as well as the whole of Italy.
"Rossoneri", have you seen Conte?
The last win in Serie A came on Tuesday night when they Romelu Lukaku i Khviča Kvaracheli "ran over" Milan (2:0) at "San Siro".
"Milan, have you seen Conte", is the cover of "Gazete delo Sport", which further adds:
"What a lesson at 'San Siro' from the coach the fans wanted".
The problem is that he didn't want it Zlatan Ibrahimovic, already at the beginning of the season decided to Paul Fonseca.
"Conte is a top expert, but we decided to bring in a coach, not a manager," explained Ibra at the time.
"Korijere delo Sport" reminds us that Conte makes a difference, so already at the top (with a match more) he has seven points more than Inter, and eight more than Juventus, while "Tutosport" says "what devils" for the Lukaku - Kvaracheli tandem.
After Juventus and Inter, is it time for Napoli?
It's only the beginning of the season, but Conte clearly told everyone that Napoli is aiming for the Scudetto this season.
If he succeeds in this in the end, the coach who has learned from the greats throughout his career Giovanni Trapatoni, Sakija Goat and Lippi, will reach his sixth championship trophy as a coach - after bringing three to Juventus and one each to Chelsea and Inter.
Since 2011, the only place he worked without winning anything was Tottenham, but that is a "damned" club from the north of London, where apparently they were not aware of what kind of coach they had.
And, does Napoli have everything for a new party - it seems that the answer is yes. From coaches to players in all positions.
Alex Merrett is already a serious goalkeeper, stopper from the national team Alessandro Bungiorno he tightened the defense, captain Giovanni di Lorenzo does not stop, while the fearless Scots Scott McTominay i Billy Gilmore made most teams suffer in the middle when playing against a team from the south.
Attack? It is enough to mention one of today's greatest masters of football, Hvič Kvaracheli, but also Romelu Lukaku, who is one of the best strikers in the world when coached by Conte.
"No one here wants to hide, we know what we are doing and that we have done something incredible through ten rounds. Not even in our wildest dreams, many could have imagined this, but we remain humble - we know that five other teams want the same as us," he said. is Conte.
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