As Inter’s number one rival in this season’s league race, Antonio Conte will return to San Siro as the opponent of the Black and Blues for the first time in just over a week. The coach of Napoli is having an impressive start to the season, currently leading Serie A with a four-point advantage over Simone Inzaghi’s team.
Despite controversially leaving Inter in 2021, after winning the club’s 19th Scudetto, it appears that Conte did indeed attempt to return to Appiano Gentile. This was suggested by Fabrizio Biasin, during the latest episode of Locker Room Chronicles.
This was the shocking tidbit mentioned by the journalist regarding the relationship between Conte and Inter: Perhaps in the not too distant past, he made an attempt to return… Perhaps in the recent past, not yesterday but not too long ago. After Tottenham? No, ten defeats… When Inzaghi was in big trouble, in my opinion, an attempt had been made.
The reference was clearly to Simone Inzaghi’s second season as coach of Inter. After the team’s tenth league defeat, which occurred at San Siro against Fiorentina in early April 2023, the coach’s position was starting to waver. However, the comeback in the league, the win of the Coppa Italia, and the extraordinary journey to the Champions League finals ended up saving the coach’s position.
