The defense branded Conte
Four years later, Conte is building a new champion from the steady defense platform. But Conte’s Napoli this season has more strong points than the Inter of Conte in the 2020/21 season, especially the defense, which makes a huge difference.
Look at the current Serie A chart, Napoli has the lowest goal difference in the top 3, with +30, while Inter is +40, Atalanta (stone less than 1 match) is +36. Their attacks (55 goals) are also the lowest in the top 3, also lost to Inter (73 goals) and Atalanta (67 goals), even losing to a team outside the top 3 is Lazio (Saturday, 57 goals).
But the distinct difference lies in the defense. Napoli has conceded 25 goals after 35 matches, and Inter is 33 goals/35 matches and Atalanta is 31 goals/34 matches. Luciano Spalletti’s feet brought back to the Serie A 2022/23 championship for Napoli disappeared after the chaos under the guidance of Rudi Garcia, Walter Mazzarri and Francesco Calzona in 2024. Song Napoli now revived and saw Scudetto in the reach of Conte’s teachers and students.
The conceding only 25 goals/35 rounds of Napoli is a very important fact. Nó một lần nữa chứng minh rằng đội bóng thành Naples đứng đầu ở cuộc đua giành Scudetto là nhờ hàng phòng ngự chắc chắn. Like Inter 4 years ago, Napoli of the present shows that they are teams that know how to defend with order and simultaneously, limiting the highest risks for the defense with the support of everyone.
Towards the goal record of the 2022/23 season
Four years ago, Conte’s Inter ended the season with 35 goals after 38 rounds, but by the end of the 35th round (of the 2020/21 season), this figure was 30. Therefore, Napoli of this time was better than Inter of Conte 4 years before conceding less than 5 goals after 35 rounds. The current challenge of Napoli Conte version is with Napoli winning Scudetto 2022/23, when Spalletti’s team only conceded 28 goals for the whole season.
However, Conte’s Napoli could even concede less than 28 goals. The match against Lecce was the 17th time in Serie A this season that Napoli did not concede any goal. In the 2020/21 season, Conte’s Inter ended with 14 white mesh matches. Once again shows that the current Napoli defense is more effective than the interte 4 years ago. Despite some 0-0 draws, most of these matches, Napoli won with a fascinating score, or at least keeping a clean sheet.
Napoli almost hidden, at a time when everyone thought that Inter was the only team capable of winning Scudetto. They did that by scoring very few goals, to the point of Napoli’s goal only ranked fourth in Serie A this season (after Inter, Atalanta and Lazio).
Watch Napoli this season play like walking on the string. Their NHM could only breathe a sigh of relief when the match ended because the pet team, though conceding a little but did not score many goals. However, in this way, Napoli became the brightest candidate for the Scudetto title in 2025.
The defender is the defender
Both in the 2020/21 and 2024/25 season, Conte rely on defenders with the main role: defense. It seems obvious but not so, considering the importance of central defenders in difficult corner and free kicks. However, in Inter four years ago and Napoli now, the No. 1 goalscorer was Lukaku, along with another key character like Scott McTominay helping them to reach the top of the table.
The main task of the central defenders is not to head the ball into the penalty area, they have to do it in their penalty area – heading to rescue the home team is the most important task. When Inter was crowned in 2021, the number of goals scored by central defenders was only 4 (3 goals by Milan Skriniar, 1 goal of Stefan de Vrij), while this season Napoli has only 2 goals (by Alessandro Buoniorno and Amir Rrahmani).
The biggest difference between Inter 2020/21 and Napoli 2024/25 is in the position of the team that is more appreciated. Four years ago, Conte knew that his Inter was evaluated for the championship, while in recent months, the former strategist Inter always emphasized that Napoli is not a bright candidate for the Scudetto title and his team has shown his best when confronting other big teams.
And, let’s wait and see when the 38th round, Napoli of Conte has enhanced the championship like his Inter 4 years ago.
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