From pazza to partenze: Conte defies Cassano criticism as Inter march on | Nicky Bandini


The manager has copped stick for ‘parking the bus’, but a first Scudetto in 11 years is in sight after Inter’s 11th win in a row

As Inter prepared to extend their winning run to an 11th consecutive match, one former employee was calling for the manager to be sacked. “They don’t play well!” protested Antonio Cassano during his weekly appearance on Christian Vieri’s Twitch channel, his anger escalating as he repeated the phrase three times.

“Antonio Conte plays a 5-3-2, everyone behind the ball, everyone lined up in front of their own goal. He parks the bus, and you can’t get by. If I had a manager like this, I would go to the president and say: ‘Get rid of him.’”

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Fiorentina 2-3 Atalanta; Roma 1-0 Bologna; Juventus 3-1 Genoa; Sampdoria 0-2 Napoli; Verona 0-1 Lazio; Inter 1-0 Cagliari; Udinese 0-1 Torino; Parma 1-3 Milan; Spezia 3-2 Crotone. 

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