In today’s print edition, Gazzetta dello Sport have taken a look into the rebirth that Inter’s Antonio Candreva has had this season under Antonio Conte.
Candreva found himself consigned to the substitutes bench for much of last season under the stewardship of then manager Luciano Spalletti and he appeared set to move on in the Summer off the back of this.
However, no move took place and Conte, who came in to replace Spalletti, began to deploy Candreva at right wing back, opposed to his preferred role of winger.
In doing so, Candreva has been able to find his best form again and immediately repaid Conte for the faith shown in him with a thunderous long range striker on the opening day of the season and has become an important player for the club.
The report from the Milan based newspaper goes on to highlight just how much of an improvement this season has been on last for the Italian.
He has created 27 chances, 16 more than last year, he has played 137 balls into the box, some 71 more than he did last year and he has upped his accuracy by 3% up to 75%.
