Inter coach Antonio Conte understands the importance of a strong defence if a club are to win the championship, with a report from today’s paper edition of the Rome based newspaper Corriere dello Sport touching on the Nerazzurri’s inconsistent defensive record so far this season.
The report details how Conte won his three league titles with Juventus all thanks to a strong defence, with the Bianconeri conceding the least goals in the league in each title winning campaign under the 50-year-old Italian.
Considering that Inter have already conceded 12 goals after 12 games, it’s clear that Conte can’t be satisfied by the Nerazzurri’s defensive performances. In the first five games of the season Inter had the best defence out of Europe’s top five leagues, the report highlights.
However, from the sixth game onwards defensive cracks started to show, with the Nerazzurri failing to keep a clean sheet in any league games since their 1-0 win over Lazio at the end of September.
The statistics show a similar story, the report adds, showing that in the first five games of the season Inter conceded around 2.8 shots on target per game, but in the following seven games, they conceded an average of 13.85 shots per game with 4 shots being on target.
