Antonio Conte was pleased with his Inter’s performance against Juventus but named the one thing he wanted to see from his side.
Antonio Conte claims Inter could have won against Juventus but failed to take their chances as they were not ruthless enough.
The Nerazzurri had taken the lead through Lautaro Martinez, but a penalty for Ashley Young’s shirt tug on Juan Cuadrado and Cristiano Ronaldo pouncing on a defensive howler turned it around. Juve won the game by a 2-1 score-line.
Inter had other chances to equalize but failed to capitalize on them.
Speaking after the game, Conte says he wanted more ruthlessness from his side.
“Basically, we did everything ourselves,” the Italian manager told Sky Sport Italia.
“Juventus made the most of two naïve errors to score their goals. We need to be more clinical and ruthless, as we created so much and you have to finish those chances against a side like Juventus.”
“The performance was excellent, it was just the result that was negative. We had Juve on the ropes, it’s really disappointing because we deserved much, much, much more than the final result.”
“Juventus barely created anything and I don’t remember Samir Handanovic making saves. If we hadn’t made those two mistakes.”
Inter now have a mountain to climb for their second-leg against Juventus next week.
“It’s inevitable that with a 2-1 home defeat, we need to win the second leg there with two goals to spare, so it won’t be a walk in the park.”
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